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MANILA, Philippines (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that China should not hold talks hostage on major global issues such as the climate crisis, after Beijing cut ties with Washington retaliates for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. earlier this week. Blinken spoke in an online press conference with his Philippine counterpart in Manila after meeting with newly elected President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and other senior officials, while relations between Washington and Beijing fell to their worst level in recent years. Pelosi’s trip to the self-ruled island angered China, which claims Taiwan as its…

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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) – A sewage alert has been issued for the Connecticut River. With the hot weekend coming up, this is sure to affect cooling plans for many. It’s something we’ve been seeing this summer, alerts from the Springfield Water and Sewer Commission, asking people to avoid the Connecticut River for the next 48 hours because of a sewage overflow, with the last Friday afternoon. The affected communities along the river are Springfield, Agawam, West Springfield and Longmeadow. Officials estimate that more than 658,000 liters of sewage have spilled into the water. Those alerts have been going out more…

Quick actions from the public led police to capture one of a group of suspected armed robbers in Auckland’s CBD, says the onlooker who provided footage of the incident. The video, provided by an eyewitness, shows three people running towards a waiting car before it drives away. The onlooker, who wishes to remain anonymous, said one member of the group of alleged criminals appeared to have been left behind by the fleeing vehicle during the confusion. READ MORE: Dramatic footage shows suspected robbers fleeing scene in Auckland CBD Realizing his mistake, he said the fleeing car came back for the…

Lina Agudelo, executive director of the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut, at the State Street Group offices in New London on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day) New London: Since 2000, the Hispanic Alliance of Southeastern Connecticut has known primarily one executive director and that is its founder, Alejandro Melendez-Cooper. After his death in November last year, his son Claudio Melendez-Cooper took over as interim chief executive and took on the tough task of finding a replacement for his father, someone qualified with a connection to the community Melendez-Cooper, believing she had found someone, hired Lina Agudelo, 42,…

US candy giant Mars Wrigley has insisted it “respects China’s national sovereignty” and apologized after an ad for its Snickers bar referred to Taiwan as a country, sparking outrage on the mainland. Marketing screenshots of the walnut pastry featuring South Korean boy band BTS were quickly picked up on social media in mainland China, where any suggestion that the island is an independent nation is highly taboo. “We are aware of reports of Snickers-related activities in certain regions of Asia, take this very seriously and express our deepest apologies,” said a Mars Wrigley statement posted on Snickers China’s Weibo page…