Washington DC, July 19 (EFE).- The United States Senator and former Republican presidential candidate John McCain was diagnosed with a brain tumor, his office said Wednesday. On July 14, the 80-year-old senator underwent an operation at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix to remove a blood clot from above his left eye, which has been known …
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Washington, Jul 19 (EFE).- The leader of the Republican majority in the US Senate said Wednesday that he and his colleagues will make a renewed push to repeal and replace ObamaCare before the chamber adjourns for the summer. Hours after dissension among Republicans appeared to torpedo the chances of passing even a stand-alone measure to …
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Washington DC, July 18 (EFE).- The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) urged all countries on the American continent to unite together against terrorism on the occasion of the 23rd anniversary of the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. “I urge all countries of the Americas to support actions to prevent and combat …
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Guadalajara (México), 18 jul (EFE).- La moda y el arte “pueden parar” muros, afirmó el diseñador mexicano Ricardo Seco, quien presentó su colección otoño-invierno “Juntos/Together” inspirada en la migración durante la pasarela de gala del encuentro Intermoda que se inició hoy en Guadalajara, oeste de México. Para el diseñador, quien vive en la Ciudad de …
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Washington, Jul 18 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to serve as ambassador to Russia, the White House said. Huntsman, who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, served as US envoy to China in the administration of Democratic President Barack Obama. The 57-year-old Huntsman governed …
Washington, 17 jul (EFE).- El presidente Donald Trump pidió hoy a los republicanos que “simplemente deroguen” la reforma sanitaria promulgada por su antecesor, Barack Obama, y trabajar desde cero en otro plan, tras el bloqueo creado en las filas conservadoras, incapaces de acordar una propuesta alternativa. “Los republicanos deberían simplemente derogar el fallido Obamacare y …
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By Raquel Godos Washington, Jul 15 (EFE).- The contradictions uttered by President Donald Trump’s government and his closest advisers about their suspected Russian connections reached their peak this week when the president’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., published some emails in which he said he loved the idea that the Kremlin would give him some …
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Washington, 14 jul (EFEUSA).- El Departamento de Defensa anunció hoy la muerte de Abu Sayed, que se había convertido en el cabecilla del grupo yihadista Estado Islámico (EI) en Afganistán tras la muerte de los dos anteriores jefes. “Las fuerzas estadounidenses mataron a Abu Sayed”, aseguró a Efe un portavoz del Pentágono. Según el Pentágono, …
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Washington, Jul 14 (EFE).- A Russian-American lobbyist who once served in the Soviet army confirmed Friday to The Washington Post that he was present for Donald Trump Jr.’s July 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer said to have damaging information on Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump Sr.’s opponent in the US presidential race. Rinat Akhmetshin, who …
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Washington, Jul 14 (EFE).- The US Justice Department said Friday that it will ask the Supreme Court to reverse a ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that the administration’s definition of close family in allowing exemptions to President Donald Trump’s ban on US entry for residents of six Muslim-majority countries is too narrow. “(W)e …
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