Venezuela’s Machado vows to keep pressure on Maduro but urges international community to step up

Venezuela’s Machado vows to keep pressure on Maduro but urges international community to step up

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Thursday vowed to keep the pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to leave office in January, but she also exhorted the international community to rise to the occasion by immediately recognize her faction’s presidential candidate as the July’s election winner and implement measures to hold

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Persistent power outages in Puerto Rico spark outrage as officials demand answers

Persistent power outages in Puerto Rico spark outrage as officials demand answers

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A growing number of Puerto Rican government officials on Thursday demanded answers from two private electric companies as the U.S. territory struggles with persistent power outages. Tens of thousands of customers including schools, homes and businesses were left without electricity this week amid selective power cuts stemming from a

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Teen vaping hits 10-year low in the US

Teen vaping hits 10-year low in the US

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer adolescents are vaping this year than at any point in the last decade, government officials reported Thursday, pointing to a shrinking number of high school students who are using Elf Bar and other fruity, unauthorized e-cigarettes. The latest survey numbers show the teen vaping rate fell to under 6% this year

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Bivši ambasador SAD: Zapad jača Vučića koji potkopava druge na Balkanu

Bivši ambasador SAD: Zapad jača Vučića koji potkopava druge na Balkanu

Politika | 05.09.2024 | access_time 17:35 BETAPHOTO/MINISTARSTVO ODBRANE SRBIJE Nema smisla to što Zapad jača predsednika Srbije Aleksandra Vučića koji održava odnose Beograda i Moskve, izjavio je danas nekadašnji američki ambasador pri NATO Kurt Volker. Nekadašnji specijalni izaslanik za Ukrajinu Volker kazao je za Radio Slobodna Evropa da Vučić pokušava da od Srbije napravi “Rusiju

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Courtroom clash in Trump’s election interference case as the judge ponders the path ahead

Courtroom clash in Trump’s election interference case as the judge ponders the path ahead

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first court hearing in nearly a year, a lawyer for Donald Trump clashed on Thursday with the judge in the federal election interference prosecution of the former president after suggesting the government was rushing forward with an “illegitimate” indictment at the height of the White House campaign. Prosecutors and defense

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