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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s president has met the CEO of U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin about strengthening security in the region and continued U.S. investment in Poland’s military weapons and equipment, the country’s National Security Bureau said Wednesday. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the bureau said the talks between President Andrzej Duda and Jim Taiclet included “securing the …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses claimed victory Wednesday in Indonesia’s presidential election, a result that would raise questions about the commitment to democratic values in the sprawling island nation that is the world’s third-largest democracy. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, 72, presented himself as an heir to immensely popular sitting President Joko Widodo, …

JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank says they still haven’t had contact with her, more than a week after she was seized from her home in an overnight raid. Relatives of Samaher Esmail say they are getting increasingly worried because they believe the 46-year-old woman has not received …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — El primer ministro de Trinidad y Tobago declaró que un enorme derrame petrolero cerca de la isla ha creado una “emergencia nacional”, mientras cuadrillas trataban de contener el petróleo que ya cubre varias playas en la costa sudoccidental de Tobago. El gobierno hasta el momento no ha identificado el propietario de la embarcación que …

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Monday disowned an election candidate who claimed that Israel allowed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack to happen as a pretext to invade Gaza. Azhar Ali was selected last month to run for Labour in a Feb. 29 special election for the House of Commons seat representing Rochdale, a constituency in northwest England. Soon …

BRUSSELS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that delivers most aid to people in Gaza expressed guarded optimism Monday that the European Union will provide it with a vital financial lifeline in coming weeks, although divisions within the EU threaten to derail the move. The aid agency UNRWA is reeling from allegations that 12 of its 13,000 Gaza …

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Lo que aparentaba ser una vivienda de madera común en la zona rural de un pueblo de Colombia, resultó un depósito subterráneo que contenía más de cinco toneladas de cocaína que pertenecería al Clan del Golfo, el cártel activo más grande del país, informaron el lunes autoridades de seguridad. Las Fuerzas Militares reportaron la incautación de cocaína …

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Thousands of minority Serbs in Kosovo on Monday protested a ban on the use of the Serbian currenc y in areas where they live, an issue that is proviking the latest crisis in relations between Serbia and Kosovo. Tensions escalated after the government of Kosovo, a former Serbian province, banned banks and other financial institutions in …

MADRE DE DEUS, Brazil (AP) — They couldn’t see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil ‘s Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out in cumbersome outfits made from hundreds of beer and soda cans clanged their way around the island in Bahia state’s …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — En una gasolinera del norte de Argentina, los testigos todavía estaban en shock por la explosión del automóvil cuando un extraño polvo blanco empezó a caer sobre sus cabezas. Era imposible que fuera nieve durante un verano abrasador. Se trataba de cocaína que la propietaria del vehículo, una agente de policía, llevaba escondida en el tanque …