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Month: May 2024

The Latest | Palestinians flee Rafah as Netanyahu vows to widen Gaza assault despite US warnings

By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of displaced and exhausted Palestinians have packed up their tents and other belongings and fled the southern city of Rafah for other parts of Gaza. Israel has repeatedly threatened to invade Rafah, where some 1.3 million Palestinians sought refuge. “Where are we supposed to go?” asked one Palestinian,

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Yoon rejects South Korean opposition’s calls for special investigation of his wife and top officials

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president has dismissed calls for independent investigations into allegations involving his wife and top officials. President Yoon Suk Yeol’s move drew strong rebukes from his rivals Thurday. After suffering a heavy loss in the recent April 10 parliamentary elections, Yoon

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Fiji’s ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation. The Fiji Times newspaper reported Bainimarama was sentenced Thursday and the suspended police commissioner received a

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Estos son los alimentos ultraprocesados ​​que más debes evitar, según un estudio de 30 años

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — Según un estudio de 30 años, comer alimentos ultraprocesados ​​se asocia con un riesgo temprano de muerte, pero diferentes alimentos tienen diferentes impactos. Las carnes procesadas y los alimentos y bebidas azucarados no se correlacionan con los mismos riesgos que los cereales integrales ultraprocesados, por ejemplo, afirmó el autor principal del

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden as Iran official renews nuclear bomb threats

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Thursday claimed responsibility for two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. Meanwhile, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader again threatened that Tehran could build a nuclear weapon if it chose to pursue atomic

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‘Blast-furnace heat every day’: Record temperatures cancel classes, widening learning gaps across Southeast Asia

By Heather Chen and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — When temperatures in Cambodia hit a staggering 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in April, Sek Seila, an 11-year-old student studying in the capital Phnom Penh, was promptly sent home from school. Like hundreds of millions of other children in many parts of South

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