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Roz Brown Public News Service ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Homelessness has been on the rise in New Mexico over the past two years, and efforts to turn that around will receive attention on several fronts in 2019. The state has the highest number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in the...
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EFE Tokyo – A departure tax on every passenger leaving Japan by plane or by boat came into force on Monday, to finance initiatives which will assist tourists, according to the Government. The 1,000-yen-tax ($9.21), will be charged on plane and ship tickets, and will affect both Japanese and...
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EFE Spaniards will celebrate this year’s King’s Day festivities by opening their Christmas gifts and sharing over 30 million roscones, or Three Kings’ Day cakes, a three-percent increase on 2018 figures, according to a baking industry spokesperson who spoke with EFE Thursday. This rise is partly due to...
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Eric Tegethoff Public News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — In an effort to tackle the affordable housing crisis, Oregon could end single-family zoning this legislative session. Oregon would be the first state to do so if lawmakers who support the idea succeed. Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek is drafting legislation...
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EFE Washington – President Donald Trump on Saturday December 22 defended his decision to withdraw US forces from Syria after his envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State terror organization resigned in protest. “When I became President, ISIS was going wild. Now ISIS is largely defeated and other...
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EFE Tijuana – A poco más de un día de que se celebro la tradicional “Nochebuena”, más de 30 chefs locales e internacionales se reunieron y prepararon paella para los miles de migrantes centroamericanos que llegaron a la ciudad mexicana de Tijuana hace ya más de un mes. Armando...
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EFE Pekín – El conglomerado chino Wanda anunció que invertirá 12.000 millones de yuanes (1.740 millones de dólares o 1.535 millones de euros) para construir un parque temático del comunismo en la ciudad de Yan’an, en el centro de China, informa hoy el portal de noticias económicas Caixin. El...
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The “Maya Train” Begins Its Construction in Southern Mexico Marti Quintana EFE Mexico City – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurated construction over the weekend of the Maya Train, a colossal infrastructure project and an “act of justice” that is bound to bring a radical change to impoverished southeastern...
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EFE New York – The popular bronze statue of the “Fearless Girl” that has been facing down Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” for the past 18 months, was moved Monday to its new and permanent location in front of the New York Stock Exchange. The work of Uruguayan-born sculptor...
Roz Brown Public News Service ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Homelessness has been on the rise in New Mexico over the past two years, and efforts to turn that around will receive attention on several fronts in 2019. The state has the highest number of people experiencing chronic homelessness in the...
EFE Tokyo – A departure tax on every passenger leaving Japan by plane or by boat came into force on Monday, to finance initiatives which will assist tourists, according to the Government. The 1,000-yen-tax ($9.21), will be charged on plane and ship tickets, and will affect both Japanese and...
EFE Spaniards will celebrate this year’s King’s Day festivities by opening their Christmas gifts and sharing over 30 million roscones, or Three Kings’ Day cakes, a three-percent increase on 2018 figures, according to a baking industry spokesperson who spoke with EFE Thursday. This rise is partly due to...
Eric Tegethoff Public News Service PORTLAND, Ore. — In an effort to tackle the affordable housing crisis, Oregon could end single-family zoning this legislative session. Oregon would be the first state to do so if lawmakers who support the idea succeed. Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek is drafting legislation...
EFE Washington – President Donald Trump on Saturday December 22 defended his decision to withdraw US forces from Syria after his envoy to the coalition fighting the Islamic State terror organization resigned in protest. “When I became President, ISIS was going wild. Now ISIS is largely defeated and other...
EFE Tijuana – A poco más de un día de que se celebro la tradicional “Nochebuena”, más de 30 chefs locales e internacionales se reunieron y prepararon paella para los miles de migrantes centroamericanos que llegaron a la ciudad mexicana de Tijuana hace ya más de un mes. Armando...
EFE Pekín – El conglomerado chino Wanda anunció que invertirá 12.000 millones de yuanes (1.740 millones de dólares o 1.535 millones de euros) para construir un parque temático del comunismo en la ciudad de Yan’an, en el centro de China, informa hoy el portal de noticias económicas Caixin. El...
The “Maya Train” Begins Its Construction in Southern Mexico Marti Quintana EFE Mexico City – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurated construction over the weekend of the Maya Train, a colossal infrastructure project and an “act of justice” that is bound to bring a radical change to impoverished southeastern...
EFE New York – The popular bronze statue of the “Fearless Girl” that has been facing down Wall Street’s iconic “Charging Bull” for the past 18 months, was moved Monday to its new and permanent location in front of the New York Stock Exchange. The work of Uruguayan-born sculptor...