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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 …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of top congressional leaders has recommended that Republican candidate Nikki Haley receive protection from the U.S. Secret Service after she reported a growing number of threats during her presidential campaign, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. The committee of leaders voted in favor of granting the protective detail after considering …

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man who told his estranged wife in a note after he drowned their three young children “If I can’t have them neither can you” was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Lake County judge sentenced Jason Karels, of Round Lake Beach, after considering victim-impact statements written by …

MIAMI (AP) — A Venezuelan businessman who helped hide almost $17 million in bribe payments by an ally of President Nicolas Maduro was sentenced to six months in prison Friday by a federal judge who expressed frustration that his cooperation with law enforcement was undone by President Joe Biden’s recent pardon of a top U.S. criminal target. Orlando Contreras had …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Friday that the visit set for May 23 will mark the 60th anniversary of U.S.-Kenya diplomatic relations and “celebrate a …

Feb. 9 – 15, 2024 The Kansas City Chiefs celebrated their victory against the San Francisco 49ers at the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas. Usher and Alicia Keys performed during the game’s halftime show. The northern lights, aurora borealis, illuminate the sky above the village of Akaslompolo in Kolari, beyond the Arctic Circle. Palestinians mourn a child killed in …

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Thursday struck down a controversial election funding system that allowed individuals and companies to send unlimited donations to political parties without the need to disclose donor identity, a system critics have long said is undemocratic and favored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. A five-judge constitution bench on the Supreme Court ruled …

WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House. The cases, totaling 91 felony counts, are winding through the courts at different speeds. Some might not reach trial …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador manifestó el jueves su respaldo a las conversaciones que sostuvieron cuatro obispos con integrantes de grupos delictivos en un intento por frenar la ola de violencia que golpea al estado de Guerrero, en el sur de México. En los diálogos participó el obispo de la diócesis de Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José …

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Thursday struck down a controversial election funding system that allowed individuals and companies to send unlimited donations to political parties without the need to disclose donor identity, a system critics have long said is undemocratic and favored Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party. A five-judge constitution bench on the Supreme Court ruled …