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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III returned to London from his country retreat on Tuesday for what is expected to be further treatment following his cancer diagnosis. Charles, 75, and his wife Queen Camilla flew by helicopter to Buckingham Palace from the royals’ Sandringham estate in Norfolk, eastern England. The monarch was seen waving to well-wishers as the couple were …

Iconic white ballot boxes and ballots to let the nearly 205 million eligible voters of Indonesia choose candidates in this Wednesday’s election have been carried across the world’s largest archipelago by motorcycle, boat and even horse — as well as on foot. The journey can be tough. The boxes and ballots must sometimes be hand-carried up mountains, across rivers and …

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Throngs of revelers took to the streets of Germany’s Carnival strongholds on Monday, accompanied by floats that satirized the Ukrainian and Russian presidents, German politicians, former U.S. President Donald Trump and many others. Shrove Monday parades are a traditional high point of Carnival celebrations in Cologne, Duesseldorf, Mainz and other places in western Germany, drawing large …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — El primer ministro interino de Pakistán defendió el lunes la demora ampliamente criticada en el anuncio de los resultados de las elecciones de la semana pasada, afirmando que las autoridades sólo tardaron 36 horas en contar más de 60 millones de votos, al tiempo que se enfrentaban a ataques de milicianos. Anwaarul-Haq-Kakar dijo que los resultados de …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliamentary elections left no clear winner. Allies of imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan won the most seats in the lower house of parliament in the elections last Thursday. It was a shock outcome given the obstacles: His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party could hold no campaign rallies, had no polling agents on election day and faced internet restrictions. …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian voters on Wednesday were making their choice of who will succeed popular President Joko Widodo, who is serving his second and final term. It is a three-way race for the presidency among current Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and two former provincial governors, Anies Baswedan and Ganjar Pranowo. Subianto, who is widely seen as the front-runner, …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Una mujer estadounidense y un hombre de Belice fueron asesinados en lo que parece haber sido una disputa entre narcotraficantes en un club de playa de la ciudad turística mexicana de Tulum, confirmaron las autoridades el domingo. La fiscalía del estado de Quintana Roo subrayó que la mujer estadounidense no tenía relación alguna con un …

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Explosives experts in northern Greece on Monday safely defused a parcel bomb that had been delivered to a senior judge at her courthouse office, police said. The judge in the country’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki found the package suspicious and didn’t open it, calling court police who evacuated the building. Few members of the public were …

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Donald Trump, the front-runner in the U.S. for the Republican Party’s nomination this year, says he once warned that he would allow Russia to do whatever it wants to NATO member nations that are “delinquent” in devoting 2% of their gross domestic product to defense. Trump’s comment on Saturday represented the latest instance in which the …

Un hombre ucraniano de 71 años murió en una prisión rusa mientras aguardaba juicio por espionaje, informaron activistas el domingo. Documentos judiciales hallados por el grupo Memorial muestran que el Estado ruso ha cerrado el caso contra Viktor Demchenko, acusado de espionaje, participación en un grupo terrorista y posesión ilegal de armas y municiones. Funcionarios luego dijeron a la agencia …