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Cambodia’s ruling party claims a leading rights activist defamed it and seeks $500,000 in damages

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Lawyers for Cambodia’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party filed a lawsuit Monday at the order of the party’s leader, former Prime Minister Hun Sen, accusing a leading rights activist of defamation and seeking damages of half a million dollars. The complaint was filed in Phnom Penh Municipal Court against Soeng Sen Karuna, deputy chief of Cambodia’s …

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Zelenskyy dice que es inminente la reestructuración del liderazgo militar de Ucrania

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodymyr Zelenskyy dijo que analiza la destitución del jefe del ejército como parte de una reestructuración más amplia en el liderazgo militar, una posibilidad que ha conmocionado a un país que combate la invasión de Rusia y que ha preocupado a los aliados occidentales de Kiev. En una entrevista publicada el domingo por …

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Corea del Norte dice que probó misiles de crucero con ojivas \”súper grandes\”

SEÚL (AP) — Corea del Norte dijo que probó misiles de crucero equipados con nuevas ojivas “súper grandes”, además de un nuevo tipo de misil antiaéreo, mientras amplía una serie de pruebas armamentísticas que preocupan a su vecina y rival, Corea del Sur. La prensa estatal norcoreana publicó la información el sábado, un día después de que el ejército surcoreano …

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Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signed a trade pact with Thailand on Saturday in a bid to boost trade and investment as the Indian ocean island nation is struggling to recover from its worst economic crisis that hit two year ago. The Sri Lanka Thailand Free Trade Agreement covering trade in goods, investment, custom procedures and intellectual …

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The EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent?

EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure. The aid package — about two-thirds loans and one-third grants to be paid out over a four-year period — is not intended to fund arms and ammunition, which …

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AP Week in Pictures: Global

Jan. 26-Feb, 1, 2024 Venice celebrates the opening of Carnival season, and the world’s largest cruise ship departs Port Miami on its first public cruise. Regions of Spain are hit by a drought. People around the world support Palestinians, while both sides in the Israel-Hamas war bury their dead. Artifacts illegally taken away from Nepal return home, and roses are …

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