Miami, Mar 16 (EFE).- The death toll from the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Miami stands at six, but that number could rise further as authorities on Friday continued to dig through the rubble in a search for more bodies. “Our first priority is getting to those victims,” Juan Perez, director of the Miami-Dade …
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Miami, USA, Mar 15 (EFE).- Florida authorities confirmed Thursday that at least four people have died and an undetermined number of people have been injured following the collapse of a newly installed pedestrian bridge over the city’s famous eighth street. At a press conference Thursday night, Miami-Dade County Fire Department Chief David Downey confirmed that …
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Washington, 15 mar (EFE).- Amnistía Internacional (AI) y la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU) advirtieron hoy de los riesgos para los derechos humanos y la privacidad mundial que supone una norma sobre intercambio de información entre países que podría aprobar próximamente el Congreso. La propuesta, bautizada como “Cloud Act” (Ley de la Nube), permitiría …
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Washington, Mar 15 (EFE).- President Donald Trump admitted that in talking with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he spontaneously made up his claim that the US had a trade deficit with its northern neighbor without knowing whether or not that was true, The Washington Post reported. Trudeau, a “nice guy, good-looking guy, comes in – …
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Miami, Mar 15 (EFE).- Footage taken by surveillance cameras during the Feb. 14 shooting in a high school in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead, was released Thursday by authorities. The Broward Sheriff’s Office released the edited 27-minute video in response to a lawsuit brought by news organizations. Images show former BSO deputy Scot …
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Mexico City, Mar 15 (EFE).- California Mediterranea, a treasure trove of biodiversity in Mexico’s northwestern corner, is under threat from runaway development, Mexican naturalist and environmentalist Cesar Garcia Valderrama told EFE. The region extends from the US-Mexico border on the Pacific coast eastward to the Juarez and San Pedro Martir mountains, an expanse of 25,000 …
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Washington, Mar 15 (EFE).- President Donald Trump said Thursday that “it looks like” the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergey Skripal and his daughter in the United Kingdom, adding that the matter is being taken “very seriously.” “It looks like the Russians were behind it, something that should never ever happen. …
Washington DC, Mar 15 (EFE).- A pilot and a weapon systems officer were killed Wednesday after a F/A-18 Super Hornet Jet crashed near a naval air station in Florida. The Pentagon, in a statement, said the accident, the cause of which is still unknown, took place around 4.30pm, during the aircraft’s final approach toward Naval …
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Washington, Mar 14 (EFE).- US President Donald Trump is open to an agreement to find a temporary solution for undocumented youths known as “Dreamers” in exchange for funding to build a border wall, a White House source told EFE on Wednesday. White House officials are negotiating with Congress to find a bipartisan solution to the …
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Washington, Mar 14 (EFE).- Numerous lawmakers, including Democratic leaders in Congress, expressed their backing for hundreds of students who took to the streets in Washington and around the country on Wednesday to call for stricter control over access to guns in the US a month after a school massacre in Florida. Senate Minority Leader Chuck …
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