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Month: May 2024

Elecciones en México 2024: cómo funciona el PREP y el conteo rápido y qué diferencia hay

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — Alrededor de 99 millones de mexicanos están convocados a las urnas este domingo para participar en las elecciones más grandes de la historia del país en las que están en juego 20.708 cargos públicos, incluidos la presidencia y la renovación del Congreso federal. El Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) de México

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‘Hacks’ pulls back the curtain on ruthlessness as the secret sauce in Hollywood success

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers about the “Hacks” Season 3 finale, “Bulletproof,” which premiered May 30. The third season of “Hacks,” the Emmy-nominated Max comedy series, has in one respect felt strangely dated, with veteran comic Deborah Vance pursuing a late-night TV show as a capper to

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Amazon gets FAA approval allowing it to expand drone deliveries for online orders

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Federal regulators are giving Amazon key permission that will allow it to expand its drone delivery program. The company said Thursday the Federal Aviation Administration is allowing Amazon’s Prime Air delivery service to operate drones “beyond visual line of sight.” The approval removes a barrier that has prevented Amazon’s

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Pakistan’s former prime minister Khan tells court that recently held vote was stolen from his party

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan has addressed the country’s high court, saying that parliamentary elections held earlier this year were stolen from his party, which he claimed is being victimized. There was no immediate comment Thursday from the government about Khan’s allegation. Pakistan’s elections oversight

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North Korea’s trash rains onto South Korea, balloon by balloon. Here’s what it means

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Manure. Cigarette butts. Scraps of cloth. Waste batteries. Even, reportedly, diapers. This week, North Korea floated hundreds of huge balloons to dump all of that trash across rival South Korea — an old-fashioned, Cold War-style provocation that the country has rarely used

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US sanctions Uganda’s parliament speaker, her husband and others over corruption and rights abuses

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on Uganda’s parliament speaker, her husband and other officials over alleged corruption and serious abuses of human rights. The U.S. State Department says Uganda’s Parliament Speaker Anita Among is among those sanctioned on Thursday “due to involvement in significant corruption

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NRA can sue ex-NY official it says tried to blacklist it after Parkland shooting, Supreme Court says

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for a National Rifle Association lawsuit against a former New York state official over claims she pressured companies to blacklist it following the deadly 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Giving the NRA a new chance to prove

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