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Harry Reid, who emerged from the unforgiving political landscape of Las Vegas, Nevada, to lead Senate Democrats for 12 turbulent years, died Tuesday at age 82. Reid died Tuesday, "in peace" and surrounded by friends "after a valiant four-year battle with pancreatic cancer," Landra Reid said of her husband.Tributes for the late senator came after news of his death.Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Reid "one of the most incredible people I have ever met.""He was tough as nails, strong, but caring and compassionate, and he always went out of his way quietly to help people who needed help," said Schumer. in a sentence.Steve Sisolak, the Governor of Nevada, said that Calling Reid "a giant" failed to "fully encapsulate all that he accomplished on behalf of the state of Nevada and fo...

All stories have an ending, even love ones. They do not expire, because the memory is preserved, but they inevitably end. Luisa Cantero knows it, that if she resists "God take her away" it is only because Miguel Angel Muñoz, whom he cares for since childhood. Now also, by force, he is conscious, who finds it difficult to imagine a world without her. They are separated by 59 years, almost a lifetime, but a glance is enough to cut the distance, to say those kinds of things that can only be expressed without words. They couldn't be more different. She listens to mass while he does yoga, he is so patient that he is restless by nature. Miguel Ángel Muñoz needs to learn everything the time. To sing and dance for 'Un paso forward', to cook in 'Masterchef', to jump on a parachute. But...

The demons of the antihero, specialty of the filmmaker Paul Schrader, portrays them Oscar Isaac with the characteristic gravity of his interpretations in 'The card counter'. In one of the most personal and intense films of the Guatemalan actor, his character shines with the same subtlety that they did in the past William Dafoe in 'Possibility of escape' or Ethan Hawke in 'The Reverend', two acclaimed works by the same director.This time Oscar Isaac becomes Guillermo Tell. His character has a traumatic past that he endows with a spiritual aspect. «He chooses to live in purgatory, playing from casino to casino, with his feelings asleep because he knows that something will end up happening and he waits while the clock of life is walking ». Guatemalan actor with more than two decades of ...

Drafting BBC News World8 minutesImage source, Getty ImagesCaption, "She was full of joy, she had big dreams for her future," said Soledad Peralta.Soledad Peralta could only utter a few words, through tears, until she said: "I can't take it anymore."He was trying to describe this Tuesday how his daughter, Valentina Orellana Peralta, from 14 years and originally from Chile, died on December 23 after receiving a stray bullet from a police officer during a shooting at a Los Angeles, California shopping mall.Her brief testimony was heartbreaking: "We heard screams. We sat on a seat, hugging, praying, when something shocked my daughter Valentina," she said at a press conference on Tuesday. "And died in my arms. I could not do anything".The girl was the victim of shots fired by an agent of t...

Europe Poland enacts a near-total ban on abortion Natalya couldn't afford another child to feed. I was 19 weeks old when I decided to have an abortion in Poland, a country that only allows it after rape or incest or when the mother's life is in danger. So Natalya (not her real name), "terrified that she would be forced to carry her pregnancy to term" contacted Abortion Without Borders. The organization helped her travel by car, with her partner, to Spain (the doctors had forbidden her to fly because it was a risky pregnancy). They paid for the trip and the NGO took care of the costs of the procedure, about 2,000 euros. Two days later she was back home, safe and sound. The same did not happen to his compatriot Izabela, who last November became a symbol of the protests against aborti...

TO Ph.D. in economics, military leader, Bristol University graduate Hun Manet, the eldest son of Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen, has been confirmed as the next leader of the country's dominant political party, which described him as a "candidate to prime minister [of] the future".At last week's congress, the Cambodian People's Party (CPP), which holds all parliamentary seats, voted unanimously in favor of Hun Manet, 44, to succeed his father.In 2017, Hun Sen dissolved the main opposition party amid allegations of a plot to overthrow the government, meaning that life under Hun Manet is almost inevitable. The burning question now among observers is whether he will follow the dictatorial path of his father. Very little is known about Hun Manet, says Dr. Lee Morgenbesser, senior lec...

Sara MedialdeaMADRID Updated:29/12/2021 01:50h Keep Related newsIsabel Díaz Ayuso (Madrid, 1978) began 2021 in an uncomfortable government coalition, with a third wave of the pandemic that once again devastated Madrid hospitals and a snow storm, Filomena, who plunged Madrid into chaos during days. A year later, he has broken that marriage of convenience with Ciudadanos, has risked it in an election and has won them: he governs alone, in his own way. But happiness is never complete, and the plenipotentiary president lives facing the national leadership of her party, who questions her despite the fact that, thanks to her and her victory on March 4, the PP came out of the well in which they had plunged it its disastrous results in the Catalan elections of February 14.Things w...

There are no doubts: a diet rich in ultra-processed foods almost always leads to disaster. Currently, one of the most important measures to prevent chronic diseases, enjoy a healthy weight and live longer, is nutrition. That is why the quality of food is a determining aspect in our state of health and especially when it comes to heart health. Recently, a 10-year study published in the European Heart Journal found very relevant findings between continued consumption of processed foods and cardiovascular health. Specifically, the researchers found that people with cardiovascular disease who have had a heart attack or stroke, who repeatedly consume ultra-processed foods: are 66% more likely to have a second, and fatal, heart attack or stroke and 40% more likely to die from any...

Despite the hope that it will continue to decline, the South African authorities recommended caution. Foto: John Moore / Getty Images South Africa, the country where the origin of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 occurred at the end of November, has had a steep decline in cases in recent days after having reached a maximum number of infections on December 17 with 23,437 new cases. Since that day, the trend has been improving for the Southern African nation, reaching just over 15,000 cases last Sunday. According to Michelle Groome, representative of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases of South Africa, the key to the decrease in cases is in the province of Gauteng, where the first case of Ómicron arose and is the epicenter ...