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Irak: Partido de primer ministro gana más escaños, pero no suficientes para segundo mandato
Por QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA y STELLA MARTANY
BAGDAD (AP) — El resultado de las elecciones parlamentarias del mes pasado en Irak fue ratificado por el Tribunal Supremo Federal el domingo, confirmando que el partido del primer ministro interino Mohammed Shia al-Sudani ganó el mayor número de escaños, pero no los suficientes para asegurarle un segundo mandato.
El tribunal confirmó que el proceso de votación cumplió con todos los requisitos constitucionales y legales y no tuvo irregularidades que afectaran su validez.
La Alta Comisión Electoral Independiente presentó los resultados finales de las elecciones legislativas al Tribunal Supremo Federal el lunes para su certificación oficial después de resolver 853 quejas presentadas respecto a los resultados electorales.
La Coalición de Reconstrucción y Desarrollo de Al-Sudani ganó 46 escaños en el parlamento de 329 escaños. Sin embargo, en elecciones pasadas en Irak, el bloque que obtiene el mayor número de escaños a menudo no ha podido imponer a su candidato preferido.
La coalición liderada por el ex primer ministro Nouri al-Maliki ganó 29 escaños, el Bloque Sadiqoun, que es liderado por el líder de la milicia Asaib Ahl al-Haq, Qais al-Khazali, ganó 28 escaños, y el Partido Democrático del Kurdistán, liderado por Masoud Barzani, uno de los dos principales partidos kurdos en el país, ganó 27 escaños.
El partido Taqaddum (Progreso) del destituido presidente del parlamento Mohammed al-Halbousi también ganó 27 escaños, preparando el escenario para una contienda por la dirección de la legislatura.
Por convención, el primer ministro de Irak siempre es chiita, el presidente un kurdo y el presidente del parlamento sunita.
En general, las alianzas y listas chiitas aseguraron 187 escaños, los grupos sunitas 77 escaños, los grupos kurdos 56 escaños, además de nueve escaños reservados para miembros de grupos minoritarios.
Al-Sudani llegó al poder en 2022 con el respaldo del Marco de Coordinación, una coalición de partidos chiitas respaldados por Irán, pero no está claro si la coalición se alineará detrás de él por segunda vez.
Con ningún bloque capaz de formar un gobierno por sí solo, los líderes políticos han iniciado negociaciones para construir una coalición gobernante.
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Martany reportó desde Irbil, Irak.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Partido entre Levante y Villarreal de la liga española pospuesto por mal tiempo
MADRID (AP) — El partido de la liga española entre Levante y Villarreal, originalmente programado para el domingo, fue pospuesto debido a las fuertes lluvias en la región de Valencia.
La liga informó que tomó la decisión tras las recomendaciones de seguridad realizadas por las autoridades locales en medio de una alerta meteorológica emitida para la región.
La liga indicó que pronto establecerán una nueva fecha para el partido.
El encuentro estaba programado para llevarse a cabo a las 1830 hora local (1730 GMT).
Villarreal se encuentra en tercer lugar y ha ganado seis partidos consecutivos en la liga. Levante es último y ha perdido cinco partidos seguidos en la liga.
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Hamás confirma muerte de comandante suyo tras ataque israelí
JERUSALÉN (AP) — Hamás confirmó el domingo la muerte de un alto comandante en Gaza, un día después de que Israel dijera que había matado a Raed Saad en un ataque fuera de la ciudad de Gaza.
El comunicado de Hamás describió a Saad como el comandante de su unidad de fabricación militar. Israel lo había descrito como un arquitecto del ataque del 7 de octubre de 2023 que desató la guerra en Gaza, y afirmó que había estado “involucrado en la reconstrucción de la organización terrorista” en violación del alto al fuego que entró en vigor hace dos meses.
Israel declaró que mató a Saad después de que un artefacto explosivo detonara e hiriera a dos soldados en el sur del territorio.
Hamás añadió que había nombrado a un nuevo comandante, pero no dio detalles.
