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PARÍS (AP) — El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, firmará el viernes un acuerdo bilateral de seguridad con su homólogo ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, quien también visitará Alemania, explicó su oficina en un comunicado el jueves. No se ofrecieron los detalles concretos del pacto, que se firmará en el Palacio del Elíseo. A principios de año, Macron anunció que Francia estaba …

SEREBRYANSKY FOREST, Ukraine (AP) — As the radio crackles with enemy communications that are hard to decipher, one Russian command rings out clear: “Brew five Chinese tea bags on 38 orange.” A Ukrainian soldier known on the battlefield as Mikhass, who has spent months listening to and analyzing such chatter, is able to quickly decode the gibberish. It means: Prepare …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s office said Wednesday that presumed North Korean hackers breached the personal emails of one of his staff members ahead of Yoon’s trip to Europe in November. Yoon’s office said the breach only affected the personal account of the unidentified employee, who violated security protocols by partially using commercial email …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Por primera vez de forma pública, la exvicepresidenta argentina Cristina Fernández arremetió el miércoles contra el mandatario ultraderechista Javier Milei y lo acusó de ser un “showman” responsable de un “feroz programa de ajuste” que disparará el desempleo y la pobreza. La respuesta a las diatribas vertidas en X —antes Twitter— de quien fue vicepresidenta durante …

TOKYO (AP) — Activists and LGBTQ+ community members handed out colorful chocolate candy for Valentine’s Day in Tokyo on Wednesday, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch of a legal battle to achieve marriage equality for same-sex couples. Japan is the only member of the Group of Seven nations that still excludes same-sex couples from the right to legally marry …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges was has been rearrested, a week after he dramatically escaped from police custody, Kenyan police said Wednesday. Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe escaped while awaiting extradition on a Massachusetts warrant alleging he killed his girlfriend and left her body in a car at a Boston airport. Last week …

BANGKOK (AP) — Two Thai journalists arrested for reporting on the vandalism of Bangkok temple wall with graffiti criticizing a pro-monarchy law were released on bail Tuesday, a lawyer’s group said. The arrests, carried out separately on Monday, nearly a year after the incident, drew widespread criticism and raised concerns from several right groups over the state of media freedom …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico is trudging through reconstruction work after two devastating hurricanes and a string of strong earthquakes, and has spent less than 10% of more than $23 billion in available federal funds, according to a U.S. government report released Tuesday. The U.S. territory has “a substantial amount” of permanent projects still pending as their …

JERUSALÉN (AP) — La familia de una palestina-estadounidense que fue arrestada por las fuerzas israelíes en la Cisjordania ocupada dijo que siguen sin tener contacto con ella, más de una semana después de que fue detenida en su residencia en una redada nocturna. Los familiares de Samaher Esmail dijeron que estaban muy preocupados porque creen que la mujer de 46 …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late Tuesday that they will jointly form a coalition government, ending the uncertainty since last week when no party won a simple majority in parliamentary elections. The latest development came hours after the parties — all of them rivals of the country’s imprisoned former …