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BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed an announcement Thursday by Microsoft that it would invest almost 3.3 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in Germany over the next two years to massively expand its data center capacities for applications in the field of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. “This is a really good commitment to progress, to growth, to modernity …

NABATIYEH, Líbano (AP) — La cifra de civiles libaneses muertos en dos ataques aéreos israelíes subió a 10 personas, reportó la prensa libanesa el jueves, lo que hace de la víspera el día más letal en más de cuatro meses de escaramuzas trasfronterizas. El ejército de Israel dijo que mató a un alto comandante de la Fuerza Radwan de élite …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Families of Indonesian activists who were kidnapped and tortured by the military 25 years ago demanded justice in a protest Thursday and expressed shock over the apparent presidential victory of Prabowo Subianto, whom they blamed for the atrocities. Currently the defense minister under outgoing President Jokowi Widodo, Subianto claimed victory in the presidential election on Wednesday, …

BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of NATO warned member countries on Thursday against allowing a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe, as concern grows about Washington’s commitment to its allies should Donald Trump return to office. Faced with a war in Ukraine that is draining military and financial resources, and with a U.S. package of support …

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government plans to boost its defense spending by up to 19% over the next four years, citing a rise in global instability, including wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, and gaps created when Swiss authorities cashed in on a peace dividend from the fall of the Berlin Wall decades ago. Laying out mid- and long-range …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the country’s feuding political actors Thursday that if they don’t urgently form a unified government and move toward elections the oil-rich North African nation will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council there are numerous alarming signs of such a slide and urged all political leaders …

LONDON (AP) — For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city’s Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. But for the past few years, there’s been something not quite right about the map originally designed by Harry Beck in 1933 — a collection of orange train lines, mostly orbiting the inner …

LONDON (AP) — For anyone with even a passing acquaintance with London, the city’s Tube map is as iconic as the red buses or the black cabs. But for the past few years, there’s been something not quite right about the map originally designed by Harry Beck in 1933 — a collection of orange train lines, mostly orbiting the inner …

IVREA, Italia (AP) — Durante tres días se lanzaron casi 1.000 toneladas de naranjas en la recreación de una batalla medieval que se ha convertido en la pieza central de la celebración anual del Carnaval de Ivrea, una ciudad del norte de Italia. Unos 50 carruajes tirados por caballos transportan las naranjas a las plazas de la ciudad, donde los …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — El derrame de petróleo en aguas cercanas a Trinidad y Tobago fue causado por una barcaza volcada y abandonada que estaba siendo remolcada a la cercana Guyana, dice una investigación preliminar. Las autoridades de la isla caribeña occidental tratan de determinar quién es el dueño de la embarcación después de que el derrame, ocurrido …