El ataque del sábado al oeste de la ciudad de Gaza mató a cuatro personas, según un periodista de Associated Press que vio llegar sus cuerpos al Hospital Shifa. Otras tres personas resultaron heridas, según el hospital Al-Awda. Hamás, en su declaración inicial, describió el vehículo atacado como uno civil.
Israel y Hamás se han acusado mutuamente repetidamente de violaciones de la tregua.
Ataques aéreos y tiroteos israelíes en Gaza han matado al menos a 391 palestinos desde que la tregua entró en vigor, según funcionarios de salud palestinos. Israel ha dicho que tales medidas eran en represalia por ataques contra sus soldados, y que las tropas han disparado a palestinos que se acercaron a la “Línea Amarilla” entre la mayoría controlada por Israel de Gaza y el resto del territorio.
Israel ha exigido que los milcianos palestinos devuelvan los restos del último rehén, Ran Gvili, desde Gaza y lo ha llamado una condición para pasar a la segunda y más complicada fase del alto al fuego. Esto plantea una visión para poner fin al gobierno de Hamás y ver la reconstrucción de una Gaza desmilitarizada bajo supervisión internacional.
El ataque inicial liderado por Hamás en 2023 en el sur de Israel mató a alrededor de 1.200 personas y tomó 251 rehenes. Casi todos los rehenes o sus restos han sido devueltos en ceses al fuego u otros acuerdos.
La campaña de dos años de Israel en Gaza ha matado a más de 70.660 palestinos, aproximadamente la mitad de ellos mujeres y niños, según el Ministerio de Salud del territorio, que no distingue entre milicianos y civiles en su conteo. El ministerio, que opera bajo el gobierno dirigido por Hamás, está compuesto por profesionales médicos y mantiene registros detallados que son considerados generalmente confiables por la comunidad internacional.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit”
Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit”
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will block any European Union solution that finances Ukraine’s military expenditures, accusing Western Europe of treating Russian and Ukrainian lives as being “worth shit” and of prolonging what he described as senseless bloodshed.
In a post on X, Fico said he had held an almost hour-long phone conversation with European Council President António Costa focused on EU funding for Ukraine.
“While he spoke about money for the war in Ukraine, I kept repeating the senseless daily killing of hundreds to thousands of Russians and Ukrainians,” Fico wrote.
“If for Western Europe the life of a Russian or a Ukrainian is worth shit, I do not want to be part of such a Western Europe.”
Fico said he told Costa that Slovakia would not support any measure leading to EU financing of Ukraine’s military costs, regardless of how long negotiations might last. “I told A. Costa that I will not support anything, even if we have to sit in Brussels until the New Year, which would lead to support for Ukraine’s military expenditures,” he wrote.
The post accompanied the publication of a formal letter sent by Fico to Costa and to all EU prime ministers ahead of the next European Council meeting, where the European Commission’s proposals to secure Ukraine’s financial needs for 2026 and 2027, including the possible use of frozen Russian assets, are expected to be discussed.
In the letter, Fico stated that Slovakia would not back any solution that includes funding Ukraine’s military expenses.
“At the upcoming European Council, I am not in the position to support any solution to Ukraine’s financial needs that would include covering Ukraine’s military expenses for the coming years,” he wrote.
Fico argued that there was no military solution to the conflict and that continued arms financing was extending the war.
“The policy of peace that I consistently advocate prevents me from voting in favor of prolonging military conflict, because providing tens of billions of euros for military spending is prolonging the war,” he said.
He also warned against using frozen Russian assets for military purposes, arguing this could undermine peace efforts, including those led by the United States, which he said envisaged using such assets for Ukraine’s postwar reconstruction. He recalled raising these concerns at an informal EU meeting in Angola and pointed to corruption risks in Ukraine.
While rejecting EU-funded military support, Fico said Slovakia would continue to assist Ukraine in non-military areas. He cited humanitarian aid, electricity supplies, gas delivered through reverse flow, infrastructure projects, and support for nearly 200,000 Ukrainian refugees living in Slovakia. He reiterated Slovakia’s support for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, while noting that some member states were increasingly voicing reservations about early membership.
