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Month: June 2024

The country where it’s still 2016

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — On September 11, Ethiopians will celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another. However, when the East African country rings in its New Year in a few months, it will technically be 2017, according to the Ethiopian calendar. So why is Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous

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Russian forces storm a detention facility to rescue staff taken hostage, killing hostage-takers

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-funded news channel RT has reported that security forces have stormed a detention center in the southern part of the country and killed inmates who had taken two staff members hostage. Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service said in a statement Sunday that the hostages at the pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don were

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Al menos nueve personas recibieron disparos, incluidos dos niños, en un centro recreativo de Michigan antes de que el sospechoso sea encontrado muerto, dice la Policía

Paulina Nares (CNN) —   Un sospechoso del tiroteo que hirió al menos a nueve personas en un área recreativa en Rochester Hills, Michigan, este sábado fue encontrado muerto en una casa cercana, dijo el sheriff del condado de Oakland, Michael Bouchard. El sospechoso, un hombre de 42 años cuyo nombre aún no ha sido revelado,

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17-year-old arrested in mass shooting at Texas Juneteenth celebration that left 2 dead and 14 injured

By Paradise Afshar, Melissa Alonso, Jamiel Lynch and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old was arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Thursday morning in this weekend’s mass shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Round Rock, Texas, which left two people dead and 14 others injured, according to police. The teenager,

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Americans are still paying more for shoes, luggage and hats after Biden left Trump’s tariffs in place

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — In 2018, then-President Donald Trump put new tariffs on a variety of Chinese-made goods, including baseball caps, luggage and shoes – and Americans have been paying the price ever since. For example, a suitcase that was $100 before Trump imposed the tariffs now goes for about $160, and a carry-on

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