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Panamá decomisa cinco toneladas de cocaína en cargamento de banano ecuatoriano con destino a España

CIUDAD DE PANAMÁ (AP) — Las autoridades panameñas decomisaron cinco toneladas de cocaína, una de las incautaciones más voluminosas del país, dentro un buque con plátanos procedentes de Ecuador y que tenían como destino España. Según informó el jueves el ministro de Seguridad de Panamá, Juan Pino, el decomiso se ejecutó en un puerto de la ciudad portuaria panameña de …

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The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will be on Friday, spokesperson says

The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place Friday in Moscow after several locations declined to host the service, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said Wednesday. The burial is to …

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Northern Ireland judge rules that amnesty law for ‘the Troubles’ breaches human rights

LONDON (AP) — A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offenses committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights, a judge in Belfast ruled Wednesday. The British government’s Legacy and Reconciliation Bill, passed in September, stops most prosecutions for alleged killings by militant groups and British soldiers during “the Troubles” — …

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Un comité en Senegal propone elecciones en junio tras el rechazo judicial a aplazarlas 10 meses

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Un comité de diálogo nacional en Senegal propuso celebrar elecciones a principios de junio, la primera fecha propuesta después de que el presidente intentara retrasarlas hasta final de año. El presidente, Macky Sall, que enfrenta un límite de mandatos cuando termine su segunda etapa en el poder, dijo a principios de febrero que aplazaría los comicios …

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Nigeria’s union workers are on strike nationwide over soaring inflation and unmet promises

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government employees and other union workers began a new nationwide strike Tuesday that threatened to shut down key services while people are angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain. Since assuming office in Africa’s most populous country last year, President Bola Tinubu has enacted policies that include doing away with fuel subsidies and unifying …

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