Fico said his position was final and would not change under pressure or prolonged negotiations. “I cannot, and will not under any pressure, endorse any solution to support Ukraine’s military expenditures in which the Slovak Republic would participate,” he wrote, while adding that he respected the right of other EU member states to pursue different approaches on a voluntary basis.
The European Council has not publicly responded to Fico’s remarks.
Tyler Durden
Sun, 12/14/2025 – 10:30
El joven Bartesaghi anota dos goles, pero Milan empata 2-2 con el Sassuolo
Por DANIELLA MATAR
MILÁN (AP) — El joven defensor Davide Bartesaghi anotó sus primeros goles con el equipo mayor, pero no pudo evitar que el AC Milan empatara el domingo 2-2 en casa contra el Sassuolo en la Serie A.
El resultado dejó al Milan solo un punto por delante del Napoli, que más tarde juega contra el Udinese. El Inter de Milán también puede superar a su rival de ciudad si el Génova gana más tarde.
El Sassuolo solo había ganado uno de sus últimos tres partidos, pero tomó la delantera en San Siro a los 13 minutos. Los visitantes recuperaron el balón de un saque de banda defensivo del Milan y Andrea Pinamonti se lo dejó al veloz Ismaël Koné, quien se abrió paso en el área antes de elevarlo sobre Mike Maignan.
El Milan empató al 34 cuando Ruben Loftus-Cheek pasó el balón por el área para que Bartesaghi rematara con potencia desde cerca.
El joven de 19 años duplicó su cuenta inmediatamente después del descanso cuando corrió hacia el pase de Christopher Nkunku y disparó al primer palo.
Antes de que el Sassuolo igualara al 77 a través del suplente Armand Laurienté, tras otra asistencia de Pinamonti, le anularon goles a Christian Pulisic y Loftus-Cheek del Milan.
Laurienté, quien dio un giro al partido cuando entró, casi anotó el tanto de la victoria al 88 tras una carrera en solitario desde su propia mitad, pero su esfuerzo se estrelló contra el poste izquierdo.
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Cronología de recientes hechos de violencia armada en Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Al menos 11 personas murieron el domingo en un ataque a tiros durante una celebración de una festividad judía en Bondi Beach, Sydney, informó la policía.
Los tiroteos masivos son raros en Australia, donde la posesión de armas ha sido estrictamente controlada desde una masacre en 1996.
Aquí una cronología de algunos tiroteos recientes.
28 de abril de 1996
El pistolero Martin Bryant mató a 35 personas e hirió a 23 en un ataque en el recinto turístico de Port Arthur en el estado de Tasmania.
Tras el ataque, los gobiernos federal y estatales acordaron prohibir las escopetas y rifles semiautomáticos y de acción de bombeo. Más de 700.000 armas fueron entregadas bajo un esquema en que el gobierno recompró esos dispositivos. En la década anterior a la masacre, hubo 11 tiroteos masivos con al menos cuatro víctimas mortales. No hubo ninguno en la década que siguió.
8 de septiembre de 2014
Un agricultor disparó a su esposa y tres hijos cerca de Lockhart en el estado de Nueva Gales del Sur antes de suicidarse.
16 de diciembre de 2014
Tres personas murieron cuando la policía asaltó el Lindt Café en Sydney, donde un clérigo autoproclamado nacido en Irán había tomado como rehenes a 18 personas. Los muertos incluyeron al secuestrador Man Monis, abatido por la policía, un rehén alcanzado por fragmentos de una bala policial y otro que fue disparado por Monis.
11 de mayo de 2018
Un agricultor mató a seis miembros de su familia antes de dispararse a sí mismo en el estado de Australia Occidental.
4 de junio de 2019
Un hombre que estaba en libertad condicional disparó fatalmente a cuatro hombres e hirió a una mujer en la ciudad de Darwin, en el norte de Australia.
