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Belarus’ election reinforces the authoritarian leader’s 30-year rule. Only loyalists could run

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Monday announced preliminary results from parliamentary and local elections in which only candidates loyal to the country’s authoritarian leader were allowed to compete and the opposition called for a boycott. The vote further cemented the 30-year rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, who declared his intention to seek another five-year term in a presidential …

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Irán aumentó sus reservas totales de uranio, según informe de ONU

VIENA (AP) — Irán ha aumentado aún más sus reservas totales de uranio, según un informe del organismo de vigilancia nuclear de Naciones Unidas visto por The Associated Press el lunes. Además, Teherán continúa prohibiendo a los inspectores monitorear su programa nuclear. El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) también indicó en un segundo informe confidencial, distribuido a los Estados …

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Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens to remain jailed while he awaits trial, judge rules

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former FBI informant charged with fabricating a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden’s family must remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a judge ruled Monday, reversing an earlier order releasing the man. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II in Los Angeles ordered Alexander Smirnov’s detention days after he was freed by another judge, …

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Hungarian parliament elects new president after predecessor resigned in scandal

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament on Monday elected a new president after its previous head of state resigned in a scandal over a pardon she granted to an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. Lawmakers in a secret vote approved the appointment to the presidency of Tamás Sulyok, 67, a lawyer who previously served as the head of …

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Greece takes the helm in an EU naval mission in the Red Sea

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece Monday formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping from attacks by Houthi militants in Yemen. A security committee headed by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis ordered the participation of a Greek frigate in the Aspides operation – named from the Greek word …

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Case possibly containing Wayne Gretzky rookie cards sells for $3.7M at auction

REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) — A case of old hockey cards possibly containing the game’s Great One has fetched more than $3.7 million after it was discovered in a Regina home. Heritage Auctions says the winning bidder bought the case of 16 sealed boxes of O-Pee-Chee’s 1979 hockey card collection, amounting to more than 10,000 cards. The auctioneer says the case …

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