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DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — Las autoridades vieron la luna creciente el domingo por la noche en Arabia Saudí, hogar de los lugares más sagrados del Islam, marcando el inicio del sagrado mes de ayuno del Ramadán para muchos de los 1.800 millones de musulmanes del mundo. El mes sagrado, en que quienes lo observan se abstienen de comida …

TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant paper-mache bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted and painted the colorful patterns that brought the “toritos” to life on Friday, during an annual celebration when the bull-shaped figures …

PARÍS (AP) — Francia inscribe la garantía del derecho al aborto en su Constitución en el Día Internacional de la Mujer.

DUBLIN (AP) — According to Ireland’s Constitution, a woman’s place is in the home. Irish voters will decide Friday — International Women’s Day — whether to change the 87-year-old document to remove passages the government says are outdated and sexist. The twin referendums are on deleting a reference to women’s domestic duties and broadening the definition of the family. While …

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government appeared to have made an embarrassing mistake Tuesday after it advertised that Kate, the Princess of Wales, will attend a Trooping the Color ceremony in June, apparently before consulting palace officials. The announcement on the U.K. Ministry of Defense’s website drew attention because the June appearance would be the first major official duty confirmed for …

BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the state-owned Bank of Beijing is under investigation for corruption, the latest in a series of graft investigations focused on the country’s financial sector. Yan Bingzhu, who led the bank since its establishment in 1996 and until he retired in 2017, is among several top officials being probed for “seriously violating discipline and …

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s last war ended in 1814, and when the rifles and cannons it aimed at Norway fell silent, the once-warring power would not take up arms again. For the next two centuries, Sweden embraced a policy of neutrality, refusing to take sides in wars or join any military alliance. It was a stance that kept peace at …

SANTIAGO (AP) — La fiscalía chilena confirmó el viernes haber encontrado el cadáver del ex militar venezolano disidente Ronald Ojeda, secuestrado hace diez días en su domicilio por cuatro personas que simularon ser de la policía de Chile en un caso que conmocionó al país. El momento aproximado de la muerte ocurrió hace aproximadamente “7, 10 días, por lo tanto …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El gobierno descartó que el presidente Javier Milei vaya a expresarse de forma agresiva durante su intervención del viernes ante el Congreso para abrir un nuevo periodo de sesiones ordinarias e instó a los legisladores opositores y a los manifestantes que se agruparán en torno del edificio legislativo a que guarden respeto. “Apelamos, en el marco …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members of parliament on Thursday in a chaotic scene as allies of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan shouted and protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who’s expected to form the next government, entered the parliament …