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Riots in Hong Kong – REUTERS / LUCY NICHOLSON HONG KONG, Dec. 22 (Reuters / EP) – The Hong Kong riot police have used tear gas to disperse groups of protesters concentrated in the financial district of the territory in support of the Muslim minority of the Chinese Uyghurs, in a protest annexed to the…
The Argentine Ministry of Health this Monday confirmed 5,853 new coronavirus infections detected in the country in the past 24 hours, with the balance of positive results at 1,547,138, while it reported that the first doses of the vaccine have arrived Has been delayed.
Faehn, who did not respond to a request for comment, did not immediately resign and decided to stay at the camp with the 22 gymnasts and their personal coaches, who were blindsided by the news, the sources said. The last two practices were canceled at the gymnasts’ request, they said. On Friday morning, the sports…
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings. SUBSCRIBE A few years ago, Renea Molden’s doctors told her they wanted to take her off her opioid pills. It did not sound like good idea to her. “I was mad, I’ll be honest. I was mad. I was…
The elected President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, this Tuesday made a call for “reflection” by the “minority groups” who “regrettably” do not recognize the election results of October 18, so they “express the will of the EU People respect “ballot boxes” after part of the opposition asked the army for help in the face of…
Former Colombian President and current Senator, Álvaro Uribe, announced Tuesday that he would resign his Senate seat amid controversy over the case against him for alleged witness manipulation and procedural fraud. In a letter to the Chamber President, Arturo Char Chaljud, to which the newspaper “El Tiempo” had access, Uribe alluded to the house arrest…