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El primer ministro de la Autoridad Palestina anunció el lunes la renuncia de su gobierno, una acción que muchos consideran el primer paso de un proceso de reformas exigido por Estados Unidos como parte de sus planes ambiciosos más recientes para solucionar el conflicto palestino-israelí. Pero servirá de poco para atender la añeja falta de legitimidad de la Autoridad entre …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republicans in the Tennessee House voted Monday to advance a bill that would prevent local governments from reappointing state lawmakers who were expelled due to behavior. The proposal is one of several restrictions being considered after the GOP’s high-profile expulsion proceedings last April against Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. It would bar what …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats in the New York Legislature on Monday rejected a congressional map drawn by the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, setting the stage for the party to craft lines that help Democrats in battleground House races that could determine control of Congress. The Democrat-dominated state Legislature will now have to submit and approve a new set of …

LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — La Corte Internacional de Justicia concluyó el lunes un proceso sobre la legalidad de los 57 años de ocupación israelí de territorios que los palestinos reclaman para un futuro Estado, y la mayoría de las voces expresadas en las audiencias se pronunciaron en contra del gobierno israelí. En el transcurso de seis días, el máximo …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Biden dice que espera que acuerdo para cese del fuego en guerra Israel-Hamás pueda entrar en vigor el próximo lunes.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia car theft suspect who had his hands cuffed behind him fled from two police officers outside a hospital where he had been taken for examination, police said Monday. Alleem Bordan, 29, had been arrested after he was found asleep early Sunday in a car that had been reported stolen Thursday while the owner was making …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s President Macky Sall told a national dialogue Monday that elections will be held before the rainy season begins around July, and reiterated his commitment to leave office before his mandate ends in April. But the election’s 16 candidates refused to take part in the dialogue, insisting that an election date must be set as soon …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tuvalu’s former Attorney General Feleti Teo was named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation Monday after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader. Teo was the only candidate nominated by his 15 lawmaker colleagues and Governor General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani declared him elected without a vote, government secretary Tufoua Panapa said in …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — El presidente de México Andrés Manuel López Obrador arremetió nuevamente el lunes contra la plataforma de redes sociales YouTube por eliminar parte de su conferencia de prensa diaria en la que reveló el número telefónico de una reportera. López Obrador dijo que la plataforma en México “estaba tomada por conservadores vinculados a un partido político”, …

EL CAIRO (AP) — Un ferry que transportaba jornaleros se hundió en el Nilo justo frente a la capital egipcia, matando al menos a 10 de las 15 personas a bordo, informaron las autoridades el lunes. Los cinco que sobrevivieron fueron trasladados a un hospital y luego dados de alta, indicó el Ministerio de Trabajo en un comunicado. De momento …