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ATENAS (AP) — Las huelgas generalizadas en Grecia suspendieron el miércoles servicios de tren y transbordador en unas protestas que coincidieron con el primer aniversario de un letal accidente ferroviario. Cincuenta y siete personas fallecieron en la peor catástrofe ferroviaria registrada en el país cuando un tren de pasajeros se estrelló contra otro de mercancías que circulaba en sentido contrario …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Hundreds of flights were canceled and dozens of others rescheduled in Argentina on Wednesday as unionized air travel workers went on a 24-hour strike nationwide to demand better wages, in the latest sign of social unrest in the South American country. Most of the country’s more than 50 airports remained open but airlines had canceled …

LONDRES (AP) — El príncipe Guillermo no asistirá a un servicio en memoria de su padrino, el difunto rey Constantino de Grecia, debido a un asunto personal, informó el Palacio de Kensington. El palacio se negó a dar más detalles el martes, pero dijo que su esposa, la princesa de Gales, que se está recuperando de una cirugía abdominal, sigue …

PARIS (AP) — The emir of Qatar spoke Tuesday of “a race against time” to secure hostage releases as part of the diplomatic push for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza in which his country is playing a key role. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was speaking on a state visit to France, at a dinner in …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday. Qin was dismissed as foreign minister in July, in one of China’s biggest political surprises in years. The 57-year-old served for only seven months before he disappeared from public view …

ON THE MALINCHE VOLCANO, Mexico (AP) — On the flanks of a central Mexico volcano, the country’s female mountaineers have chosen a new “Queen of the Mountains,” complete with crown, ice axe and red cape. The tradition that dates to the 1950s came this year at a somber time for Mexico’s mountaineers, as the tight-knit community was still reckoning with …

BRUSELAS (AP) — Agricultores y ganaderos chocaron con la policía en Bélgica en lunes, arrojaron fertilizante líquido sobre los agentes y prendieron fuego a montones de neumáticos en una nueva demostración de fuerza durante una reunión de ministros de agricultura del bloque. La policía de Bruselas dijo que 900 tractores habían entrado en la ciudad y muchos se acercaban el …

BEIRUT (AP) — The Israeli military said its air force on Monday struck targets of the militant Hezbollah group “deep inside Lebanon,” as Lebanese officials said targets were hit near the northeastern city of Baalbek. At least two Hezbollah members were killed in the strikes, an official for the Lebanese militant group said. The strikes are among the deepest into …

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament voted Monday to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, ending more than 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The vote, which passed with 188 votes for and six against, was the culmination of months of wrangling by Hungary’s allies to …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — Presuntos taladores ilegales mataron a tiros a tres guardabosques que patrullaban e hirieron a un cuarto en el centro de México, cerca de las laderas del volcán Iztaccíhuatl. La policía del estado central de Puebla, al este de Ciudad de México, dijo el domingo por la noche que los asesinatos tuvieron lugar ese mismo día. …