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Von der Leyen’s health forces two-week break amid severe pneumonia
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is battling “severe pneumonia” and has canceled her engagements for the next two weeks, her office announced on Friday.
Spokesperson Stefan De Keersmaeker confirmed that von der Leyen’s schedule has been cleared of meetings in Lisbon and Poland, the latter of which recently assumed the rotating presidency of the 27-nation European Union.
“She is dealing with severe pneumonia,” De Keersmaeker stated in a brief communiqué, providing no further details about her condition or how she contracted the illness.
The 66-year-old recently began her second five-year term leading the EU’s powerful executive branch.
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Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Honduras and the Caribbean
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Honduras and several Caribbean nations on Saturday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers.
Although the United States Tsunami Warning System initially issued a tsunami alert for the Caribbean, it later reported that the threat had passed.
The powerful tremor was recorded at approximately 5:23 PM local time and occurred about 298.1 kilometers (185 miles) north-northwest of Puerto Lempira, in the Gracias a Dios department, near the Nicaraguan border, according to Honduras’ Permanent Contingency Commission (COPECO).
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Milei’s government moves forward with privatization of Belgrano Cargas
he Argentine government has issued a decree this Saturday approving the full privatization of the state-owned railway freight company Belgrano Cargas y Logística S.A., government spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced.
“President Javier Milei has just signed the decree that begins the process of fully privatizing Belgrano Cargas y Logística S.A. The state will no longer operate freight railway services or manage any of its infrastructure, including rolling stock, tracks, workshops, and properties,” Adorni stated on his social media account X.
The government had previously announced in October its plan to privatize the company, labeling it as “obscenely unprofitable.” According to official reports, the state had to inject $112 million to keep the company afloat.
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Mexico’s Sheinbaum urges U.S. to target cartels on its own soil
Under orders from U.S. President Donald Trump, the Department of Justice has directed the “total elimination” of drug cartels.
Newly appointed U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has made the “complete eradication” of organized crime cartels a top priority. In response, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged Washington on Friday to begin operations against these groups within U.S. territory.
On Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department released a memorandum in which Bondi called for a review of national security and anti-narcotics strategies to achieve the swift dismantling of all cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
“This public policy requires a fundamental shift in mindset and approach.
We must do more than just try to mitigate the enormous harm these groups cause in the United States. It is not enough to stop the wave of deadly poisons, such as fentanyl, that these organizations distribute in our country,” the memo states.
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