WorldPingCBS News
U.S. pledges $1 billion to Colombia as new right-wing president takes office
Abelardo de la Espriella, a millionaire lawyer with a taste for spectacle, took office Friday.
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The Hindu
New Colombia President pledges robust fight against crime, fiscal austerity in maiden speech
WorldPingDe La Espriella’s election was part of a rightward shift rippling across Latin America…
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Colombia rocked by car bomb blast a day after new President takes charge
In southwestern Colombia, a car bomb detonated at a toll plaza on Saturday, just a day after Abelardo de la Espriella took office as president. The army promptly attributed the incident to dissident FARC factions, leaving two security guards injured.
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Al Jazeera
Car bomb attack rattles Colombia after inauguration of hardline president
Government promises harsh response following explosives attack on Pan-American Highway in southwest of country.
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WorldPingBBC News
US offers $1bn to Colombia on new right-wing president's first day of office
Abelardo de la Espriella used his maiden speech to promise an "all-out war" on what he calls "narco-terrorism".
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WorldPingThe Hindu
Former U.S. President Biden’s cancer has spread, it’s very painful, says son
In May 2025, just four months after he left office as the oldest sitting President, Joe Biden revealed he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that had spread to his bones…
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WorldPingThe Hindu
Rights groups decry Israeli killing of Lebanese journalist as ‘war crime’
Amal Khalil, a 42-year-old reporter for Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar, and freelance camerawoman Zeinab Faraj had taken refuge in a building after an Israeli strike hit a vehicle travelling in front of theirs…
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