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BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Thursday called on the government to deliver further long-range weapons to Ukraine, but voted down an opposition call explicitly urging it to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles. Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States, and Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called recently for other European countries to …

TAIPÉI, Taiwán (AP) — Un grupo de congresistas estadounidenses se reunió el jueves con la presidenta de Taiwán en una demostración de apoyo que sin duda atraerá la atención de China, que se opone a esas visitas y las considera un desafío a sus reclamaciones de soberanía sobre la isla. Hace dos años, una visita a Taiwán de la entonces …

WASHINGTON (AP) — La Casa Blanca prometió dar a conocer nuevas sanciones contra Irán en los próximos días en represalia por sus ventas de armas que han reforzado la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania, y amenazó con una respuesta “veloz” y “severa” si Teherán sigue adelante con su venta de misiles balísticos a Moscú. El vocero del Consejo de Seguridad …

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Thursday took a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber on a flight that appeared aimed at bolstering his image ahead of next month’s election he’s all but certain to win. Putin’s 30-minute flight in a Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber also seemed intended to send a reminder of Russia’s nuclear might amid …

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost a year after state lawmakers passed a law giving Florida’s governor control over Walt Disney World’s governing district, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday called the takeover a success, despite an exodus of workers, ongoing litigation and scandal surrounding one of his appointees. DeSantis made a victory lap of sorts during a news conference at Disney …

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament voted Thursday to approve a deal for the country to hold thousands of asylum seekers for Italy, despite protests from opposition lawmakers and human rights groups. Under the five-year deal, Albania would shelter up to 3,000 migrants rescued from international waters at any one time. With asylum requests expected to take around a month …

LONDRES (AP) — Yulia Navalnaya solía evitar las cámaras y permanecía en un segundo plano mientras su esposo ascendió hasta convertirse en la figura de la oposición más destacada de Rusia y el mayor enemigo del presidente Vladímir Putin. Pero tras la muerte en prisión de Alexei Navalny, la semana pasada, subió a un escenario normalmente reservado para políticos de …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers on Thursday started advancing an ambitious measure aimed at stimulating cutting-edge research while promoting teamwork among the state’s public universities. The Senate Education Committee quickly advanced the bill that would create a framework for cross-campus projects pairing up researchers at various schools. The measure is sponsored by Republican Senate President Robert Stivers and is …

ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A Black high school student’s monthslong punishment by his Texas school district for refusing to change his hairstyle does not violate a new state law that prohibits race-based hair discrimination, a judge ruled on Thursday. Darryl George, 18, has not been in his regular Houston-area high school classes since Aug. 31 because the district, Barbers Hill, …

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A fire that killed a Missouri mother and four children was intentionally set by the mother, police said. St. Louis County police announced late Wednesday that a preliminary investigation ruled that the deaths of Bernadine “Birdie” Pruessner, her twin 9-year-old daughters Ivy and Lillie Pruessner, and her children 5-year-old Jackson Spader and 2-year-old Millie Spader was …