Washington, Jan 19 (EFE).- The United States government is bordering on a partial shutdown from being left without funds if Senate Democrats and Republicans cannot agree to approve the government budget before midnight Friday. The suspension of government funding would hit more than 800,000 federal employees, who would be left without employment or pay every …
Tucson, Arizona, Jan 17 (EFE).- The organization No More Deaths on Wednesday denounced the US Border Patrol for not only routinely interfering with its humanitarian efforts in the Arizona desert but also destroying water, food and other supplies it leaves for undocumented migrants trying to cross into this country. In its report entitled “Interference with …
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Caracas, 16 ene (EFE).- El Gobierno venezolano confirmó hoy que el exagente Oscar Pérez -que había llamado a sacar del poder al presidente Nicolás Maduro- falleció el lunes tras una operación policial que dejó un saldo de nueve muertos, lo que avivó las denuncias sobre la violación de los derechos humanos en el país. El …
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Santiago, Jan 16 (EFE).- Pope Francis praised the Chilean people for their ability to pick themselves and start over, at a crowded Mass on Monday at O’Higgins Park on the first day of his visit to their capital. Before hundreds of thousands of people in this park, where in 1987 Pope John Paul II also …
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International Sports Desk, Jan 15 (EFE).– Gymnast Simone Biles, a four-time Olympic champion from the United States, said Monday that she was also sexually abused by Larry Nassar, a former US Gymnastics team doctor who was sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges. “I too am one of the many survivors that …
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Dublín, 15 ene (EFE).- La carismática cantante irlandesa Dolores O’Riordan, líder de la banda The Cranberries, ha fallecido hoy a los 46 años edad de manera repentina en Londres, donde participaba en una sesión de grabación. La vuelta de la artista al estudio de música parecía confirmar que se había recuperado de los problemas de …
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Washington, Jan 12 (EFE).- The President of the United States announced on Twitter that he would be canceling an upcoming visit to London due to his anger at his predecessor, a decision that on Friday was welcomed by the city’s mayor. Donald Trump, who was due to inaugurate the new US embassy in London, said …
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Washington, Jan 11 (EFE).- A bipartisan group of US senators said Thursday that they have reached an agreement in principle on legislation to protect young undocumented immigrants known as “Dreamers” from deportation while simultaneously boosting border security. The White House does not yet seem to have accepted the arrangement. The six senators in the group …
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United Nations, Jan 11 (EFE).- The United Nations recommended to rich countries that they open themselves up to immigration or, alternatively, suffer population and economic decline, contending that they will never be able to halt the entry of immigrants, who will enter illegally if they cannot do so legally. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday presented …
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Washington, Jan 10 (EFE).- The White House on Wednesday blasted a judge’s decision ordering the president of the United States to partially revive the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration policy. Judge William Alsup, district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, ruled Tuesday in San Francisco that …