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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 …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A former Puerto Rico mayor who was caught on film in a high-profile bribery case was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison as part of an ongoing federal crackdown on government corruption in the U.S. territory. Ángel Pérez Otero, a former lawmaker who also was president of the island’s Federation of …

BERLIN (AP) — A partial rerun of Germany’s 2021 election in Berlin brought a decline in support for the governing parties and cost one of them a seat in parliament, but led to no significant overall change, official results showed Monday. The repeat election was held Sunday in 455 of 2,256 precincts in the capital, which account for only 0.9% …

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — A search was underway for a Polish doctor kidnapped in southern Chad, officials and media in Poland reported Monday. The woman was volunteering at the Saint-Michel Hospital, several hundred kilometers (miles) from the capital in the Central African nation, when attackers pretending to be patients abducted her and a Mexican doctor, Polsat News, a private Polish …

JERUSALEM (AP) — It was a warm handshake between the unlikeliest of statesmen, conducted under the beaming gaze of U.S. President Jimmy Carter. Sunlight streamed through the trees at Camp David, Maryland, as Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin solidified a landmark agreement that has allowed over 40 years of peace between Israel and Egypt. It …

RÍO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Con sus 2,7 metros de altura, Raquel Potí aparece con frecuencia en las portadas de revistas y periódicos brasileños. El sábado, la artista se puso un elaborado disfraz con plumas y se cubrió el cuerpo de purpurina dorada. En un momento dado tomó la delantera de la fiesta callejera, agitando sus alas arcoíris como si …

KIEV, Ucrania (AP) — Un ataque ruso con aviones no tripulados alcanzó Járkiv, la segunda ciudad más grande de Ucrania, y mató a al menos siete personas durante la noche, incluyendo tres niños, reportó el sábado el gobernador de la región homónima, Oleh Syniehubov. Syniehubov señaló que se lanzaron al menos 10 drones contra Járkiv, ocho de los cuales fueron …