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Mounjaro causa una pérdida de peso significativamente mayor que Ozempic, según un estudio

Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las personas que tomaban inyecciones de tirzepatida perdían más peso y tenían más probabilidades de alcanzar objetivos específicos de pérdida de peso que las que tomaban semaglutida, según un nuevo estudio. Investigadores de Truveta, una compañía de análisis de datos de salud, analizaron los registros electrónicos de salud de más

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New Mexico is set to receive more federal assistance following wildfires and flooding in Ruidoso

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The federal government has announced they are sending more relief assistance to New Mexico following recent floods and wildfires in Ruidoso. President Biden announced he has amended the major disaster declaration, which will provide more assistance to Lincoln County Otero County, Mescalero Apache Tribe, and give assistance to Rio Arriba

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Argentina’s inflation edges up in June, breaking a months-long streak in a blow to President Milei

Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina remained stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped. On Friday, the country’s official statistics agency reported a rise in June prices that broke a months-long streak of declines. Argentina’s consumer price index rose 4.6% in

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Britain’s Starmer says Biden ‘in good form’ in private talks, reaffirms ‘unshakable support’ for NATO

CNN By Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Winston Churchill, often considered Britain’s greatest leader, resigned at 80 in the face of mounting health problems. Keir Starmer, Britain’s newest leader, wants to force lawmakers in the country’s upper chamber to step down at the same age. Does this mean he thinks octogenarians like President Joe Biden

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Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC, AP sources say

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is currently in jail on contempt of Congress charges, is expected to speak at next week’s Republican National Convention. That’s according to two people familiar with the event’s schedule who spoke on condition of anonymity to share details before they were

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Maduro elimina Impuesto a las Grandes Transacciones Financieras en bolívares

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este viernes un decreto para eliminar el Impuesto a las Grandes Transacciones Financieras (IGTF) en bolívares, una medida establecida en 2022. Maduro dijo durante un encuentro con el Consejo Nacional de Economía Productiva que le habían propuesto reducir el gravamen de 2%

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Convicted instigators in murder of Ecuador presidential candidate get 34-year prison sentences

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The two instigators of the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison. Three accomplices have been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Ecuador’s prosecutor’s office had requested the maximum sentence for the five defendants. The 59-year-old Villavicencio was killed

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After embrace at NATO summit, Zelenskyy takes his case for US military aid to governors

Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking to broaden support outside Washington, D.C., for U.S. military aid to his country. Zelenskyy told the National Governors Association summer meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday that the world’s leaders should see for themselves the carnage wrought since Russia invaded his

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Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz replaces teammate Logan Gilbert on the AL roster for All-Star Game

NEW YORK (AP) — Seattle reliever Andrés Muñoz replaced teammate Logan Gilbert on the AL roster for Tuesday’s All-Star Game. Gilbert is scheduled to start on Sunday at the Los Angeles Angels in the Mariners’ last game before the All-Star break and won’t be active for the All-Stars at Arlington, Texas. A 25-year-old right-hander, Muñoz

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Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church

Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Washington state judge said Friday that Attorney General Bob Ferguson is not entitled to enforce a subpoena seeking decades of records from the Seattle Archdiocese. Ferguson said his office needs the records to learn whether the Catholic church used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests.

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Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat” in Africa’s volatile Sahel region. And Leonardo Simão adds that those ills are spilling over to West Africa’s coastal countries. The U.N. special envoy for the

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Arrestan en Costa Rica a presunto implicado en secuestro y homicidio de exmilitar venezolano Ronald Ojeda en Chile

Valeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN Español) — El Ministerio de Seguridad de Costa Rica confirmó a CNN este viernes que las autoridades detuvieron a Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, que contaba con una notificación internacional de búsqueda por su presunta participación en el secuestro y homicidio del exmilitar venezolano Ronald Ojeda en Chile en febrero pasado. El señalado, de

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Un grupo de científicos presenta un prototipo de traje espacial que recicla la orina como agua potable

Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Una de las maravillas de la saga de películas de ciencia ficción “Dune” es el traje de supervivencia que llevan los Fremen, habitantes del desierto, unos “destiltrajes” que reciclan todos los fluidos corporales para convertirlos en agua potable. Los científicos han presentado un prototipo de traje espacial que convierte la orina

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Federal appeals court says there is no fundamental right to change one’s sex on a birth certificate

Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that Tennessee does not unconstitutionally discriminate against transgender people by not allowing them to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. In a 2-1 ruling on Friday, the majority opinion of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found, “There

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Mississippi must move quickly on a court-ordered redistricting, say voting rights attorneys

Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights attorneys say Mississippi should work quickly to redraw some legislative districts to ensure more equitable representation for Black residents. In papers filed Friday, the attorneys say it’s important to hold special elections in updated districts this November. Three federal judges on July 2 ordered Mississippi legislators to

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