12 de diciembre de 2022
Seis personas murieron en un tiroteo en una propiedad rural en Wieambilla, estado de Queensland. Dos policías fueron abatidos por extremistas cristianos; los tres tiradores y uno de sus vecinos fueron abatidos por la policía.
14 de diciembre de 2025
Hombres armados abrieron fuego durante una ceremonia de Janucá en Bondi Beach, matando al menos a 11 personas en lo que las autoridades calificaron como un ataque terrorista dirigido a la comunidad judía.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom
Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom
A person of interest connected to the Brown University shooting was taken into custody early Sunday morning at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, according to law enforcement officials.
Latest:
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez told reporters he was limited in what he could disclose about the person taken into custody. He said police intend “to coordinate with the prosecutors, to collect evidence, to conduct interviews, and then from there, we’ll be able – when it’s appropriate and accurate – to share more details.”
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley provided an update, noting that seven shooting victims are in stable condition, one is in critical but stable condition, and one has been discharged from the hospital. Two individuals died in the shooting. All victims were students.
Brown University President Christina Paxson confirmed that the shooting unfolded inside a final exam review for a Principles of Economics class.
The shooter then exited the east side of the Barus and Holley building, where the campus meets downtown Providence.
The shooter “yelled something” before the attack …
BREAKING – Police now have a suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University but are refusing to provide the suspect’s age, race, or motive, only stating that the shooter “yelled something” before the attack and that the weapon used has a “unique characteristic” on it. pic.twitter.com/971tJeYDUU
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) December 14, 2025
The elite Ivy League school ended the shelter-in-place order around 6:00 a.m. ET.
BrownUAlert: Providence police have advised the University that the shelter in place order has ended for the entire Brown campus. However, police activity continues in areas that are still considered an active crime scene. Be advised that access to these areas of campus continues…
— Brown University (@BrownUniversity) December 14, 2025
X users cited a 2021 study indicating that Brown University operates roughly 800 surveillance cameras across its campus.
Yet, more than six hours after the shooting, the university was still unable to release any images showing what the suspect looked like while at large.
Brown University tuition is $70,000.
Its endowment is $8 billion and just hit a new record.
AND THEY DON’T HAVE A SINGLE SECURITY CAMERA THAT GOT A CLEAR VIEW OF THE SHOOTER IN THE BUILDING!!!
You can afford it! BUY SOME. pic.twitter.com/vji9lXkiHL
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
Then finally released this…
Video released by the Providence police shows the suspect in the Brown University shooting as he leaves the scene.
The shooting left two people dead and nine others wounded.
See the latest updates: https://t.co/8dntt9p7bR pic.twitter.com/1PNVhUYaeP
— Providence Journal (@projo) December 14, 2025
Note that Brown’s policy generally prohibits students, faculty, staff, and visitors from bringing guns, ammunition, or other weapons onto campus, into buildings, or into residence halls. This applies regardless of whether someone has a permit to carry a firearm elsewhere in Rhode Island.
Brown University has a relatively high representation of Jewish students compared with its overall student population. The incident occurred on the night before Hanukkah, a period of heightened religious significance. Separately, Australia experienced its deadliest terrorist attack since 1996, when two shooters targeted a Jewish celebration.
*Developing…
Tyler Durden
Sun, 12/14/2025 – 09:55
Gunmen kill at least 11 people in attack on Jewish holiday event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY — Two gunmen attacked a Hannukah celebration on a Sydney beach Sunday, killing at least 11 people in what Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called an act of antisemitism and terrorism.
The massacre at one of Australia’s most popular and iconic beaches followed a wave of antisemitic attacks that have roiled the country over the past year, although the authorities didn’t suggest those episodes and Sunday’s shooting were connected. It is the deadliest shooting for almost three decades in a country with strict gun control laws.
One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second, who was arrested, was in critical condition, authorities said. Police said one of the gunmen was known to the security services, but that there had been no specific threat.
At least 29 people were confirmed wounded, including two police officers, said Mal Lanyon, the police commissioner for New South Wales state, where Sydney is located.
