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 …

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched Monday a naval mission to help protect cargo ships in the Red Sea as attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen continue to threaten maritime traffic, hamper trade and drive up prices. Dubbed Aspides, Greek for “shield,” the mission will be run out of Larissa in central Greece — home to the Hellenic …

Roy Hodgson, el técnico de mayor edad en dirigir en la Liga Premier a sus 76 años, no seguirá al mando de Crystal Palace, unos días después de sentirse indispuesto durante un entrenamiento justo cuando arreciaban reportes sobre su inminente despido. El técnico de Inglaterra en el Mundial de 2014 dijo que tomó la decisión de dejar el cargo para …

NEW YORK (AP) — The 93 free agents who have signed, with name, position, former club if different, and contract. The contract information was obtained by The Associated Press from player and management sources. For players with minor league contracts, terms for major league contract base salaries are in parentheses: AMERICAN LEAGUE BALTIMORE (1) — Signed Craig Kimbrel, Philadelphia, to …

The USA TODAY Sports Top 25 men’s basketball poll, with first-place votes received in parenthesis, team’s records, total points based on 25 for first place through one point for 25th and ranking in last week’s poll: Record Pts Pvs 1. Connecticut (32) 24-2 800 1 2. Houston 22-3 764 3 3. Purdue 23-3 715 2 4. Arizona 20-5 710 6 …

NEW YORK (AP) — The 77 remaining free agents (q-rejected qualifying offer): AMERICAN LEAGUE BOSTON (4) — Adam Duvall, of; Corey Kluber, rhp; Adalberto Mondesi, ss; Joely Rodríguez, lhp. CHICAGO (5) — Tim Anderson, ss; Elvis Andrus, 2b; Mike Clevinger, rhp; Liam Hendriks, rhp; Bryan Shaw, rhp. CLEVELAND (1) — Kole Calhoun, of. DETROIT (2) — Matt Boyd, lhp; Miguel …

SEÚL (AP) — Médicos surcoreanos en formación empezaron a renunciar en masa el lunes en protesta por una iniciativa médica del gobierno, lo que según reportes provocó retrasos en cirugías y otros tratamientos en los hospitales aunque por el momento no se habían producido complicaciones graves en el servicio de salud del país. Organizaciones médicas y las autoridades están enfrentados …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — El diario The New York Times fue honrado el lunes con el Premio George Polk de Reportaje Extranjero y Fotoperiodismo por su cobertura de la guerra entre Israel y Hamás. Los fotógrafos Samar Abu Elouf y Yousef Masoud capturaron “imágenes apasionantes e inolvidables” cuando narraban el conflicto desde su inicio el 7 de octubre hasta que …

MADRID (AP) — Second-placed Girona missed a chance to cut into Real Madrid’s lead of the Spanish league when it lost to Athletic Bilbao 3-2 on Monday. The Catalan side could have reduced the gap to three points but was sunk by an Alex Berenguer double and an Iñaki Williams goal and remained six adrift of Madrid. It was another …

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has pledged Monday his country’s long-term commitment to Ukraine’s reconstruction, calling it a future investment, while stressing support for the war-torn country about to mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion. In his keynote speech at The Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Growth and Reconstruction, Kishida said Japanese public and private …

Mike Trout habló de su futuro y Anthony Rendón se refirió a sus prioridades en una serie de interesantes comentarios de los dos veteranos de los Angelinos de Los Ángeles el lunes cuando los bateadores reportaron a los campamentos de primavera en Arizona y Florida. Trout, tres veces Jugador Más Valioso de la Liga Americano y elegido 11 veces al …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another wet winter storm swamped California with heavy rainfall on Monday, flooding the runways at a regional airport and leading to several rescues on swollen rivers and creeks. The Santa Barbara airport, on the state’s central coast, closed Monday after as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain had fallen in the area by noon, …

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help. Eastern Congo has been beset by conflict …

HONG KONG (AP) — Lionel Messi made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China on Monday by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match this month, and insisted that there were no political reasons behind his decision. Messi disappointed fans in Hong Kong and the city’s government …

SARGENT’S PURCHASE, N.H. (AP) — A team of rescuers used the Cog Railway to shave off time but it still took more than 10 hours to save a hiker in conditions that included sustained winds topping 90 mph (145 kph) on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, officials said. The hiker from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, didn’t have appropriate gear for the difficult …