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Food deliveries into northern Gaza are halted because of the war’s chaos, increasing famine risk

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The World Food Program said Tuesday it has paused deliveries of food to isolated northern Gaza because of increasing chaos across the territory, hiking fears of potential starvation. A study by the U.N. children’s agency warned that one in six children in the north are acutely malnourished. Entry of aid trucks into the besieged territory …

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What’s behind Germany’s transport strikes that have stranded air, rail and bus travelers?

BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of travelers across Germany found themselves stranded on Tuesday when ground staff walked off the job at seven of the country’s biggest airports. The one-day strike by the Ver.di labor union, which runs until 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, affects several hundred flights at airports in Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa’s main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, …

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Guinea’s military dissolves the government without explanation, saying a new one will be appointed

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation, saying they will appoint a new one, the president’s secretary general said. Gen. Amara Camara, in a video address on Monday night, added that daily business would continue as usual under the deputy secretary generals until a new government was formed. The West African nation has …

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Qatar: Hamás ha empezado a dar medicamentos a rehenes israelíes

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hamás ha empezado a dar medicamentos a los rehenes israelíes que capturó y llevó a la Franja Gaza, informó el martes el Ministerio de Relaciones de Qatar. El grupo palestino ha confirmado que ha empezado a entregar los medicamentos a los rehenes, a cambio de medicinas y ayuda humanitaria para palestinos en la Franja de Gaza, …

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Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It’s a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made luxury limousine for his personal use, both countries announced Tuesday, in another sign of their expanding cooperation. Observers said the shipment violates a U.N. resolution that bans supplying luxury items to North Korea, in an attempt to pressure the country to …

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Tribal bloodshed shines spotlight on instability in strategically vital Papua New Guinea

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tribal clash in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands in which at least 26 people were killed has put a growing internal security problem under the microscope in the strategically vital South Pacific island nation that has garnered closer military attention from the United States and China. The rival powers are increasingly keen to strike security …

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VAMOS y Arena dicen pedirán anulación de las elecciones en El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR (AP) — Bajo el argumento de una serie de irregularidades durante el proceso de escrutinio, dos partidos políticos anunciaron el domingo que solicitarán la anulación de los comicios presidenciales y legislativos del pasado 4 de febrero en El Salvador. La diputada del partido VAMOS Claudia Ortiz, quien habría logrado la reelección para un segundo periodo en el Congreso, …

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Gobierno boliviano anuncia libre exportación de alimentos para contrarrestar escasez de dólares

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — El gobierno de Bolivia se comprometió el lunes ante los empresarios a liberar las exportaciones de alimentos básicos, que hasta ahora debían primero garantizar el abastecimiento interno, en un intento por contrarrestar la escasez de dólares que está debilitando la economía del país. Los agroexportadores, el segundo rubro de las exportaciones bolivianas, ya no estarán …

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Guatemalan accused of importing fentanyl precursors for Mexican cartel arrested

TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained a Guatemalan man wanted by the United States for allegedly participating in the importation of precursor chemicals used by the Sinaloa cartel to make fentanyl, officials said Monday. Immigration authorities stopped Jason Antonio Yang López at the airport in Tapachula on Sunday and turned him over to agents from the Chiapas state …

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