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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, …

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 …

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, …

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 …

The mother of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appealed Tuesday to President Vladimir Putin to intervene and turn her son’s body over to her so she can bury him with dignity. Lyudmila Navalnaya, who has been trying to get his body since Saturday, appeared in a video outside the Arctic penal colony where Navalny died on Friday. “For the fifth …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Un estudio de la Universidad Católica Argentina señaló que la pobreza se habría disparado en enero a 57,4%, el registro más alto de los últimos 20 años y muy superior a lo proyectado en diciembre, lo que ha generado un cruce de acusaciones entre la exvicepresidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner y el gobierno del mandatario Javier …

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 …

Aproximadamente a las 2 a.m. del martes pasado, el senador republicano Ron Johnson se presentó en el pleno del Senado y explicó por qué se oponía a enviar más ayuda para apoyar a Ucrania a defenderse de la invasión lanzada en 2022 por el presidente ruso Vladímir Putin. “No me gusta esta realidad”, dijo Johnson. “Vladímir Putin es un criminal …

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 …

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, …