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CARACAS (AP) — Luego de vencerse el plazo de inscripción de las postulaciones para los comicios presidenciales del 28 de julio en Venezuela, el principal bloque opositor denuncio el martes en la madrugada que las autoridades electorales no permitieron inscribir la candidatura de Corina Yoris, designada como candidata unitaria en sustitución de María Corina Machado, inhabilitada para ejercer cargos públicos. …

GEORGETOWN, Calif. (AP) — A mountain lion in Northern California killed one man and injured another while the two were out hunting for shed antlers, authorities said Saturday. An 18-year-old male called the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Saturday afternoon, reporting that he and his 21-year-old brother were attacked by a mountain lion in a remote part of the county, …

SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of World War II ace Richard Bong’s plane in the South Pacific. The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior and the nonprofit World War II historical preservation group Pacific Wrecks announced the search on Friday, Minnesota Public Radio …

NAIROBI, Kenia (AP) — Cientos de doctores salieron a la calle el viernes en Kenia para exigir mejores salarios y condicionales laborales en una huelga nacional que ha entrado en su segunda semana. Los médicos llevaban pancartas y corearon cánticos contra el gobierno, afirmando que no había cumplido una serie de promesas, incluyendo un acuerdo colectivo firmado en 2017 luego …

LONDRES (AP) — Catalina, princesa de Gales, dice que está en quimioterapia para tratar cáncer descubierto después de su operación.

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 …

HONOLULU (AP) — Richard C. “Dick” Higgins, one of the few remaining survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, has died, a family member said Wednesday. He was 102. Higgins died at home in Bend, Oregon, on Tuesday of natural causes, granddaughter Angela Norton said. Higgins was a radioman assigned to a patrol squadron of seaplanes based at the …

PARIS (AP) — France’s competition watchdog hit Google on Wednesday with another big fine tied to a long-running dispute over payments to French publishers for their news. The French Competition Authority said it issued the 250 million euro ($272 million) penalty because of Google’s failure to comply with some commitments it made in a negotiating framework. The dispute is part …

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 …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s former White House adviser and his son-in-law, praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza’s “waterfront property,” suggesting that Israel should remove civilians while it “cleans up” the area. “Gaza’s waterfront property, it could be very valuable, if people would focus on building up livelihoods,” Kushner said in an interview dated Feb. 15, …