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COPENHAGUE (AP) — Las autoridades de Noruega emitieron el viernes varias advertencias de deslizamientos de tierra y avalanchas para la zona sur del país, que sigue siendo afectado por el mal tiempo que, según las autoridades, también podría causar el cierre de carreteras en el norte con poca antelación. Los vuelos hacia y desde el aeropuerto de la ciudad ártica …

CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. food agency said Friday it has received reports of people dying from starvation in Sudan, where raging fighting between rival generals is hampering the distribution of aid and food supplies to those most hungry. The 10 months of clashes between the Sudanese military, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, and the Rapid Support Forces, a …

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers are urging Hungary to immediately ratify Sweden’s application to join NATO, saying patience with the Central European country is “wearing thin” as it continues to delay its approval for the Nordic nation. Hungary is the only country in the 31-nation military alliance that hasn’t yet backed Sweden’s membership bid, and …

LONDRES (AP) — La activista climática Greta Thunberg fue a juicio el jueves por negarse a abandonar una protesta que bloqueó la entrada a una importante conferencia de la industria petrolera y gasera en Londres el año pasado. Thunberg, de 21 años, fue una de más de dos docenas de manifestantes arrestados el 17 de octubre tras impedir el acceso …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top security minister has resigned from the Cabinet of President Joko Widodo to focus on running for vice president in this month’s election. Mohammad Mahfud M.D. said he was resigning to concentrate on the Feb. 14 election in which he is the running mate of former Central Java Gov. Ganjar Pranowo — who has been …

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg spoke defiantly about her mission outside court Thursday on the first day of her trial for refusing to leave a protest that blocked the entrance to a major oil and gas industry conference in London last year. Thunberg, 21, was among more than two dozen protesters arrested on Oct. 17 after preventing access …

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Mass street protests intensified Thursday across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code and eliminate the office of the special prosecutor that deals with major crime and corruption. Thousands were rallying as the protests spread to 31 cities and towns across the country, up from two dozens …