MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of limited amounts of pot plants, […]
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Major Ocean-Observing Satellite Starts Providing Science Data
After six months of check-out and calibration in orbit, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite made its first two data streams available to the public on June 22. The satellite launched […]
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Report Blames Poor Welds for Mexico City Subway Collapse
By Mark StevensonAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A preliminary report by experts into the collapse of a Mexico City elevated subway line that killed 26 people placed much of […]
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‘Practical Work’ Summit for Biden, Putin: No Punches or Hugs
By Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire, and Vladimir IsachenkovAssociated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin exchanged cordial words and plotted modest steps on arms control […]
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Biden Opens Overseas Trip Declaring ‘United States is Back’
By Jonathan Lemire and Aamer MadhaniAssociated Press MILDENHALL, England (AP) — President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States […]
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Blunt Message, Search for Answers Mark VP’s 1st Foreign Trip
By Alexandra JaffeAssociated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris came to Latin America to deliver a message rather than clinch some kind of concrete deal. She bluntly […]
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More Than 100 LGBTQ Candidates Compete in Mexican Election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — For years, transgender activist Roshell Terranova protested in the streets and knocked on the doors of Mexico’s Congress to make the demands of the country’s LGBTQ […]
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Blinken Claims Progress in Effort to Boost Gaza Truce
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a two-day Mideast mission on Wednesday, winning valuable diplomatic support and hundreds of millions of dollars of pledges from […]
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Israel’s Netanyahu ‘Determined’ to Continue Gaza Operation
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Wednesday to press ahead with a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, pushing back against calls from […]
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Panel Suggests WHO Should Have More Power to Stop Pandemics
GENEVA (AP) — A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted “guaranteed rights of […]