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PARÍS (AP) — Los trabajadores de la Torre Eiffel en París se declararon en huelga en protesta por lo que dicen es un mal manejo financiero del icónico monumento parisino. A la entrada del monumento había un letrero en inglés que decía: “Debido a una huelga, la Torre Eiffel está cerrada. Les pedimos disculpas”. La cantidad de turistas al popular …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday brushed off growing calls to halt the military offensive in Gaza, vowing to “finish the job” as a member of his War Cabinet threatened to invade the southern city of Rafah if remaining Israeli hostages are not freed by the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel’s government …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators cloaked in pink marched through cities in Mexico and abroad on Sunday in what they called a “march for democracy” targeting the country’s ruling party in advance of the country’s June 2 elections. The demonstrations called by Mexico’s opposition parties advocated for free and fair elections in the Latin American nation …

Police in Moscow were called to investigate alleged LGBTQ+ propaganda at a fan event dedicated to the cartoon series “My Little Pony,” organizers said Sunday. The Mi Amore convention was closed by organizers early Saturday after officers arrived at the venue in the Russian capital, despite police being unable to find evidence of illegal activity. “The police received a complaint …

As outrage over the death of chief Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny reverberates across the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning a deaf ear to Western anger as he prepares to extend his 24-year rule in an election next month and police across Russia continue to squelch any protest attempts. The U.S. and its allies are pondering new sanctions against …

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interior ministers of four Arab countries held talks in Jordan on Saturday to discuss ways of combatting the illegal drug trade in the region and agreed to set up a joint telecommunications cell to exchange information. The meeting between the interior ministers of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq, saw the four officials acknowledge “that there …

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Una madre y sus dos hijos fallecieron al derrumbarse el muro de su vivienda en un municipio vecino a la ciudad de La Paz, la sede de gobierno de Bolivia, debido a persistentes lluvias, informó el sábado la Unidad de Bomberos. Estos han sido los aguaceros más intensos en 20 años, según las autoridades. “Son …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas met Saturday with newly elected Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo and discussed regional migration, security and the economy in the Central American nation, they said. The meeting at the Munich Security Conference came days after the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Mayorkas for the administration’s handling of …

The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger of having a “long-term political goal” of eliminating the U.N. …

NOM PEN, Camboya (AP) — Camboya comenzará a instalar cientos de cámaras de vigilancia y a importar tigres de India como parte de un plan para recuperar su población de tigres, informaron las autoridades el viernes. Los tigres fueron declarados “funcionalmente extintos” en Camboya en 2016 por el Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF, por sus siglas en inglés). El …