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Blinken and Lavrov hold first high-level meeting of Biden’s presidency as US-Russia tensions simmer

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, the first high-level encounter between the US and Russia since President Joe Biden took office, which comes amid heightened tensions between the former Cold War foes — friction Blinken acknowledged right away. “It’s also no secret that we have our

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La vicepresidenta de Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, será la nueva ministra de Relaciones Exteriores

(CNN Español) — El presidente de Colombia, Iván Duque, informó que la nueva ministra de Relaciones Exteriores será Marta Lucía Ramírez, su actual vicepresidenta. Ramírez desempeñará la doble función y se encargará, según Duque, de “sacar adelante toda la política migratoria, fortalecer los lazos en materia de seguridad y defensa, pero también abrir nuevas fronteras

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La Cámara de Representantes aprueba crear una comisión para investigar el ataque al Capitolio del 6 de enero

(CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó la legislación para crear una comisión independiente y bipartidista para investigar el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio. La votación final fue 252-175, y 35 republicanos se unieron a los demócratas para apoyar la legislación. Los principales demócratas y republicanos de la Comisión de

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Arrest warrants issued for 2 former Colorado police officers involved in violent arrest of elderly woman

Arrest warrants have been issued for two former Colorado police officers in connection with the violent arrest last year of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, a top prosecutor said Wednesday afternoon. Former Loveland police officer Austin Hopp has been charged with two felonies: assault in the second degree causing serious bodily injury to an at-risk

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NY attorney general has been looking into the taxes of Trump Organization CFO for months, sources say

The New York attorney general’s office has opened a criminal tax investigation into top Trump Organization officer Allen Weisselberg, increasing the legal pressure on the long-time aide to former President Donald Trump, people familiar with the investigation say. The pressure on Weisselberg is mounting from two directions with the attorney general looking into his personal

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Arrest warrants issued for two former Colorado police officers involved in violent arrest of elderly woman

Arrest warrants have been issued for two former Colorado police officers in connection with the violent arrest last year of a 73-year-old woman with dementia, a top prosecutor said Wednesday afternoon. Former Loveland police officer Austin Hopp has been charged with two felonies: assault in the second degree causing serious bodily injury to an at-risk

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Banks say USDA’s debt forgiveness for minority farmers will cost them money and could affect future loans. Black farmers call that a threat.

Three of the biggest US banking groups want the US Department of Agriculture to reconsider the terms of billions of dollars in planned debt relief for minority farmers, claiming it will cut into banks’ profits — and warn they may have to cut those same farmers off from future loans. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion

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US Capitol Police officer’s letter blasts Republican opposition to January 6 commission

A US Capitol Police officer anonymously sent a pointed letter to members of Congress on Wednesday expressing “profound disappointment” with Republican leadership for opposing the establishment of an inquiry to investigate the January 6 attack on the Capitol. “It is inconceivable that some of the Members we protect, would downplay the events of January 6th.

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Twitter says its image-cropping algorithm was biased, so it’s ditching it

Twitter has largely abandoned an image-cropping algorithm after determining the automated system was biased. Some users complained it had a preference toward showing pictures of white people in previews of tweets. In a blog post on Wednesday, Rumman Chowdhury, a software engineering director for Twitter’s machine learning ethics, transparency and accountability team, wrote that the

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Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua cancela personería a partido que serviría de vehículo a una facción opositora

(CNN Español) — El Consejo Supremo Electoral de Nicaragua (CSE) canceló este martes la personería jurídica del Partido Restauración Democrática (PRD), a través de una resolución entregada a su representante legal, el reverendo Saturnino Cerrato. La cancelación de la personería del PRD ocurrió luego de que un grupo de pastores evangélicos introdujera este lunes un

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Cámara de Representantes aprueba crear comisión para investigar ataque al Capitolio del 6 de enero

(CNN) — La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos aprobó la legislación para crear una comisión independiente y bipartidista para investigar el ataque del 6 de enero al Capitolio. La votación final fue 252-175, y 35 republicanos se unieron a los demócratas para apoyar la legislación. Los principales demócratas y republicanos de la Comisión de

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Police officers around the country are lagging behind others in getting Covid-19 vaccines

On the long-awaited January morning when members of the nation’s largest police department became eligible for Covid-19 vaccinations, hundreds flocked to get the shot. “We’ve been ready to go for some time,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea said at the time, describing the rank and file as “definitely eager” to get vaccinated but acknowledging “some hesitancy.”

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