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SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — One Ukrainian brigade had defended the same block of industrial buildings for months without a break. Another had been in Avdiivka for nearly the entire two years of the war, bone-tired but with no replacements to relieve them. Ammunition was low, and the Russians conducted dozens of airstrikes every day, using “glide bombs” to obliterate even …

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 and whose body has not been found, asked a New Hampshire probate judge on Monday to declare the girl legally dead and to be appointed as administrator of her estate. Crystal Sorey took the first steps in preparation of a planned wrongful death lawsuit against …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela’s presidential election so far is a one-horse race for incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. That’s not for a lack of potential challengers, or because of any great affection from voters. It’s because he’s the only politician with the means for a campaign and a guaranteed spot on the ballot. Electoral authorities this week announced that the …

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States State Department said Friday that Zimbabwean authorities detained officials of the U.S. development agency, USAID, before deporting them, as relations between the historical foes deteriorate further. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Zimbabwean officials “abruptly detained and deported USAID officials and contractors, who were conducting an assessment of the development and governance context …

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted Friday in New York of charges that he conspired with drug traffickers and used his military and national police force to enable tons of cocaine to make it unhindered into the United States. The jury returned its verdict at a federal court after a two-week trial, which has …

BANGKOK (AP) — The top American diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific criticized China on Thursday for using intimidation tactics against other countries in the region to press its sweeping maritime claims in the South China Sea. Speaking to reporters after returning to the United States from meetings with officials in Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Brunei, Daniel Kritenbrink …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court has affirmed the convictions and death sentences of a man in the killings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff, at three different crime scenes one long night in 2017. Justices turned away all 19 points of appeal on Thursday, including claims of an unfair jury and ineffective defense. …

PHOENIX (AP) — La gobernadora demócrata de Arizona, Katie Hobbs, ha vetado un proyecto de ley que habría tipificado como delito la entrada de extranjeros al estado desde México por cualquier punto que no fuera un puerto de entrada. La legislatura, de mayoría republicana, aprobó la medida a finales del mes pasado. Arizona se ha posicionado como una zona popular …

ROMA (AP) — Durante casi seis décadas, el taller Tirelli en Roma se ha entretejido en la historia del cine italiano e internacional, ganándose el sobrenombre de la “sastrería de los Oscar” por su contribución al diseño de vestuario cinematográfico. Fundado en noviembre de 1964 por el fallecido Umberto Tirelli, el taller ha estado detrás de 17 premios de la …

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — La sequía y la escasez de agua en Ciudad de México son tan graves que una de las cuencas de captación de agua de lluvia de la capital se incendió el martes, consumiendo a su paso 30 hectáreas (75 acres) de vegetación seca. El cuerpo de bomberos de la capital mexicana dijo en un comunicado …