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Man arrested after reports of stabbing with multiple casualties in northwest England
By The Associated Press on July 29th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – Police say a man has been arrested after a reported stabbing in northwest England in which several people were hurt. Merseyside Police said officers were called at about noon on Monday to an address in Southport. It said “there are a number of reported casualties” and called it a “major incident.” It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuela’s Maduro and opposition are locked in standoff as both claim victory in presidential vote
By Joshua Goodman And Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 29th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government were locked in a high-stakes standoff after each side claimed victory in a presidential vote that millions in the long-suffering nation saw as their best shot to end 25 years of single-party rule. Several foreign governments, including the U.S., held off recognizing the results ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maduro locked in standoff with opponents as each side claims victory in presidential elections
By Joshua Goodman And Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 29th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s opposition and President Nicolas Maduro’s government were locked in a high-stakes standoff after each side claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential vote, which millions in the long-suffering nation saw as their best shot to end 25 years of single-party rule. Several foreign governments, including the U.S., held off recognizing the results ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela’s presidential election as opposition claims it prevailed
By Joshua Goodman And Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner. “The Venezuelans and the entire world know what happened,” opposition candidate Edmundo González said in his first remarks. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said the margin of González’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela’s presidential election as opposition claims irregularities
By Joshua Goodman And Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner. “The Venezuelans and the entire world know what happened,” Edmundo Gonzalez said in his first remarks. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado made the announcement standing alongside Gonzalez, whose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blinken says US has ‘serious concerns’ about announced result of Venezuelan election
By The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
TOKYO (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States has “˜serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela’s hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro. Speaking in Tokyo on Monday shortly after the announcement was made, Blinken said the U.S. was concerned that the result ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuelans anxiously await results of presidential election that could end one-party rule
By Joshua Goodman And Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelans waited anxiously for the results of Sunday’s presidential election that could pave the way to an end to 25 years of single party rule, even as some polls remained open more than an hour after a deadline to close. President Nicolás Maduro, in seeking a third term, faced his toughest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuelan election could lead to a seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro 6 more years
By Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuelans are voting Sunday in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse. Whether it is President Nicolás Maduro who is chosen, or his main opponent, retired diplomat Edmundo ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mudslide kills 15 people near tourist site in China as rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region
By Ken Moritsugu, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – Fifteen people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a tourist area in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said. Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being hit by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 12 killed by mudslide in China as heavy rains from tropical storm Gaemi drench region
By Ken Moritsugu, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
BEIJING (AP) – At least 12 people were killed after a mudslide hit a homestay house in a tourist area in southeastern China on Sunday as heavy rains from what remained of a tropical storm drenched the region, state media said. Elsewhere in China, a delivery person on a scooter was killed Saturday after being ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Venezuelan election could lead to seismic shift in politics or give President Maduro six more years
By Regina Garcia Cano, The Associated Press on July 28th, 2024
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Polls have opened in Venezuela, where people are voting Sunday in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the world’s worst peacetime economic collapse. Whether it is President Nicolás Maduro who is chosen, or ... Read More »
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