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Month: May 2024

Big stars come out for Biden – but much of Hollywood wrestles with 2024 endorsements in a polarized world

By Priscilla Alvarez and Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN (CNN) — The Biden campaign is trotting out big names to deliver their message to voters, but leading up to the 2024 election, many in Hollywood are wary of jumping into the fray amid a hyper-divisive political landscape, multiple sources told CNN. CNN spoke with a dozen publicists, agents and political strategists

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Opinion: Time to call Putin’s bluff

Opinion by Adam Kinzinger and Ben Hodges (CNN) — There seems to be a doctrine within the National Security Council in the Biden administration: escalation aversion. These “escalationists” seem deeply worried that any increase in support for Ukraine could lead to World War III. France and Germany on Tuesday took the important step of joining

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Spain’s parliament gives final approval to amnesty law for Catalonia’s separatists

By JOSEPH WILSON and TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of parliament has given final approval to a contentious amnesty law for hundreds of Catalan separatists involved in the illegal and unsuccessful 2017 secession bid. The legislation was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government, two Catalan separatist parties and other smaller

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Papua New Guinea landslide survivors slow to move to safer ground after hundreds buried

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Traumatized survivors of the massive landslide estimated to have buried hundreds in Papua New Guinea have been slow to move to safer ground as the South Pacific island nation’s authorities prepare to use heavy machinery to clear debris and risk triggering another landslide, officials said Thursday.

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Massive police sweep across Europe takes down ransomware networks and arrests 4 suspects

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police coordinated by the European Union’s justice agency have taken down computer networks responsible for spreading ransomware via infected emails. They are calling it the biggest-ever international operation against the lucrative form of cybercrime. The European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, said Thursday that police

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Xi Jinping de China pide una conferencia de paz y “justicia” sobre la guerra en Gaza mientras los líderes árabes visitan Beijing

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El líder de China Xi Jinping denunció los “tremendos sufrimientos” en Medio Oriente y pidió una conferencia de paz internacional mientras los líderes de las naciones árabes visitan Beijing esta semana en medio de una creciente preocupación global por la guerra de Israel en Gaza. “Desde octubre pasado, el conflicto palestino-israelí

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Michigan state trooper accused of fatally hitting a fleeing suspect with an SUV is charged with murder

By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Michigan State Police detective has been charged with murder after investigators say he fatally struck a fleeing suspect with an unmarked SUV last month near Grand Rapids, state prosecutors announced. Detective Sgt. Brian Keely on April 17 tried to arrest the suspect, 25-year-old Samuel Sterling,

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China’s Xi Jinping calls for peace conference and ‘justice’ over war in Gaza as Arab leaders visit Beijing

By Simone McCarthy, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping decried “tremendous sufferings” in the Middle East and called for an international peace conference as leaders from Arab nations visit Beijing this week amid mounting global concern over Israel’s war in Gaza. “Since last October, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has escalated drastically, throwing the

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