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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday as a perpetuation of the African country’s homophobic practices. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is sponsored by GALZ, a membership organization for LGBTQ+ people …

Follow the latest updates on this story. Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news — less than a month before an election that will give …

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Friday said Israel is “thoroughly planning” a military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, signaling determination to move ahead despite growing international concerns about the safety of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians seeking refuge there. U.S. President Joe Biden has urged Israel not to carry out the operation without …

LA HAYA, Holanda (AP) — El máximo tribunal de la ONU rechazó el viernes la solicitud de Sudáfrica para imponer medidas urgentes para salvaguardar Rafah en la Franja de Gaza, pero también hizo énfasis en que Israel debe respetar las medidas impuestas el mes pasado en la etapa preliminar de un juicio por acusaciones de genocidio. La Corte Internacional de …

ROME (AP) — An accident at a supermarket construction site in the Italian city of Florence on Friday killed at least three workers and left two others missing, local officials said. The accident happened when a reinforced concrete beam toppled over a slab of a pre-fabricated building, which then collapsed. Local authorities said rescue teams were searching for the missing …

Follow the latest updates on this story. Alexei Navalny, Russia’s top opposition leader and President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was buried Friday in a Moscow suburb in a funeral that drew thousands of mourners amid a heavy police presence. Navalny, who was serving a 19-year sentence on charges of extremism, died Feb. 16, according to Russia’s prison service. He was …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal will hold a presidential election as soon as possible given that the country’s top election authority has overturned a decree by President Macky Sall to postpone the vote, the government said Friday. Sall in early February sought to postpone the Feb. 25 election citing unresolved disputes over who could run, and the National Assembly voted …

WASHINGTON (AP) — ¿Qué pasaría si Rusia llegara a utilizar ojivas nucleares para destruir satélites estadounidenses? El sistema eléctrico y de agua de tu casa podrían fallar. El tráfico aéreo, ferroviario y vehicular podrían paralizarse. Tu celular podría dejar de funcionar. Estos son algunos de los motivos por los que los informes de que Rusia podría tener planes para colocar …

LONDRES (AP) — El asediado primer ministro británico Rishi Sunak exhortó el viernes a los votantes y su partido a seguir apoyándolo, después que dos distritos en Inglaterra eligieron a legisladores del Laborismo opositor para ocupar escaños que estaban en poder de los conservadores desde hacía años. Los resultados agravarán los temores de los conservadores de que, tras 14 años …

WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Prince Harry raced head-first on a tiny skeleton sled going 99 kph (61.5 mph) down a track at next year’s Invictus Games site Thursday, saying with a smile afterward that everyone should do it. Harry was in Whistler, British Columbia, with wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to visit athletes at training camps and to …