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OLNEY, England (AP) — Women in matching checkered aprons, headscarves and a rainbow of running shoes limbered up Tuesday as they prepared for the centuries-old pancake race in this English country town. They rolled their shoulders in unison, raised up on their toes and did squats before stepping to the starting line — frying pans in hand. At the word …

MILAN (AP) — The violins, violas and cellos played by the Orchestra of the Sea in its debut performance at Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala carry with them tales of desperation and redemption. The wood that was bent, chiseled and gouged to form the instruments was recovered from dilapidated smugglers’ boats that brought migrants to Italy’s shores; the luthiers who …

GINEBRA (AP) — La principal organización judía de Suiza denunció el lunes un cartel colocado en una tienda de esquís cerca de Davos que le prohíbe a judíos alquilar equipos. El cartel en el Monte Pischa cerca de Davos, un pueblo conocido por ser anfitrión del Foro Económico Mundial cada año, dice que no se alquilarán más esquís, botas ni …

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s main Jewish organization on Monday denounced an antisemitic sign put up at a local ski shop near Davos, barring Jews from renting equipment from the store. Regional police opened an investigation. The sign on Pischa Mountain above Davos, a town known for hosting the annual World Economic Forum meeting of global elites each January, said the …

SANTIAGO (AP) — Ya son más de 20.000 las toneladas de escombros retiradas de los lugares arrasados por los incendios en la zona centro sur de Chile, informaron el sábado las autoridades, quienes también impusieron restricciones de circulación a los vehículos privados en la zona y recomendaron a los curiosos evitar el “turismo de catástrofes”. Las labores de remoción continúan …

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A series of Israeli strikes early Monday hit Rafah, the city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip where 1.4 million Palestinians have fled to escape fighting elsewhere in the four-month Israel-Hamas war. Israel has been signaling its ground offensive in Gaza may soon target the densely populated city on the Egyptian border. On …

DUBÁI (AP) — El grupo extremista Al Shabab, vinculado a Al Qaeda, se atribuyó un ataque que mató a cuatro soldados emiratíes y a un oficial militar bahreiní en una misión de entrenamiento en una base militar en la capital somalí, dijeron las autoridades el domingo. El ataque del sábado tuvo como objetivo las tropas en la Base Militar General …

MADRID (AP) — Two Spanish police officers have been killed when a speedboat suspected of belonging to drug smugglers smashed into their patrol craft, Spain’s Civil Guard said Saturday. The incident occurred late on Friday, police said, when the Civil Guard craft was tasked with identifying speedboats spotted in the southern port of Barbate. Video footage showed how one speedboat …

TAIPÉI, Taiwán (AP) — Con fuegos artificiales, festines y envoltorios rojos con dinero para los niños, numerosas naciones de Asia y comunidades en el extranjero dieron la bienvenida el sábado al Año Nuevo lunar. La festividad comienza con la primera luna del calendario lunar y termina 15 días después, con la primera luna llena. Las fechas varían ligeramente cada año …

LONDON (AP) — The suspect in a London chemical attack that left a woman hospitalized with life-changing injuries and injured her two young daughters likely has vanished in the River Thames, police said Friday. Metropolitan Police Commander Jon Savell said closed-circuit television images showed Abdul Ezedi walking on a bridge over the river but never exiting it. Investigators concluded he …