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WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas was not, in fact, impeached by the House. A border security package instantly collapsed in the Senate. And foreign aid for Ukraine as its fights Russia is stubbornly stalled. The broken US. Congress failed in stunning fashion this week as Republicans in both the House and the Senate revolted in new and unimaginable …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nation’s top human rights body warned Tuesday of a “pattern of harassment” against members of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party ahead of this week’s parliamentary election. During a news briefing in Geneva, Liz Throssell, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, urged Pakistani authorities to ensure a fully free and fair …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nine members of the United Nations Security Council condemned “indiscriminate” airstrikes by Myanmar’s military against civilians before an envoy briefed the council Monday as part of regional efforts to implement a peace plan that has so far been largely ineffective. The plan, adopted in April 2021 shortly after the military seized power in a takeover that …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Fifteen years ago, bourbon barons poured whiskey out on the steps of the Kentucky Capitol to protest a looming tax increase on the spirits industry. On Tuesday, industry leaders reassembled with a bipartisan group of Kentucky leaders to toast the bourbon sector’s record growth. Kentucky’s bourbon industry pumps $9 billion into the Bluegrass State’s economy each …

LONDRES (AP) — Mientras el rey Carlos III recibe tratamiento por el cáncer que padece, sigue siendo el monarca británico y jefe de Estado. Su hijo mayor, el príncipe Guillermo, es el heredero al trono. La corona no pasa a las parejas de los monarcas, así que la reina Camila no está en la línea de sucesión. Este es el …

Qatar’s prime minister said Thursday that Hamas gave a “generally positive” answer to the latest plan for a cease-fire in Gaza. But the Palestinian militant group said it still seeks “a comprehensive and complete” cease-fire to end “the aggression against our people.” Israel has ruled out the kind of permanent cease-fire sought by Hamas. The Qatari prime minister’s assessment of …

ROME (AP) — Emperor Constantine, the 4th century ruler whose embrace of Christianity helped spread the faith throughout the Roman Empire, now has a reconstructed statue befitting his larger-than-life role in history. Rome authorities on Tuesday unveiled a massive, 13-meter (42.6 feet) replica of the statue Constantine commissioned for himself after 312 AD. It was imagined using 3D modelling technology …

QUITO (AP) — Agentes de policía de Ecuador y España realizaron el martes una operación conjunta que permitió desarticular una organización de narcotráfico dirigida por un albanés, decomisar casi 2,4 toneladas de cocaína y detener a 30 personas presuntamente vinculadas con esa organización. El general Willian Villarroel, director nacional antinarcóticos de Ecuador, dijo en rueda de prensa que los integrantes …

MAULDIN, Carolina del Sur, EE.UU. (AP) — Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina. Y por ahora, Nikki Haley. La exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur es la más reciente de una larga lista de mujeres —históricamente algunas de las rivales más obstinadas del republicano Donald Trump— para quienes el expresidente mantiene una estrategia particular. Se enfoca en …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified the two Omaha police officers who shot and killed two men while working off-duty security jobs last weekend in Nebraska’s largest city, but they haven’t released additional details about the shooting ahead of a planned news conference later this week. Police have said they found a gun in the SUV that the two …