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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tuvalu’s former Attorney General Feleti Teo was named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation Monday after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader. Teo was the only candidate nominated by his 15 lawmaker colleagues and Governor General Tofiga Vaevalu Falani declared him elected without a vote, government secretary Tufoua Panapa said in …

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Sunday sent a protest note after Croatia’s foreign minister described President Aleksandar Vučić as a Russian “satellite” in the Balkans. It was the latest spat between the two neighbors, which have been at odds for most of the time since the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlić Radman …

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (AP) — El papa Francisco canceló una audiencia prevista para el sábado por precaución tras sufrir una gripe leve, dijo la oficina de prensa del Vaticano en un breve comunicado que no ofreció más detalles. Estaba previsto que el pontífice se reuniera con diáconos de Roma durante la mañana. El portavoz del Vaticano, Matteo Bruni, dijo el …

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian tourist has gone missing in Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls National Park, home to one of the world’s natural wonders, the country’s parks spokesman said. Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokesman Tinashe Farawo told The Associated Press that the tourist went missing in the vast rainforest on Friday. “We have a fully-fledged team that …

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito made his first speech to the nation since a deadly earthquake hit the north-central region of Koto, with a message marking his 64th birthday on Friday. The ceremonial monarch expressed grief for people affected by the Jan. 1 earthquake, praying for their recovery and saying he hoped to visit the region to console them. …

VALENCIA, España (AP) — El número de muertos por el incendio en un bloque de apartamentos en la ciudad española de Valencia aumentó el viernes a nueve, mientras se planteaban dudas sobre si los materiales de construcción fueron la causa de que el fuego se propagara tan rápidamente. Una persona seguía sin ser localizada, según la policía forense, que después …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president on Friday defended his decision to disclose a reporter’s telephone number, saying a law that prohibits officials from releasing personal information doesn’t apply to him. Press freedom groups said the president’s decision to make public the phone number of a New York Times reporter Thursday was an attempt to punish critical reporting, and exposed …

PARIS (AP) — From within the debris of Russia’s war, Ukraine’s most famous sculptor was compelled to make a dark artistic pivot the day his own country house was ravaged by a Russian strike. “It happened by accident, it happened when a missile came into our house, our dacha … and my neighbors gathered the debris from the missile,” Mikhail …

QUITO (AP) — Al menos tres reclusos se escaparon de una cárcel del centro de Ecuador, un día después de que las Fuerzas Armadas invitaran a la prensa a un recorrido por el mismo centro penitenciario en una muestra de que han retomado el control de las prisiones. La institución militar confirmó el viernes en un comunicado la fuga de …

LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — The collapse of an illegally operated gold mine in a remote area of central Venezuela has exposed the sense of abandonment felt by small or rural communities bypassed by a quasi-economic renaissance seen in the South American country’s capital and cities. People in La Paragua, the closest community to Bulla Loca, an open-pit mine were …