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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian space officials on Wednesday acknowledged a continuing air leak from the Russian segment of the International Space Station, but said it poses no danger to its crew. The Roscosmos state corporation said that specialists were monitoring the leak and the crew “regularly conducts work to locate and fix possible spots of the leak.” “There is no …

HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong moves toward enacting a new national security law, four years after Beijing imposed a similar law that all but wiped out dissent and vocal pro-democracy media in the semi-autonomous Chinese city, concerns are spreading among the city’s international business and media communities. Critics say the legislation will make Hong Kong’s legal system increasingly …

WASHINGTON (AP) — El presidente Joe Biden firmará el miércoles una orden ejecutiva que busca proteger mejor los datos personales de los ciudadanos estadounidenses como datos biométricos, de salud, de finanzas y de geolocalización, a fin de evitar que caigan en manos de adversarios como China y Rusia. El secretario de Justicia y otras agencias federales deberán impedir la transferencia …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — An offshore oil spill that prompted Trinidad and Tobago to declare a national emergency earlier this month involves hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel, some of which has reached the shores of the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire hundreds of miles away, authorities said. This is the first estimate of the size of …

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — At least 31 people were killed and 10 others injured when a driver lost control of a passenger bus in southern Mali on Tuesday, the country’s government announced. The bus carrying Malians and nationals from the West African subregion was en route to Burkina Faso when it “overturned,” said a statement posted on Mali’s Ministry of …

PRAGUE (AP) — The lower house of Parliament in the Czech Republic on Wednesday rejected same-sex marriage while affirming existing unions called partnerships for gay couples. The new legislation, passed in a 123-36 vote, also doesn’t allow same-sex couples to adopt children aside from those of their partner. The legislation still needs approval from the Senate and President Petr Pavel, …

MARAVATÍO, Mexico (AP) — Two mayoral hopefuls in the Mexican city of Maravatío have been gunned down within hours of each other, as experts warn the June 2 national elections could be the country’s most violent on record. The widening control of drug cartels in Mexico has been described as a threat. During the last nationwide election in 2021, about …

PRAGUE (AP) — Four Central European countries are deeply divided over the Russian war against Ukraine and how to resolve the conflict, the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia said on Tuesday. The four post-communist countries form an informal grouping of European Union and NATO members known as the Visegrad Four. While the Czech Republic and …

DUBÁI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos (AP) — El presidente ucraniano Volodomyr Zelenskyy llegó el martes a Arabia Saudí para reunirse con el poderoso príncipe heredero e impulsar un plan de paz y el regreso de prisioneros de guerra capturados por Rusia. El viaje de Zelenskyy ocurre en momentos en que el príncipe saudí Mohammed bin Salman busca posicionarse como mediador entre …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Taxi drivers in the Greek capital began a 48-hour strike Tuesday, with the second day timed to coincide with a nationwide strike by public and some private sector workers that is expected to disrupt public transport, ground some flights and leave ferries tied up in port. More than 200 taxis drove through the center of Athens …