Tag: efforts
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Flight ban strains humanitarian efforts and frustrates Haitians trying to fly home
All travel between the U.S. and Haiti, including much-needed aid operations, continues to be impacted by a 30-day ban imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration last week, after gunfire struck a Spirit Airlines plane as it attempted to land in Port-au-Prince. Linda Thelemaque regularly travels to the southern city of Les Cayes in her role…
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Stellantis to sell, shutter large testing facility amid cost-cutting efforts
DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, CNBC has learned. The decision is the latest cost-cutting measure by the trans-Atlantic automaker under CEO Carlos Tavares, who has been increasingly under pressure from Wall Street, dealers and the United Auto Workers union amid the company’s…
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China says it is beefing up efforts with U.S. to combat smuggling
HONG KONG — China is strengthening enforcement with nations such as the United States to combat smuggling and other serious crimes, state media reported Friday, citing the country’s National Immigration Administration. Smugglers and cross-border criminal groups at home and abroad have recently been “deceiving some people to participate in smuggling activities,” the administration said, without…
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Ron DeSantis, using the levers of state government, ramps up efforts to defeat Florida abortion-rights ballot measure
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and allies in his administration have undertaken a robust effort to build opposition to an amendment on the November ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution and undo a pinnacle piece of legislation he signed into law. In recent weeks, one state agency launched a website attacking the…
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Hurricane aid conspiracy theories threaten crowdfunding efforts
In the days and weeks after hurricanes Helene and Milton slammed the Southeast, communities are looking to crowdfund for repairs as conspiracy theories dog efforts to rebuild. Since the storms hit, the Biden administration has sought to counter false accusations that it is diverting federal relief funds to immigrants, a claim advanced by some Republican…
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Despite last-minute cleanup efforts, debris piles remain a threat during Hurricane Milton
TAMPA, Florida — Towers of trash still littered the Florida landscape Wednesday as Hurricane Milton barreled towards the Gulf Coast and garbage haulers suspended efforts to remove debris that could be dangerous in high winds left over from Hurricane Helene. With only hours to go before Milton, a Category 4 already churning up “tornadic supercells”…
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A week after Helene, recovery efforts struggle to reach parts of southern Appalachia
Spear said that the devastation affecting not just to two-lane roads but major interstates in the area is blocking trucks from accessing communities in the Asheville area. “North Carolina is just very, very different terrain, with service by road,” he said. “So until those roads are repaired, those bridges accessible, this is going to take…
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Iran’s history of elaborate election interference efforts, before the Trump campaign hack
On Friday, U.S. authorities accused three Iranian men of stealing and leaking files from former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, the largest “hack and leak” election influence operation since Russia’s breach of Hillary Clinton’s campaign and Democratic organizations in 2016. Iran’s influence efforts using hacked material from the Trump campaign follow what the United States…
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Former defense minister set to lead Japan amid efforts to counter China’s growing power
TOKYO — Shigeru Ishiba is set to become Japan’s next prime minister after the governing Liberal Democratic Party elected him as its new leader on Friday. Ishiba, a former defense minister, will be named prime minister of the U.S. ally on Tuesday when Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his cabinet ministers resign and Ishiba is…
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Russia, Iran and China are using AI in election interference efforts, U.S. intelligence officials say
Propagandists in China, Iran and Russia are using artificial intelligence to create content designed to deceive Americans ahead of the November presidential election, federal intelligence officials said Monday. In a conference call about foreign election interference efforts organized by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, officials said the U.S. intelligence community, or IC,…