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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. But Hungary’s governing party, led by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has signaled that it will …

TOKYO (AP) — Taylor Swift, who is holding concerts in Japan through Feb. 10, will make it in time for the Super Bowl to see her partner and football superstar Travis Kelce play. To make sure all her fans know, the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. has sent a message on X, formerly Twitter, alluding to her hit songs in …

ISTANBUL (AP) — The governor of Turkey’s central bank has resigned only months after taking office amid allegations of improper use of power and family interference in the workings of the financial institutions. Hafize Gaye Erkan who took over as central bank governor in June was the bank’s first female chief. She announced her resignation on social media platform X, …

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall on Saturday postponed presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 25, citing controversies over the disqualification of some candidates and allegations of corruption in election-related cases. Sall — who is not seeking another term in office — said he signed a decree repealing the law that convened the electoral body just as campaigning was …

EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — There are razor wire fences, a barrier of shipping containers along the Rio Grande and patrols of Texas National Guard. All are familiar sights by now in Eagle Pass, which has been thrust into an extraordinary turf war over immigration enforcement. But the widening spotlight and record levels of illegal crossings into the U.S. have …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The changes railroads announced after last year’s fiery crash in East Palestine, Ohio, haven’t yet made a major difference, statistics show, and reforms have stalled in Congress. A few key measures in the latest Federal Railroad Administration statistics, including the total number of train accidents, worsened over the first 11 months of last year compared to …

LONDRES (AP) — Una nacionalista irlandesa pasó a la historia el sábado al ser elegida primera ministra de Irlanda del Norte, y el gobierno regresó a sus labores después de dos años de parálisis provocada por un boicot de los unionistas. La vicepresidenta de Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill fue elegida primera ministra del gobierno en el cual, bajo el acuerdo …

MOSCÚ (AP) — El presidente ruso Vladímir Putin describió el viernes la acción militar de Rusia en Ucrania como una batalla por la supervivencia de Rusia, en su campaña de reelección en la contienda presidencial, a realizarse el mes próximo y en la que su victoria es casi segura. En una reunión con trabajadores de la industria armamentística en la …

BERLIN (AP) — Local buses, trams and subway trains were canceled in much of Germany on Friday as transport employees walked off the job in the country’s third transport-related strike in two weeks. The Ver.di service workers’ union called for a “warning strike,” a common tactic in German contract negotiations, on Monday. Its deputy chair, Christine Behle, said that “the …

YUBA, Sudán del Sur (AP) — Residentes de una zona pantanosa en la región central de Sudán del Sur se enfrentaron con pastores de ganado que se desplazaron al lugar en busca de agua y pastura durante la temporada árida, lo que dejó al menos 38 muertos y 52 personas con heridas de bala, informaron funcionarios el jueves. La disputa …