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WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden dice que Israel no debería mandar fuerzas a Rafah sin un plan “creíble” para proteger a civiles.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The population of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew nearly 3% in 2023, according to a new report based on population statistics from the Israeli government. The report, released Sunday by the pro-settler group WestBankJewishPopulationStats.com, found the settler population jumped to 517,407 as of Dec. 31, from 502,991 a year earlier. The settler population has …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — El ministro de Finanzas de Israel arremetió el domingo contra la decisión de la agencia de calificación financiera Moody’s de rebajar la nota crediticia del país, afirmando que el anuncio es un “manifiesto político” que “no incluye serias pretensiones económicas”. Moody’s rebajó el viernes la calificación de la deuda de Israel, advirtiendo que la guerra …

MIAMI (AP) — Diecinueve sacerdotes expulsados del país, decenas de incidentes de acoso y profanaciones de iglesias, áreas rurales carentes de culto y servicios sociales: la situación del clero y de los fieles católicos en Nicaragua empeora en 2024, según sacerdotes exiliados, laicos del país centroamericano y defensores de derechos humanos. El miedo a la represión en curso por parte …

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman in a trenchcoat opened fire with a long gun Sunday inside celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s megachurch in Texas, sending worshippers rushing to find safety while two off-duty officers confronted and killed the shooter. Two other people were shot and injured, including a 5-year-old boy who was in critical condition. The violence erupted shortly before the …

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuela accused neighboring Guayana Sunday of granting illegal oil exploration concessions in territory the two nations are disputing. Venezuela said it would reserve the right to take any diplomatic actions necessary. The comments Sunday came after Guyana said Saturday that it has satellite imagery showing Venezuelan military movements near the South American country’s …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers came down on a beach Sunday in southern Mexico, killing one man who was on the beach. There was no immediate information on why the plane went down, but it appeared to have made a forced landing and was largely intact. However, it fell in a relatively populated section of …

BOGOTÁ (AP) — Un hombre de nacionalidad holandesa fue hallado muerto en un sector del suroriente de Medellín, el quinto extranjero fallecido en las dos últimas semanas, confirmó el sábado la policía. El cuerpo del holandés se encontró la víspera en un apartamento de la comuna suroriental El Poblado y “no presenta signos de violencia”, confirmó a The Associated Press …

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up, effective immediately. The announcement of the measure on state television amounts to a major, though tacit, admission that the army is struggling to contain the …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher, a key Republican Congressman who has spearheaded House pushback against the Chinese government, announced Saturday that he won’t run for a fifth term. The announcement comes just days after he angered his fellow Republicans by refusing to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The GOP has been looking to oust Mayorkas as …