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Washington DC, Jun 9 (EFE).- The president of the United States on Friday attacked the former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation after the latter testified before a congressional panel. In one of his characteristic early-morning tweets, Donald Trump accused James Comey of leaking privileged information as well as spreading lies and false statements …

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Austin, Texas, Jun 8 (EFE).- After vying with more than 18,300 other contenders, Francisco “Frank” Rubio has carved a niche for himself among the 12 astronaut candidates that NASA will train over the next two years to undertake future space missions. The son of a Salvadoran mother and born in Los Angeles 41 years ago, …

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Washington, 8 jun (EFE).- El fiscal general, Jeff Sessions, se defendió hoy del testimonio que dio ante el Congreso el exdirector del FBI, James Comey, y aseguró que se apartó de la investigación rusa “solo” por su participación en la campaña del ahora presidente, Donald Trump. El Departamento de Justicia contradijo en un comunicado la …

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Washington, Jun 7 (EFE).- Former FBI Director James Comey will testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee that President Donald Trump sought assurances of his loyalty and asked him to drop the investigation into the alleged Russia ties of fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, according to a document released Wednesday. The Senate panel published …

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Austin, Texas, Jun 7 (EFE).- An international team of astronomers has used the Hubble space telescope to measure the mass of a star employing Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, something the German physicist longed to do but found to be “impossible” during his lifetime. Researchers with NASA’s Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, measured …

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Washington, 6 jun (EFEUSA).- El presidente, Donald Trump, habló hoy con el rey de Arabia Saudí, Salman bin Abdelaziz, sobre la financiación de organizaciones terroristas y de la unidad de la región después de que siete países rompieran relaciones diplomáticas con Catar, informó la Casa Blanca. “Los dos líderes abordaron los objetivos cruciales de prevenir …

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Washington DC, Jun 6 (efe-epa).– Intelligence officials around the world on Tuesday were jolted by revelations in a top-secret report from the United States’ National Security Agency that alleged hacking efforts by Russia to influence the 2016 American presidential election. The NSA report, which was published on Monday by online news organization The Intercept, claimed …

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