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A deeper descent into authoritarianism, or the extension of a presidency that most citizens believe has improved the country. Those were the two main reactions in El Salvador when President Nayib Bukele said last week that he plans to seek re-election in 2024. For human rights defenders, Bukele’s announcement raises the risk of slipping back towards a dark period in the country’s history when 75,000 people were killed during a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The peace accord to end the violence established clear democratic norms to help the country avoid another bloody confrontation, such as limiting the…

Police say they are investigating how a two-year-old child fell out of a window from the fourth floor of an apartment building in southeast Calgary on Friday. Police confirmed the child was rushed to hospital shortly before 5 p.m. A spokesperson for EMS told Global News the child remained in critical condition as of late Friday night.EMS said first responders were called after the child fell out of a building on Doverglen Crescent S.E. Related News Read the full article here

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a number of cheeky digs during the Grand Final breakfast in Melbourne as footy fans gear up to watch the AFL Premiership decider.Mr Albanese appeared at the Grand Final breakfast on Saturday morning where he was joined by state and federal politicians ahead of the season finale between the Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans.The audience appeared to be laughing after the Prime Minister joked about the group of guests at breakfast compared to the entertainment at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. “We are lucky to have so many representatives here from federal and state politics. People at…

Sharing their truths. Some of Hollywood’s biggest stars have not shied away from openly discussing their bisexuality. Amber Heard revealed in 2010 at GLAAD’s 25th anniversary event that she’s had “successful relationships” with both men and women. The Aquaman actress was married to Johnny Depp from 2015 to 2017 but she has also been linked to Elon Musk and photographer Tasya Van Ree. As of early 2020, she has been dating cinematographer Bianca Butti. Heard opened up to Italian magazine IO Donna in 2019 about why she chose to publicly address her sexual orientation despite warnings from industry execs and…

One Alabama Police Department is used to seeing the unexpected, but when they received a 911 call about a large snake coiled in a toilet, they were shocked.”We never know from one day to the next what kind of call we will (receive) during our shift,” the Eufaula Police Department said in a Facebook post. “Today was no exception, however a snake in the toilet wasn’t on our list of possibilities.”In the now viral post, photos show the snake tucked inside the toilet underwater.Police identified the large reptile as a “harmless” gray rat snake, though even a nonvenomous snake is…

A Georgia prep school is carrying out its mission to honor Americans’ service and sacrifice.Georgia Military College has so far honored two Gold Star students — cadets Madison French and Kade Horne — for the service and sacrifice that was made within their own families with major scholarships.The school announced on Friday that it will be dishing out a total of 36 full-tuition scholarships to prep school students in partnership with NewDay USA.THE AMERICAN LEGION TURNS 103: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZATION FORMED TO AID WWI VETERANSGeorgia Military College president Lt. Gen. Bill Caldwell told “Fox & Friends” on…

Former President Donald Trump blasted major news networks for ignoring the apparent political killing of an 18-year-old in North Dakota. Cayler Ellingson was killed early Sunday morning in McHenry, North Dakota after Shannon Brandt, 41, allegedly admitted to using his SUV to hit Ellingson, who later died at a local hospital. According to affidavit, Brandt said Ellingson was “threatening” him and that he believed the teenager was part of a “Republican extremist group.””Just recently, a young 18-year-old man from North Dakota … was targeted and killed, run down in cold blood with an SUV by a radical left maniac,” Trump said…

Researchers studying sharks in the northwest Atlantic recently spotted a shape that temporarily led them to believe the extinct megalodon shark was still swimming in the deeps.The Atlantic Shark Institute shared the image captured on its fish finder to its social media accounts, saying researchers estimated the apparent megalodon to be about 50 feet long and weigh 40 tons.”Does the Meg exist?” the organization asked. “On a recent shark research trip, we were all amused to see this shape appear on our fish finder for several minutes.”However, the researchers’ excitement that the monstrous sea creature had returned only lasted a…

A car bomb went off Friday as worshippers were leaving a Kabul mosque, killing at least seven people and wounding 41, including several children, a Taliban official said.No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, the latest in a steady stream of attacks since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan just over a year ago.A column of black smoke rose into the sky and shots rang out several minutes after the explosion near the mosque, located in a high-profile diplomatic neighborhood of the Afghan capital. A Taliban-appointed Interior Ministry spokesman, Abdul Nafi Takor, said the vehicle with explosives was parked…

There is a new member of baseball’s 700 home run club.Albert Pujols blasted the 700th home run of his career on Friday night, becoming the fourth person in MLB history to accomplish that feat.He joins Barry Bonds (762), Hank Aaron (755), and Babe Ruth (714) as the only players in the 700 home run club. He also hit his 699th earlier in the game. Pujols hit his 499th and 500th in the same game, too.Bonds was the last person to hit 700 back on Sept. 17, 2004. He hit 62 more throughout his career to become the home run king,…