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WASHINGTON (AP) — La vicepresidenta estadounidense Kamala Harris criticó el viernes el informe de un fiscal especial del Departamento de Justicia sobre el mal manejo de documentos clasificados por parte de Joe Biden que generó dudas sobre la memoria del presidente. Harris dijo que el informe estaba “motivado políticamente” y era “arbitrario”, mientras que la Casa Blanca indicó que el …

HELSINKI (AP) — Finns on Sunday will choose either of two experienced politicians to be their next head of state, whose main task will be to steer the Nordic country’s foreign and security policy now that it is a member of NATO, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ex-Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, 55, on the center right, and former foreign Minister …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken, salió el jueves de Oriente Medio con las que quizá eran las mayores diferencias entre Estados Unidos e Israel desde que Israel emprendió su guerra contra Hamás en Gaza el pasado octubre. Tras una gira por cuatro naciones —la quinta a la región desde que estalló …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior officials for President Joe Biden’s reelection effort met with House Democrats on Thursday to outline in detail post-Super Tuesday campaign plans — a strategy session that marks a significant boost in efforts to coordinate with lawmakers on organizing and communicating with voters nationwide. Those at the gathering in Leesburg, Virginia, include campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip — his fifth to the region since the conflict erupted — Blinken was …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senado de EEUU empieza a trabajar en ayuda para Ucrania, Israel y otros aliados tras colapso del acuerdo sobre frontera.

NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci has a memoir coming out in June, a look back at his long career as an infectious disease expert and the many outbreaks he contended with, from HIV/AIDS to the COVID-19 pandemic that made him famous. Viking announced Thursday that Fauci’s “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service” will be published in …

HONOLULU (AP) — A ruling by Hawaii’s high court saying that a man can be prosecuted for carrying a gun in public without a permit cites crime-drama TV series “The Wire” and invokes the “spirit of Aloha” in an apparent rebuke of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights nationwide. “The thing about the old days, they the …

LONDON (AP) — Environmental groups on Thursday criticized Britain’s opposition Labour Party for ditching a pledge to invest 28 billion pounds ($35 billion) a year in green projects if it wins an upcoming general election. Labour leader Keir Starmer said the party could no longer commit to the figure because the Conservative government had left the economy in dire condition. …

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The work to tame inflation in Turkey — namely through interest rate hikes — will continue “with determination,” the country’s new central bank chief said Thursday, offering some certainty about efforts to right the battered economy following his precedessor’s surprise resignation. Speaking for the first time since taking the helm of the central bank on Saturday, …