WASHINGTON (AP) — Fiscal especial Hur dice que no suavizó sus conclusiones sobre Biden pero tampoco desacreditó al presidente injustamente.
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Comisión respaldada por ONU señala abusos contra niños en Siria
GINEBRA (AP) — Cinco años después que el grupo extremista Estado Islámico perdió el último territorio que controlaba en Siria, casi 30.000 hijos de milicianos y sus partidarios de diversas nacionalidades sufren abusos en campamentos, prisiones y centros de rehabilitación en el noroeste del país devastado por la guerra, informó el lunes una comisión respaldada por la ONU. La Comisión …
Read More »India conducts first test flight of domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. India has been developing its medium- and long-range missile systems since …
Read More »China’s congress ends with a show of unity behind Xi’s vision for national greatness
BEIJING (AP) — China’s national legislature wrapped up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s vision for the nation. The weeklong event, replete with meetings carefully scripted to allow no surprises, has highlighted how China’s politics have become ever more calibrated to elevate Xi. …
Read More »Musulmanes ven luna creciente de Ramadán en Arabia Saudí; para muchos, mes de ayuno inicia el lunes
DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Las autoridades vieron la luna creciente el domingo por la noche en Arabia Saudí, hogar de los lugares más sagrados del Islam, marcando el inicio del sagrado mes de ayuno del Ramadán para muchos de los 1.800 millones de musulmanes del mundo. El mes sagrado, en que quienes lo observan se abstienen de comida …
Read More »A family-run workshop keeps the legacy of Mexican fireworks alive despite the danger
TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant paper-mache bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted and painted the colorful patterns that brought the “toritos” to life on Friday, during an annual celebration when the bull-shaped figures …
Read More »The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it’s a time of confusion
TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just don’t want to see how much we have to adjust,” Blackhair said while sitting in her home office in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, the only area in Arizona that follows daylight saving time. With her husband working during the …
Read More »Ireland’s Constitution says a woman’s place is in the home. Voters are being asked to change that
DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home. Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums are on deleting a reference to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family. While …
Read More »Lawmakers hope bill package will ease Rhode Island’s housing crisis
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island House Speaker Joseph Shekarchi is pushing a package of more than a dozen bills aimed at addressing the state’s ongoing housing crisis One proposal would give homeowners the right to develop accessory dwelling units for family members with a disability or on any lot larger than 20,000 square feet (1,858 square meters), provided the …
Read More »New Mexico halts some oil-field lease sales in standoff over royalty rates in Permian Basin
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s State Land Office will withhold lease sales indefinitely on its most promising tracts for oil and natural gas development in the Permian Basin as it seeks approval by the state Legislature to increase top-tier royalty rates, Land Commissioner Stephanie Garcia Richard said Thursday. Bills have repeatedly stalled in the Democratic-led Legislature, including this …
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