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TOKIO (AP) — Fuertes nevadas azotaron el área de Tokio el lunes, interrumpiendo el servicio de trenes y cancelando más de 100 vuelos, al tiempo que las autoridades de transporte advirtieron a los conductores que eviten hacer viajes no esenciales. La Agencia Meteorológica de Japón dijo que se esperaba que las nevadas alcanzaran su punto máximo el lunes por la …

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. The price reflects a 50% discount …

PARÍS (AP) — El nuevo ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Francia aprovechó el lunes su primera visita a Israel para instar al gobierno a permitir un “cese del fuego inmediato” y una “afluencia masiva” de ayuda humanitaria en Gaza. Stéphane Séjourné, que se convirtió en el máximo diplomático de Francia el mes pasado, se reunió con el primer ministro israelí …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — En busca de formalizar la alianza estratégica con Israel que prometió en campaña, el presidente argentino Javier Milei iniciará el martes una visita a ese país que incluirá un recorrido por el Muro de los Lamentos en Jerusalén y la visita a uno de los kibutz atacados por Hamás el 7 de octubre. El viaje es …

JERUSALEM (AP) — After a weekend of retaliatory strikes, the United States on Sunday warned Iran and the militias it arms and funds that it will conduct more attacks if American forces in the Mideast continue to be targeted, but that it does not want an “open-ended military campaign” across the region. “We are prepared to deal with anything that …

JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right minister in Israel’s government has criticized President Joe Biden and said that having Donald Trump in power would allow more freedom to fight Hamas. The comments sparked outrage among other Israeli officials on Sunday and highlighted the sensitivity of relations as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the region again this week. The Biden …

JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake. The 16-year-old and his father managed to flee before the house collapsed. As …

TYLER, Texas (AP) — The father of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was arrested in East Texas on at least his third charge of driving while intoxicated, according to jail records. The legal issue comes as the younger Mahomes prepares to lead his team into the Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers. Patrick Mahomes Sr., 54, was arrested …

A South Dakota tribe has banned Republican Gov. Kristi Noem from the Pine Ridge Reservation after she spoke this week about wanting to send razor wire and security personnel to Texas to help deter immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border and also said cartels are infiltrating the state’s reservations. “Due to the safety of the Oyate, effective immediately, you are hereby …

Más de dos docenas de personas, en su mayoría periodistas, fueron detenidas el sábado en una protesta en el centro de Moscú, mientras las esposas y otros familiares de militares rusos movilizados para luchar en Ucrania pedían su regreso, según medios independientes rusos. Los familiares se reunieron para depositar flores en la Tumba del Soldado Desconocido, justo afuera del Kremlin. …