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Month: October 2022

Liz Cheney endorses Michigan Democratic congresswoman facing tough reelection and will campaign for her

By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming has endorsed a Democratic House colleague from Michigan locked in a competitive reelection fight and will campaign for her next week. In a statement Thursday, Cheney described Rep. Elissa Slotkin, with whom she serves on the Armed Services Committee, as “a good

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Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply

By Matt Egan Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders instead of aggressively investing in new supply. “Big Oil just made another round of record profits by gouging Americans at the gas pump,” Fetterman, the lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania, said in a statement.

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UK says new PM Rishi Sunak won’t go to UN climate conference

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will not attend a major United Nations climate conference next month, the government said Thursday. Sunak’s office said the decision was made because of “pressing domestic commitments” including preparations for an emergency budget on Nov. 17 and does not reflect a downgrade in the Conservative government’s commitment

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In possible sign for US, Chile’s flu hospitalizations were highest in three years, but vaccination helped

By Katherine Dillinger, CNN In a possible warning sign for the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, Chile’s 2022 flu season started much earlier than usual and brought more hospitalizations than during the pandemic, but the effectiveness of the vaccine against hospitalization was estimated to be almost 50%, according to a new study published by

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People of color less likely to receive Paxlovid and other Covid-19 treatments, according to CDC study

By Deidre McPhillips, CNN People of color — especially Black and Hispanic people — were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other Covid-19 treatments, according to a study published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Throughout the pandemic, Black and Hispanic people have been about two times more likely than White

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US must strengthen defenses in face of increasing threats from China and Russia, US defense strategy says

By Ellie Kaufman, Barbara Starr and Oren Liebermann, CNN The US must strengthen its defenses against increasing threats from both China and Russia, focusing on Beijing as its main global competitor, the Biden administration’s national defense strategy released Thursday says. While Russia remains an “acute threat” to the US according to the strategy, it has

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Un avión que viajaba entre Chile y Paraguay aterriza de emergencia tras resultar dañado durante tormenta

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN Español) — Un avión de Latam que viajaba entre las capitales de Chile y Paraguay tuvo que aterrizar de emergencia en Asunción este miércoles luego de atravesar “condiciones meteorológicas severas durante su trayecto de vuelo”, indicó la aerolínea este jueves a CNN en un comunicado. El procedimiento “se realizó sin inconvenientes”

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