Police said officers were examining a number of suspicious items, including several improvised explosive devices found in one of the suspect’s cars.
The shooting targeted a Jewish celebration
“This attack was designed to target Sydney’s Jewish community,” the state’s premier, Chris Minns, said. The massacre was declared a terrorist attack due to the event targeted and weapons used, Lanyon said.
Hundreds had gathered for the Chanukah by the Sea event celebrating the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival.
Chabad, an Orthodox Jewish movement that runs scores of centers around the world that are popular with Jewish travelers and sponsors large public events during major Jewish holidays, identified one of the dead as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and a key organizer of the event.
Video footage filmed by onlookers appeared to show two gunmen with long guns firing from a footbridge leading to the beach. One dramatic clip broadcast on Australian television showed a man appearing to tackle and disarm one of the gunmen, before pointing the man’s weapon at him, then setting the gun on the ground.
Minns called the man a “genuine hero.”
Witnesses fled and hid as shots rang out
Police said emergency services were called to Campbell Parade in Bondi about 6.45 p.m. responding to reports of shots being fired.
Lachlan Moran, 32, from Melbourne, told The Associated Press he was waiting for his family nearby when he heard shots. He dropped the beer he was carrying for his brother and ran.
“You heard a few pops, and I freaked out and ran away. … I started sprinting. I just had that intuition. I sprinted as quickly as I could,” Moran said. He said he heard shooting off and on for about five minutes.
“Everyone just dropped all their possessions and everything and were running and people were crying and it was just horrible,” Moran said.
The violence erupted at the end of a hot summer day when thousands had flocked to the beach.
“It was the most perfect day and then this happened,” said local resident Catherine Merchant.
“Everyone was just running and there were bullets and there were so many of them and we were really scared,” she told Australia’s ABC News.
Australian leaders speak of shock and grief
Albanese told reporters in the Australian capital, Canberra, that he was “devastated” by the massacre.
“This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith. An act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation,” Albanese said.
“Amidst this vile act of violence and hate will emerge a moment of national unity where Australians across the board will embrace their fellow Australians of Jewish faith,” he said.
World leaders expressed condolences. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the “ghastly terrorist attack” and offered his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was being updated on the “appalling attack.” Police in London said they would step up security at Jewish sites.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a post on X that “The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Australia targeting a Jewish celebration. Antisemitism has no place in this world.”
Antisemitic attacks have roiled Australia
Australia, a country of 28 million people, is home to about 117,000 Jews, according to official figures. Antisemitic incidents, including assaults, vandalism, threats and intimidation, surged more than threefold in the country during the year after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and Israel launched a war on Hamas in Gaza in response, the government’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal reported in July.
Throughout last summer, the country was rocked by spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Synagogues and cars were torched, businesses and homes graffitied and Jews attacked in those cities, where 85% of the nation’s Jewish population live.
Albanese in August blamed Iran for two of the attacks and cut diplomatic ties to Tehran. The authorities didn’t make such claims about Sunday’s massacre.
Israel urged Australia’s government to address crimes targeting Jews.
“The heart of the entire nation of Israel misses a beat at this very moment,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said. “We repeat our alerts time and time again to the Australian government to seek action and fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society.”
Shooting deaths in Australia are rare
Mass shootings in Australia are extremely rare. A 1996 massacre in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur, where a lone gunman killed 35 people, prompted the government to drastically tighten gun laws and made it much more difficult for Australians to acquire firearms.
Significant mass shootings this century included two murder-suicides with death tolls of five people in 2014, and seven in 2018, in which gunmen killed their own families and themselves.
In 2022, six people were killed in a shootout between police and Christian extremists at a rural property in Queensland state.
McGuirk reported from Melbourne, Australia, and Graham-McLay from Wellington, New Zealand. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/attack-jewish-holiday-bondi-beach/
Myanmar pide a países que repatríen a ciudadanos detenidos en redadas contra centros de estafa
BANGKOK (AP) — El régimen militar de Myanmar apeló el domingo a la comunidad internacional para que reciba a cientos de extranjeros que han sido detenidos en operativos contra centros de estafa
XXXXX en el estado oriental de Kayin, cerca de la frontera con Tailandia.
