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Washington DC, Jun 13 (EFE).- An unprecedented sandstorm on Mars is threatening the survival of NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported Wednesday. “We are concerned but we are hopeful that the storm will clear and the rover will be able to communicate with us,” Opportunity project manager, …

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Los Ángeles, 13 jun (EFE).- La Policía de Los Ángeles está investigando unos presuntos abusos sufridos por el genio del cómic Stan Lee, informó hoy el medio especializado The Hollywood Reporter. La investigación de las autoridades por abuso de ancianos comenzó en febrero pero no se hizo pública hasta que hoy, Lee, de 95 años, …

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Miami, Jun 13 (EFE).- Tech giant Amazon is targeting the lower-income US population by broadening its discount price offer for its Prime subscription service to Medicaid beneficiaries. Amazon, whose Prime service already has achieved huge penetration among the more affluent public with greater buying power, is now offering membership in its premium program to lower-income …

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Washington, 12 jun (EFE).- El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, dijo hoy que el mundo está ahora más lejos de una “potencial catástrofe nuclear” tras la histórica reunión que mantuvo en Singapur con el líder norcoreano, Kim Jong-un. “¡El mundo ha dado un gran paso hacia atrás de una potencial catástrofe nuclear! ¡No más lanzamientos …

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Singapur, 12 jun (EFE).- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, y el líder norcoreano, Kim Jong-un, se dieron un apretón de manos al inicio hoy de su histórica cumbre en Singapur, la primera de la historia entre los dos países. Trump entró por la derecha y Kim por la izquierda a un patio del …

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Sacramento, CA – Mayors of California’s largest 11 cities announced today that the Governor and legislative leaders reached an unprecedented agreement to directly address the homeless crisis in the state. The budget agreement includes $500 million to the Homeless Emergency Aid Program, which will fund immediate solutions to get people off the streets. The budget …

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New York, Jun 11 (EFE).-The Twin Towers’ Ground Zero has starting this Monday a new skyscraper, 3 World Trade Center, which will occupy the vacancy left by the Marriott hotel, destroyed in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The project has taken eight years to complete, largely because of the difficulties of finding investors …

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Washington, Jun 11 (EFE).- The US Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to states seeking to purge their voter rolls of people who have not exercised their right to vote for the past two general elections and have not responded to notices that they were going to be dropped from the rolls. By …

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Washington, 10 jun (EFE).- Horas después de que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, dinamitara el acuerdo de mínimos alcanzado ayer en la Cumbre del G7 en Canadá, el exdirector de la CIA John Brennan criticó hoy las “políticas proteccionistas” y “payasadas” del mandatario y pidió paciencia a los “aliados y amigos” del país. …

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