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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The economic situation in debt-stricken Sri Lanka has started to gradually improve following its worst economic crisis two years ago, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. Inflation has come down from a peak of 70% in 2022 to 5.9% last month and the country’s economy expanded in the second half of last year following a …

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces Wednesday killed at least eight insurgents as they repulsed an attack by a separatist group on a sprawling government building outside the Chinese-funded Gwadar port in the volatile southwest, officials said. Three security forces were also killed in the ensuing shootout. All the Chinese nationals working at the port in Baluchistan province were …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence. The original nine-member council was whittled down to eight members after the Pitit Desalin party, led by former senator and presidential …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — El primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu se defendió el domingo contra las crecientes críticas por parte de Estados Unidos por su liderazgo y la manera en que maneja su guerra contra Hamás, insistiendo en que la presión no lo detendrá de alcanzar “la victoria total”. En días recientes, funcionarios de Estados Unidos, el más fuerte …

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese high court ruled Thursday that denying same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and called for urgent government action to address the lack of any law allowing for such unions. Plaintiffs and the LGBTQ+ community in Japan cheered it as giving them hope for change toward equality. The court does not have the power to overturn the current …

QUITO (AP) — El Parque Nacional Galápagos cerró dos sitios de visita en dos islas en cuyas playas fueron halladas muertas aves marinas, lo que disparó el alerta de un presunto brote de gripe aviar. En un documento suscrito por Arturo Izurieta, director del parque, se informó que se cerraron las actividades turísticas en Bahía Urbina, de la isla Isabela, …

SYDNEY (AP) — Mientras las autoridades investigaban qué había provocado un “fuerte movimiento” antes de un descenso repentino de un avión que volaba entre Australia y Nueva Zelanda, un pasajero describió el martes un agitado viaje en el que las personas que no llevaban cinturón salieron despedidas de sus asientos y algunas chocaron con el techo del avión. Al menos …

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has successfully conducted its first test flight of a domestically developed missile that can carry multiple warheads, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday. The missile is equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, Modi said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. India has been developing its medium- and long-range missile systems since …

BEIJING (AP) — China’s national legislature wrapped up its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s vision for the nation. The weeklong event, replete with meetings carefully scripted to allow no surprises, has highlighted how China’s politics have become ever more calibrated to elevate Xi. …

GINEBRA (AP) — Cinco años después que el grupo extremista Estado Islámico perdió el último territorio que controlaba en Siria, casi 30.000 hijos de milicianos y sus partidarios de diversas nacionalidades sufren abusos en campamentos, prisiones y centros de rehabilitación en el noroeste del país devastado por la guerra, informó el lunes una comisión respaldada por la ONU. La Comisión …