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Month: December 2020

UN says it and Ethiopia have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In a breakthrough, the United Nations says it and Ethiopia’s government have signed a deal to allow “unimpeded” humanitarian access to the embattled Tigray region, at least the parts under federal government control. This will allow the first food, medicines and other aid into the region of 6 million people that

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Thailand’s Constitutional Court acquits Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of ethics violation, allowing him to keep post

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s highest court has acquitted Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha of breaching ethics clauses in the country’s constitution, allowing him to stay in his job. The Constitutional Court ruled on a complaint brought by the Pheu Thai party, the largest opposition grouping in Parliament, that Prayuth had broken the law by continuing to

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Interponen demanda contra excandidato presidencial y exmiembros de las fuerzas armadas y la policía boliviana por terrorismo, sedición y conspiración

(CNN Español) — La exdiputada del Movimiento al Socialismo Lidia Patty informó que presentó ante la Fiscalía de La Paz una denuncia en contra del excandidato a la presidencia por la agrupación CREEMOS y expresidente cívico del Comité Pro Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, su padre José Luis Camacho y también contra los excomandantes de

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Kwanza Hall wins runoff election to briefly fill seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis

ATLANTA (AP) – Former Atlanta City Council member Kwanza Hall has won a runoff election to briefly fill the seat in Congress of the late civil rights legend John Lewis. The 49-year-old Hall defeated former Morehouse College President Robert Franklin in Tuesday’s special election. Hall will serve in Congress until Jan. 3 from the Atlanta

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El Departamento de Justicia investiga un posible plan de soborno a cambio de indulto presidencial, revelan registros judiciales

(CNN) — El Departamento de Justicia investiga un posible delito relacionado con la canalización de dinero a la Casa Blanca o a un comité político vinculado a cambio de un indulto presidencial, según registros judiciales revelados el martes en una corte federal. El caso es el giro legal más reciente de los últimos días del

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A Colorado photographer said he watched the now-famous monolith in southeast Utah fall to the ground

The mysterious monolith discovered last week in a Utah desert just disappeared — but it wasn’t taken by aliens or government conspiracies. It was moved by another phenomenon: TikTokers. Colorado adventure and outdoor lifestyle photographer Ross Bernards told CNN he saw the monolith being removed by a group of four last Friday night. Bernards, who

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