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ATLANTA (AP) — Una amiga de la fiscal de Georgia Fani Willis testificó el jueves que la relación personal de Willis con un fiscal especial empezó antes de que éste fuera contratado para el caso de interferencia electoral contra Donald Trump. El testimonio de Robin Yeartie contradice directamente la declaración de Willis de que su relación con Nathan Wade no …

LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn’t seen them in decades. The successful move of 21 eastern black rhinos to a new home will give them space to breed and could help increase the population of the critically endangered animals. It was Kenya’s biggest rhino relocation ever. …

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the country’s feuding political actors Thursday that if they don’t urgently form a unified government and move toward elections the oil-rich North African nation will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council there are numerous alarming signs of such a slide and urged all political leaders …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Egyptian soccer team Al Ahly, the most successful club in Africa, has canceled a trial for South Africa midfielder Teboho Mokoena over his support of a politician. Al Ahly said in a statement Thursday that it was not bringing Mokoena in for a planned tryout after he expressed support for South African opposition party leader Julius Malema, …

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed six people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range missile and rocket fire in Russia’s war on Ukraine. Hours earlier, Russia fired two dozen cruise and ballistic missiles …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A truck’s fuel tank exploded early Thursday in a neighborhood south of downtown Los Angeles, sending a fireball into the air and injuring nine of the 10 firefighters responding to the blaze, including two critically, fire officials said. All nine Los Angeles firefighters were rushed to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and were stabilized, and one of the …

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s medical board on Thursday approved some guidance abortion providers would need to follow if the state’s ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy is upheld by the Iowa Supreme Court. The restrictive abortion law is currently on hold as the court considers Gov. Kim Reynolds ‘ appeal of the lower court’s …

MADISON, Wisconsin, EE.UU. (AP) — La legislatura de Wisconsin se dispone a votar en las próximas horas sobre leyes para regular la inteligencia artificial, sumándose al número creciente de estados que buscan cómo controlar la tecnología a medida que se acercan las elecciones de noviembre. La primera votación será sobre una iniciativa bipartidista que obligaría a los candidatos y agrupaciones …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Lottery and casino legislation passed a key test Thursday in the Alabama Legislature as the House of Representatives approved a sweeping gambling proposal with an aim to get the measure before voters in November. The House of Representatives approved the proposed constitutional amendment to allow up to 10 casino sites with table games and slot machines, …

BERLÍN (AP) — El canciller Olaf Scholz el jueves expresó su satisfacción ante un anuncio de Microsoft de que invertirá más de 3.200 millones de euros (3.400 millones de dólares) en Alemania en los próximos dos años para ampliar la capacidad de su centro de datos para aplicaciones en el campo de la inteligencia artificial y computación en la nube. …