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Month: August 2024

Elliott seeks 10 of the 15 board seats at Southwest in bid to strengthen the airline’s performance

DALLAS (AP) — Elliott Investment Management is launching a proxy fight with Southwest Airlines and plans to nominate 10 candidates for the 15-member board of an the airline where performance has lagged behind competitors. The hedge fund said late Tuesday that naming a slate of director candidates marks “a key step toward implementing the urgent

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Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border advance into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming that they took more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a bomber in attacks on military airfields. Assault troops advanced 1 to 2 kilometers (about a mile) farther into

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French prosecutors investigate gender-based cyber harassment of Algerian Olympic champ Imane Khelif

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors opened an investigation into an online harassment complaint made by Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif after a torrent of criticism and false claims about her sex during the Summer Games, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Wednesday. The athlete’s lawyer Nabil Boudi filed a legal complaint Friday with a special unit

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Judge removes election-denying lawyer from Dominion defamation case for ‘egregious misconduct’

By Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — A judge barred an indicted, election-denying lawyer from being involved in one of Dominion Voting Systems’ 2020 election defamation cases after she publicly leaked the company’s internal emails. The lawyer, Stefanie Lambert, had represented former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne in the lawsuit, which Dominion filed because he has repeatedly accused

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Trump’s continued attacks on Harris’ rise stir fears he could question election outcome if he loses in November

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Kamala Harris is officially the Democratic presidential nominee, but Donald Trump is continuing to describe the vice president’s elevation to the top of her party’s ticket as “unconstitutional” and accusing her of taking part in a “coup.” No serious effort to challenge Harris’ status as the Democratic nominee is underway.

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Destituyen al primer ministro de Tailandia, Srettha Thavisin, por una decisión judicial impactante

Sofía Barruti (CNN) — El primer ministro de Tailandia, Srettha Thavisin, fue destituido de su cargo después de que un tribunal dictaminara que había violado la constitución, en una decisión sorprendente que hunde al reino en una mayor incertidumbre política. El veredicto llega una semana después de que el mismo tribunal disolviera el popular partido

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La tormenta tropical Ernesto se acerca a la fuerza de huracán mientras bordea Puerto Rico, y genera preocupaciones por inundaciones y cortes de energía

Julia Hernández (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Ernesto está cada vez más cerca de convertirse en un huracán peligroso a primera hora de este miércoles, mientras bordea Puerto Rico, liberando lluvias torrenciales y vientos fuertes que podrían dar un golpe devastador a la deteriorada infraestructura eléctrica de la isla. Ernesto, la quinta tormenta nombrada de

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As Justice Gorsuch rails against federal rules, some profiled in his new book embrace more measured view

By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is using a new book to lament what he sees as an explosion of government rules he fears is having serious consequences for the “lives and liberties of every American.” But some of the people the conservative justice portrayed in the book as victims have a more nuanced

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Court removes Prime Minister Srettha from office in another ruling shaking up Thailand’s politics

Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Constitutional Court has removed Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin from office over an ethics violation. It’s the second major court action shaking up Thai politics after the main opposition party was ordered dissolved last week. Wednesday’s ruling involved Srettha’s appointment of a Cabinet member who had been jailed over an

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The Taliban are celebrating 3 years in power, but they’re not talking about Afghans

Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are celebrating their third year as rulers of Afghanistan at a former U.S. air base. But they’re not talking about Afghans. Aid agencies warn that humanitarian efforts in the country are gravely underfunded and that economic collapse and climate change are destroying livelihoods. A grand military parade

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