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2 months, 1 week ago

Oldest Latino civil rights group in U.S. bridges the generational gap

LA Times

From Española, U.S. Highway 285 slowly ascends through the Carson National Forest. “We’ve spent years trying to get media to cover us,” said Katie Dokson, a small-business owner in nearby Alamosa whose family has lived in the San Luis Valley for seven generations. “We’re the birthplace of Colorado, but the state has never treated us like that,” added Mike Sisneros, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Thigh injury ends Zheng's Madrid Open as Sabalenka and Rybakina progress

China Daily

China's Zheng Qinwen leaves the court to receive medical attention after her round of 64 match against Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva at the Madrid Open in Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain April 26, 2024. MADRID - China's number six seed, Zheng Qinwen's adventure in the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament ended prematurely on Friday as she was forced to withdraw from the …

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9 months ago

Queen Letizia stuns in a red jacket as she takes to the podium to chair a medical research forum in Madrid

Daily Mail

Queen Letizia of Spain opted for business chic with a touch of added glam as she took to the podium to chair a medical research forum today. The Queen, 51, wore a red tweed jacket with gold buttons, paired with black trousers, as she walked onto the stage to open the forum. The forum, hosted by The Fundación Mutua Madrileña, …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s foreign affairs minister was moved to the tourism post Wednesday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle just days after the official said the country’s police in the Kenya-led Haiti peacekeeping mission would be deployed “within a short time.” Alfred Mutua’s statement came shortly after the U.N Security Council approved the force Monday and was issued before …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Gang violence is tearing Haiti apart. Here’s what to know

CNN

CNN — The kidnapping of an American nurse in Haiti last week along with her young child has cast stark light on the Caribbean nation’s epidemic of lawlessness, where more than 1,000 people were taken hostage for ransom in the first six months of the year, according to United Nations figures. An ‘alarming’ cycle of violence Over the past two …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Madrid Open apologises for denying women's doubles finalists speeches

Firstpost

Victoria Azarenka and Beatriz Haddad Maia beat Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff in the Madrid Open women’s final but were not given a microphone to let them address the crowd. Madrid Open organisers apologised Thursday after not allowing the women’s doubles finalists to make speeches after the match at the tournament last week, amid allegations of sexism. Statement below from …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Zhang makes history after reaching Madrid quarters

China Daily

Zhang Zhizhen of China looks to return a ball against Taylor Fritz of the United States during their Men's Singles fourth round match on Day Nine of the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica on May 2, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Displaying resilience and aggression, Zhang Zhizhen made Chinese tennis history on Tuesday when he became the nation's first …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Kenya's new cabinet sworn in two months after vote

The Hindu

Kenyan President William Ruto's cabinet was sworn in on Thursday, two months after he narrowly won a bitterly-fought but largely peaceful election. However, the new cabinet did not achieve the gender parity Mr. Ruto had promised on the campaign trail, naming just seven women to the team. Musalia Mudavadi, a former vice president who broke ranks with defeated presidential candidate …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Djokovic stays perfect against Monfils, Raducanu knocked out in Madrid

Hindustan Times

World number one Novak Djokovic began his quest for a fourth Madrid Open title with a 6-3 6-2 victory over Gael Monfils on Tuesday, improving his unbeaten record to 18-0 against the Frenchman. Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball against Gael Monfils, of France, during their match at the Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 3, …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Kenyan-born Athlete Damaris Muthee Mutua Found Murdered

News 18

A Kenyan-born Bahraini athlete has been found dead in a town in the east African country’s west and the runner’s Ethiopian boyfriend is a suspect in her killing, police said on Tuesday. Damaris Muthee Mutua’s murder follows the killing of another athlete in Kenya, Olympic runner Agnes Tirop, who was found stabbed to death at her home in the same …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Organisers told not to hold Madrid Open amid surge in COVID-19 cases