Guatemala’s veterans about face to support Sandra Torres for president | AP News

Guatemala’s veterans about face to support Sandra Torres for president | AP News

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s largest military veteran organization endorsed presidential candidate Sandra Torres Tuesday after battling her during her first two bids for the presidency, showing just how far her progressive opponent’s surprise place in the runoff has shaken the country’s politics.Torres and her hosts at the Guatemalan Military Veterans Association painted her opponent

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Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling her lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine comments | AP News

Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling her lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine comments | AP News

ESPN and host Sage Steele have settled a lawsuit she filed after being disciplined for comments she made about the company’s policy requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Steele posted on social media Tuesday that she is leaving the Bristol, Connecticut-based company, where she has worked since 2007.“Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I

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McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month | AP News

McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown at the end of next month | AP News

Washington (AP) — Congressional leaders are pitching a stopgap government funding package to avoid a federal shutdown after next month, acknowledging the House and Senate are nowhere near agreement on spending levels to keep federal operations running.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy raised the idea of a months-long funding package, known as a continuing resolution, to House

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Hawaii works to identify 99 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires as teams intensify search | AP News

Hawaii works to identify 99 confirmed dead in Maui wildfires as teams intensify search | AP News

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Hawaii officials worked painstakingly to identify the 99 people confirmed killed in wildfires that ravaged Maui and expected to release the first names Tuesday, even as teams intensified the search for more dead in neighborhoods reduced to ash.A week after a blaze tore through historic Lahaina, many who survived have started

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Monsunske kiše u Indiji

Monsunske kiše u Indiji

Svet | 15.08.2023 | access_time 09:45 Foto: AP/Ashwini Bhatia Obilne monsunske kiše izazvale su poplave i klizišta u indijskom regionu Himalaja, ostavljajući nekoliko ljudi mrtvih, a mnoge druge zarobljene.Ove fotografije prikazuju svu jezivost ovih događaja i ljudsku borbu da se katastrofa prevaziđe.Na jednoj od fotografija mogu se videti i spasioci koji uklanjaju blato i krhotine

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Soroševa fondacija najavljuje povlačenje iz EU i fokusiranje na Zapadni Balkan

Soroševa fondacija najavljuje povlačenje iz EU i fokusiranje na Zapadni Balkan

 Fondacija Otvoreno društvo (OSF), čiji je osnivač milijarder Džordž Soroš, planira da se povuče iz velikog dela svojih aktivnosti u Evropskoj uniji (EU), ili ih u potpunosti obustavlja, a pažnju preusmerava na druge krajeve sveta, kao što su Zapadni Balkan i postsovjetske zemlje, prenose danas mediji pozivajući se na internu imejl poruku u koju su imali uvid.Pozivajući

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Death toll rises to 10 in powerful explosion near capital of Dominican Republic | AP News

Death toll rises to 10 in powerful explosion near capital of Dominican Republic | AP News

SAN CRISTOBAL, Dominican Republic (AP) — The death toll from a powerful explosion near the capital of the Dominican Republic rose to 10 on Tuesday as firefighters searched through smoldering rubble, authorities said.More than 50 people were injured in Monday’s explosion at a bustling commercial center in the city of San Cristobal, located just west

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