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BRUSELAS (AP) — La presidenta de la Comisión Europea pidió el miércoles una nueva estrategia de la industria de defensa para responder a los desafíos de seguridad que supone la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania, que se centre en la compra de armas y municiones fabricadas en Europa. La invasión rusa ha expuesto la evidente debilidad de las capacidades europeas …

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — El presidente argentino Javier Milei prohibió el martes el uso del lenguaje inclusivo y cualquier referencia a la perspectiva de género en los documentos de la administración pública. El portavoz presidencial Manuel Adorni anunció que el gobierno “inició las actuaciones” para terminar con la práctica adoptada por el gobierno del anterior presidente Alberto Fernández (2019-3023). “No …

LONDON (AP) — A leading British think tank that specializes in the state of the country’s public finances thinks there’s a “weak economic case” for further tax cuts in next week’s budget, which the Conservative government is hoping can give a lift to its prospects at the general election later this year. With the Conservatives trailing the main opposition Labour …

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An ambitious measure to expand early childhood education in Kentucky passed an early test Tuesday, winning broad support from a legislative panel as lawmakers look for ways to relieve parental stress by increasing access to childcare. The proposal cleared the Senate Families and Children Committee on a 9-1 vote. The legislation still has several hurdles to …

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after Run-D.M.C. star Jam Master Jay was brazenly gunned down in his recording studio, two men close to him were convicted Tuesday of murder, marking a moment authorities had long awaited in one of the hip-hop world’s most elusive cases. An anonymous Brooklyn federal jury found Karl Jordan Jr. and Ronald Washington …

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea have been refusing to see patients and attend surgeries since they walked off the job Feb. 20 in response to the government’s push to recruit more medical students. As of Tuesday, about 8,940 medical interns and residents have left their worksites in protest, disrupting the operations of major …

MONTGOMERY, Alabama (AP) — Legisladores de Alabama buscan formas de proteger los servicios de fecundación in vitro en el estado tras el fallo de la Corte Suprema del estado que determinó que los embriones congelados pueden considerarse niños según la ley estatal. El fallo de la semana pasada, que de inmediato hizo surgir preguntas sobre la responsabilidad que podrían enfrentar …

ATLANTA (AP) — Separate gun bills passed by the Georgia House of Representatives Tuesday would provide a tax credit to pay for gun safety training and gun safes, while another would prohibit financial institutions from using a code to distinguish firearms retailers. The tax credit bill received bipartisan support, passing the chamber by a vote of 162-3. It provides a …

AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court convicted 17 suspects on Tuesday in the long-running trial of an underworld gang that planned a string of killings. Judges handed life sentences to three of them, including the gang’s “undisputed leader,” Ridouan Taghi, once the Netherlands most-wanted fugitive. The trial and three more murders linked to the case have enthralled and rattled the …

NUEVA YORK (AP) — En plena temporada de primarias presidenciales en Estados Unidos, los populares chatbots están generando información falsa y engañosa que amenaza con privar a los votantes de sus derechos, según un informe dado a conocer el martes, basándose en los hallazgos de expertos en inteligencia artificial y de un grupo bipartidista de funcionarios electorales. Quince estados y …