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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the governor’s family. In a filing Friday in Greenbrier County Circuit Court, Carter Bank & Trust of Martinsville, Virginia, said it will …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Todas las mañanas, desde la capilla del sindicato en el que trabaja en la capital de Argentina, Ángeles Celerier saluda a sus santos y eleva una oración. Buenos días, San Cayetano. Buenos días, Santa Teresa. Buenos días, Eva Perón. Esta última no ha sido canonizada por el Vaticano —aunque el pedido existe— pero para Celerier eso …

BEIJING (AP) — The former chairman of the Bank of China has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors said Monday, adding to a long list of business and government officials who have been brought down by Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s yearslong anticorruption drive. Liu Liange is accused of taking advantage of his positions at the Bank of China and previously …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Doce personas murieron en un enfrentamiento entre militares y civiles armados en el estado de Tamaulipas, en el noreste de México, donde se ha recrudecido la violencia por la lucha que mantienen grupos delictivos por el control del territorio. El incidente tuvo lugar el domingo en el municipio fronterizo de Miguel Alemán donde elementos de …

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — What stinks? Authorities in Cape Town launched an investigation Monday after a foul stench swept over the South African city. City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered: a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil …

LONDRES (AP) — Hace cuatro años, le preguntaron a Alexei Navalny que les diría a los rusos si le mataban por desafiar al presidente del país, Vladímir Putin. “No tienen permiso para rendirse”, dijo al realizador de un documental. “Si deciden matarme, significa que somos increíblemente fuertes y debemos usar ese poder”. La agencia rusa de prisiones anunció el viernes …

At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I don’t like this reality,” Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.” But he quickly added: “Vladimir Putin …

CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have identified a southeastern Pennsylvania police officer wounded in an exchange of gunfire that killed a suspect over the weekend. The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office on Sunday identified the wounded officer as Chester Police Detective Steve Byrne, saying in a social media post that officials were “deeply saddened” by Saturday afternoon’s events but “enormously …

BURNSVILLE, Minnesota, EE.UU. (AP) — Un hombre con varias armas y gran cantidad de municiones abrió fuego el domingo contra policías desde una residencia en los suburbios de Minneapolis que estaba llena de niños, matando a dos agentes y a un bombero que brindaba asistencia médica a uno de los heridos, informaron las autoridades. Un tercer policía resultó herido en …

LONDON (AP) — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. British-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA …