Houston, Apr 21 (EFE).- Mourners paid their final respects to a former first lady of the United States, Barbara Bush, at her funeral service Saturday in Houston, Texas. Bush, who was the wife of the 41st US president, George H.W. Bush, and the mother of the 43rd president, George W. Bush, died Tuesday at the …
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Washington DC, Apr 21 (EFE).- The president of the United States said on Saturday that the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation had broken the law when he leaked classified documents to the press. Donald Trump fired James Comey in May of last year. In his dismissal letter, Trump said it was because …
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Washington, 21 abr (EFE).- El cofundador de Microsoft y filántropo estadounidense, Bill Gates, señaló hoy que la educación y la salud son sectores “clave” para conseguir la igualdad en el mundo, días después de anunciar que su fundación invertirá más de 1.000 millones de dólares hasta 2023 en la lucha contra la malaria. “Nuestra meta …
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Denver, Apr 20 (EFE).- Students walked out from more than 2,500 schools across the United States on Friday to demand stricter gun control measures on the day of the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting. The student protests were organized not only to honor the 13 Columbine victims and those killed in other …
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Chicago (IL), 19 abr (EFE).- Una corte federal en Chicago reafirmó hoy el bloqueo a las nuevas reglas del presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, que reducen fondos federales a las ciudades que ofrecen santuario a los indocumentados. El panel de tres jueces, todos ellos nombrados por presidentes republicanos, dictaminó que había evidencias fuertes de que el …
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Washington, 19 abr (EFE).- El Departamento de Justicia entregó hoy a los líderes de tres comités de la Cámara de Representantes los polémicos memorandos en los que el exdirector del FBI James Comey recogió con todo detalle sus conversaciones con el presidente, Donald Trump. En una carta, a la que accedió Efe, el Departamento de …
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Miami, Apr 19 (EFE).- Xavier Gonzalez, CEO of eMerge Americas, the Miami tech forum connecting Latin America, North America and Europe, on Thursday said that the event is expected to welcome some 15,000 attendees to its 2018 edition. Among the keynote speakers will be Sophia, Hanson Robotic’s most advanced robot to date, who has garnered …
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Washington, Apr 19 (EFE).- President Donald Trump said Thursday that the federal government will not pay for the “charade” of deploying California National Guard troops to do “nothing” connected with immigration along the border with Mexico. Trump commented on Twitter after state Gov. Jerry Brown announced an agreement to deploy the Guard to the state’s …
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Washington, Apr 19 (EFE).- The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, urged the administration of US President Donald Trump here Thursday to reduce the government’s debt and deficit in the context of a continued economic recovery. “In order to deal with entitlements, the United States should take advantage of the current upswing …
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Washington, 16 abr (EFE).- La Agencia de Aeronáutica y del Espacio lanzó hoy desde la base de Cabo Cañaveral (Florida, EE.UU.) el satélite TESS, que analizará durante los próximos dos años alrededor de 20.000 exoplanetas, una de las misiones más ambiciosas de la agencia estadounidense. El despegue del cohete Falcon 9 de la empresa SpaceX, …
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