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By PAOLA FLORES and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Centrist Bolivian presidential front-runner Sen. Rodrigo Paz is hoping to attract a diverse group of voters with catchall rhetoric to fix Bolivia’s worst economic crisis in decades. He’s promising both social spending reminiscent of the outgoing left-wing government and an attack on

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press SHENYANG, China (AP) — Yang Huafeng, a 92-year-old Chinese army veteran, remembers the troops on horseback and the handful of planes that marked the founding of communist China in 1949. It was a far cry from the military might the country will display Wednesday in a parade marking the 80th

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said his country was at “maximum preparedness” and ready to respond if attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. His comments during a news conference come as the U.S. government

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum celebrated her government’s handling of its tumultuous relations with the Trump administration, progressive gains and controversial judicial reforms in her first state of the nation address Monday. Sheinbaum, who is nearing the end of her first year in office, notably left out

By RENATA BRITO and HERNÁN MUÑOZ Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A flotilla carrying activists and humanitarian aid for Gaza left Barcelona’s port on Monday for a second time after the vessels were forced to return a day earlier because of bad weather conditions. The Global Sumud Flotilla had departed Sunday under much fanfare

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) — With jerky determination, robots played soccer, wowed children with shadow-boxing skills and shot arrows on Monday at the birthplace of the Olympic Games. As they shuffled and occasionally froze for a battery change, their creators and futurologists debated the central question of

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Dwayne Johnson takes a serious turn as UFC fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine,” which had its world premiere Monday at the Venice Film Festival. “I have for a long time wanted this,” Johnson said before the premiere. “The transformation part was something I