The National Electoral Institute (INE) of Mexico announced on Tuesday that the signatures required to activate the referendum to recall the mandate of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had been collected, although it is still in doubt how the consultation will be carried out because the electoral body alleges that you do not have enough …
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Fans can start as early as Wednesday to register for the lottery to buy tickets for World Cup matches in Qatar, with prices starting at about $70 for foreign visitors, according to information obtained by The Associated. Press. That price is a third lower than what has been seen for tickets to Russia 2018 matches. …
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Airlines, at odds with AT&T and Verizon over their plans to launch new 5G wireless service this week, have warned they could cancel or delay thousands of flights if the rollout is near major airports. Directors of major US airlines say wireless interference with a crucial aircraft instrument is more serious than they thought. “Put …
Facing bitter criticism from civil rights leaders, senators are returning to Congress in Washington on Tuesday under intense pressure to change their rules and defeat Republican obstruction of a voting rights law. The Senate will begin the debate on Tuesday by focusing its attention on two Democrats — Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Joe Manchin …
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Governor Larry Hogan announced that his fiscal year 2023 budget will include historic investments in public health, including record funding for the state’s local health departments. The budget will also expand support for 50,000 low-income children and 27,000 seniors in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), while providing additional resources for food banks and nonprofit …
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Governor Glenn Youngkin signed nine Executive Orders and two Executive Directives at the Virginia State Capitol, fulfilling several of his First Day promises to Virginians. Executive Orders: Restore excellence in education by ending the use of divisive concepts, including Critical Race Theory, in public education. Empower Virginia parents in the education and upbringing of their …
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JD.com Inc., China’s largest online retailer, and Canadian e-commerce services company Shopify on Tuesday announced a strategic cooperation to give US merchants greater access to JD.com’s 550 million customers. The companies said the venture will allow American brands to start selling in China in three to four weeks instead of the usual one-year window for …
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A wine company in the northeastern United States is taking advantage of frigid winter temperatures to produce a type of flavor used as a dessert wine. An upstate New York wine entrepreneur admits that producing wine at these temperatures may sound “crazy,” but he insists temperatures of 12 to 18 degrees Fahrenheit (11 to 7 …
The horror film “Scream” was the highest grossing movie in the United States, replacing “Spider-Man: No Way Home”, which has been in the first place for a month. “Scream,” produced by Paramount Pictures, earned $30.6 million this weekend, which is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday in the United States, according to industry estimates …
Salvadoran police special forces supported by soldiers this month captured eight leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, whom they hold responsible for having caused a spike in homicides last November. The gang members were arrested in two simultaneous interventions, one in Lourdes, Colón, west of the capital and another in the Italia District, Tonacatepeque …
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An armed attack in a peripheral community of the Guatemalan capital left four dead and seven injured on Monday, some of them with burns. The calm of the Los Trojes community, in the municipality of Amatitlán in the department of Guatemala, was altered at night when a group of armed men arrived and began shooting …
Dozens of migrants trying to enter Guatemala by force from Honduras clashed Saturday night with stones, sticks and bottles against hundreds of soldiers and police, who used tear gas to disperse them. At least 15 Guatemalan officials were injured in the incident, the government announced. The confrontation began when the group of migrants tried to …
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COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in nursing homes across the United States due to the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and deaths are also on the rise, forcing precautionary measures such as restrictions on family visitation to be tightened. family members and the use of vaccines for nursing home residents and employees. Nursing …
More than 800,000 non-citizens and “Dreamers” residing in New York City will have access to the polls – and could participate in municipal elections starting next year – after Mayor Eric Adams allowed an initiative to automatically become in law on Sunday. Critics have vowed to challenge the new law, which the City Council approved …
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(Review) Novel written by Mario Vargas Llosa Vargas Llosa’s novel, is an autobiographical background text, refers to the birth of his career, through the confrontation between the literary work itself and the subliterary paraphernalia of the radio drama series with which he had contact in his youth. Along with an eighteen-year-old Vargas Llosa with an …
A fifth victim can be added to four other women murdered by the man whom the police have given the nickname of “shopping cart murderer”, according to the investigations that the authorities have been carrying out in recent days. This was announced by the Chief of Cyber and Forensic Major Crimes of the Fairfax County, …
Two community organizations in the District of Columbia were recipients of generous grants in recognition of their dedication to serving the most needy population in the areas of education and the fight against hunger or homelessness. They are the nonprofit Arc of Prince Georges County and The Latino Student Fund of the District of Columbia, …
In a letter signed by 32 of his Senate Democratic colleagues, Senator Bob Menéndez formally asked the Biden Administration to renew the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designations for El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua as soon as possible, as well as a new one. TPS designation for Guatemala. The document was addressed on Monday to the …
The Supreme Court of the United States stopped on Thursday the 13th an initiative of the government of President Joe Biden to boost the vaccination rate against COVID-19, which required that employees of large companies be vaccinated against the coronavirus or undergo diagnostic tests regularly and wear a mask at work sites. At the same …
The government will double the number of rapid COVID-19 home tests to 1 billion to be distributed free to Americans, along with maximum protection N95 masks, President Joe Biden announced Thursday, highlighting its efforts to “Increase” resources and help the country deal with the spike in coronavirus cases. Biden also announced that starting next week, …
Montgomery County will reduce Ride On bus service beginning Sunday, January 16. Due to the shortage of bus operators (drivers), Montgomery County, the most populous in Maryland, ordered on Thursday the reduction of the Ride On bus service starting this Sunday, January 16. The temporary measure was announced by the county Department of Transportation (MCDOT) …
Montgomery County Councilman Craig Rice introduced a bill Tuesday that would require all food service establishments in that jurisdiction that offer a children’s meal to also offer at least one healthy food and drink option. The bill was co-sponsored by Council President Gabe Albornoz and Councilors Will Jawando and Nancy Navarro. Under Bill 1-22, healthy …
A new $ 1.5 million direct cash transfer pilot program, dubbed ‘Strong Families, Strong Future for DC,’ announced Thursday Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Economic Planning and Development (DMPED). The goal is to support maternal health and promote economic mobility. The nonprofit Martha’s Table will implement the program, which …
Virginia police arrested a man and charged him with murder after the body of a woman was found in the trunk of a car near his Maine residence. Paul DeForest of Lubec, Maine, was found at a residence in Warrenton, Virginia, after an investigation, police said Wednesday. Maine police said they received information Monday that …
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A former Virginia couple pleaded guilty to submitting at least 40 bogus loan applications totaling more than $ 5.1 million related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the US Department of Justice. Malik Mitchum, 26, and Jenna Mitchum, 25, worked to obtain economic damage disaster loans sponsored by the Small Business Administration and loans from …
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