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CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Decenas de miles de manifestantes vestidos de rosa marcharon el domingo por ciudades de México y el extranjero en lo que llamaron una “marcha por la democracia” en contra del partido gobernante del país antes de las elecciones del 2 de junio. Las protestas fueron convocadas por los partidos de oposición, y en ellas se …

BANGKOK (AP) — China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days after two of its fishermen drowned while being chased by the Taiwanese coast guard, which accused the boat of trespassing. The Chinese coast guard’s Fujian division will regularly monitor the waters off the southern coast of the city of Xiamen — …

The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger of having a “long-term political goal” of eliminating the U.N. …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El gobierno de Nicaragua clausuró la asociación de scouts y otras siete organizaciones no gubernamentales, cuatro de estas religiosas, por supuestamente incumplir con sus reportes financieros, informó el viernes el diario oficial La Gaceta. De acuerdo con una resolución del Ministerio del Interior, que regula las operaciones de estas organizaciones en el país, la Asociación …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Es casi seguro que México elegirá a su primera presidenta en junio — las dos principales aspirantes son mujeres — como también lo es que no tendrá mucho margen para actuar con independencia del presidente saliente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. El mandatario populista ha seguido proponiendo nuevos y costosos proyectos en sus últimos meses en …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday appealed his recent convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases, a defense lawyer said. Khan was sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison on charges of corruption, revealing official secrets and marriage law violations in three separate verdicts in late January …

ROME (AP) — An accident at a supermarket construction site in the Italian city of Florence on Friday killed at least three workers and left two others missing, local officials said. The accident happened when a reinforced concrete beam toppled over a slab of a pre-fabricated building, which then collapsed. Local authorities said rescue teams were searching for the missing …

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Egipto está levantando un muro y nivelando terrenos cerca de su frontera con la Franja de Gaza antes de la esperada ofensiva de Israel sobre la ciudad fronteriza de Rafah, según muestran las imágenes satelitales analizadas el viernes por The Associated Press. Egipto, que no ha reconocido públicamente la obra, ha advertido repetidamente a …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks. The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at a public appearance, illustrate the …

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Albania on Thursday to reaffirm relations with a key partner in the region and assure Western Balkan countries of Washington’s support for their integration into the European Union. Blinken met with top officials and focused on the future of the Western Balkans as Albania and several neighbors seek to …