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Ecuador Mayor Shot Dead Days Before Anti-crime Referendum

The mayor of a small mining town in Ecuador was shot dead on Wednesday, just days before a national referendum on whether to take tougher measures against crime, authorities said. Jose Sanchez, mayor of Camilo Ponce Enriquez canton in the southern province of Azuay, “was shot and killed”, the mayor’s office announced on its Facebook page. […]

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Chernigiv Strike Toll Rises To Eight, 18 Wounded: Mayor

The toll from a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Chernigiv has risen to eight dead and 18 wounded, the mayor announced Wednesday. “There are eight dead and 18 injured as a result of the Russian missile strikes on Chernigiv. The search and rescue operation continues,” mayor Oleksandr Lomako said on social media. bur-jbr/jc/imm […]

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At Least Four Dead In Russian Strike On Ukraine’s Chernigiv: Mayor

A Russian strike on the northern Ukrainian city of Chernigiv has left at least four people killed, the mayor said Wednesday, in a rare strike on the territory bordering Belarus. “This is a very populated area. There has been a direct hit on a civilian infrastructural building. At the moment, there is information confirmed that […]

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From Homeless Addict To City Chief: The Unusual Journey Of Canadian Mayor

‘I truly believe in my heart of hearts that everyone is worth saving,’ says Oshawa mayor Dan Carter Cole BURSTON Text size Dan Carter once was a drug addict living on the streets, but now runs a Canadian city and draws from his darkest times to tackle a housing crunch and an addiction crisis. “I […]

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Guatemala Probing Killing Of Indigenous Town’s Mayor

Guatemalan authorities were investigating on Saturday the death of the mayor of an Indigenous town after his body was found in his home in what authorities called a “crime scene.” The body of Daniel Chavajay, 33, was found Friday, prosecutors said. He was mayor of San Juan La Laguna, located on Lake Atitlan, about a […]

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Russian Drone Attack Kills Six In Ukraine’s Kharkiv: Mayor

An overnight Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv killed six people and wounded 10 others, the city’s mayor said Saturday. “As of this morning, there are six dead and 10 wounded as a result of the night strike on Shevchenkivskyi district,” Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov said in a post on Telegram, referring to […]

Arkansas

Inside the Most Expensive House in Arkansas’s Capital

The most expensive home on the market in Little Rock, Arkansas, is this amenity-laden abode that’s on the market for a little over $5 million. In the latest episode of Mansion Global’s YouTube series, managing editor Beckie Strum takes a look at the custom-built fieldstone-clad house—which has its own observation tower—and showcases exactly what it […]

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Paris Mayor Says Russian, Belarusian Athletes ‘Not Welcome’ At Olympics

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Saturday Russian and Belarusian athletes “were not welcome” at the Olympics being staged in the French capital this year. “I want to tell Russian and Belarusian athletes that they are not welcome in Paris and to tell Ukrainian athletes and all the Ukrainian people that we support them very […]

Alabama

Alabama Lawmakers Vote To Protect IVF In Wake Of Court Ruling | #elections | #alabama

Lawmakers in the southern US state of Alabama passed legislation Thursday to protect health workers from legal liability after the state’s supreme court ruled frozen embryos are children. Bills “to provide civil and criminal immunity” to people providing such care cleared both Republican-controlled chambers, the legislature’s official webpage showed. The deeply conservative state’s Republican governor, […]

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Pre-election Protests In Mexico As Ex-mayor Joins Presidential Race

Mexico City ex-mayor Claudia Sheinbaum officially entered the presidential race Sunday amid protests against incumbent Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whom she hopes to replace as the first-ever woman in the post. Mexico’s electoral commission said it had received the registration of Sheinbaum, a member of Lopez Obrador’s ruling Morena party and the favorite, according to […]