En los últimos meses, las autoridades han allanado dos importantes centros de estafa, KK Park y Shwe Kokko, en las afueras de Myawaddy, una ciudad comercial en la frontera con Tailandia. Las operaciones resultaron en la detención de miles de ciudadanos extranjeros.
El coronel Min Thu Kyaw, quien lideró las operaciones de represión, declaró que las autoridades estaban teniendo dificultades para gestionar a los detenidos.
“Son de diferentes nacionalidades, tienen diferentes religiones, morales y personalidades”, expresó. “Queremos que la comunidad internacional venga y los llame rápidamente. Sería más conveniente si los llaman de regreso lo antes posible”.
El domingo, el general de división Aung Kyaw Kyaw, viceministro de Asuntos Internos, indicó en una conferencia de prensa en Yangon, la ciudad más grande del país, que 13.272 extranjeros de 47 países habían sido detenidos en los operativos iniciados en enero. Aunque la mayoría ha sido deportada, 1.655 aún están detenidos, manifestó.
Myanmar es conocido por albergar operaciones de ciberestafa contra personas de todo el mundo. Generalmente, implican ganar la confianza de una persona con artimañas románticas y atraerlas a esquemas de inversión fraudulentos. La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito ha estimado que tales actividades generan poco menos de 40.000 millones de dólares en ingresos anuales para bandas criminales.
El coronel Min Thu Kyaw, ministro de seguridad y asuntos fronterizos del gobierno del estado de Kayin, señaló que la mayoría de las 1.655 personas a la espera de deportación están siendo retenidas en instalaciones deportivas de la ciudad, así como en edificios controlados por la Fuerza de Guardia Fronteriza de Kayin y en edificios de estafas rediseñados.
El mayor número de detenidos restantes que esperan deportación son ciudadanos chinos, con más de 500 personas. El resto se compone de grupos de entre 100 y 300 personas cada uno de Indonesia, Etiopía, Vietnam, Kenia e India, señaló.
El ministro sostuvo que la mayoría de los retornos retrasados involucran a ciudadanos de países africanos que no tienen embajadas en Myanmar o Tailandia, lo que ha ralentizado el proceso de deportación hasta cinco meses.
La televisión estatal MRTV ha transmitido recientemente imágenes de operaciones de seguridad en centros de estafa cerca de Myawaddy, incluyendo videos y fotos que muestran edificios siendo demolidos con explosivos y bulldozers.
El gobierno militar ha dicho que comenzó su última represión contra las estafas en línea y el juego ilegal a principios de septiembre. Sin embargo, los críticos afirman que los cerebros de la actividad ilegal continúan operando en otros lugares.
Las milicias de minorías étnicas también ejercen una fuerte influencia en el área de Myawaddy. Varias milicias Karen étnicas están activas, incluyendo la Fuerza de Guardia Fronteriza respaldada por el ejército, que ha firmado un alto el fuego con el ejército, y la Unión Nacional Karen, que forma parte de la resistencia nacional contra el régimen militar.
La Fuerza de Guardia Fronteriza se ha atribuido el éxito de los operativos, aunque se cree ampliamente que ha proporcionado protección a los operadores de estafas en el pasado. El gobierno militar ha afirmado que la KNU está vinculada a los centros de estafa sobre la base de supuestos acuerdos inmobiliarios.
Ambos grupos han negado su participación en las operaciones de estafa.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of pharaoh in Luxor
LUXOR, Egypt — Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of Luxor, the latest in the government’s archaeological events that aim at drawing more tourists to the country.
The giant alabaster statues, known as the Colossi of Memnon, were reassembled in a renovation project that lasted about two decades. They represent Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt about 3,400 years ago.
“Today we are celebrating, actually, the finishing and the erecting of these two colossal statues,” Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, told The Associated Press ahead of the ceremony.
Attempts to revive a prestigious temple
Ismail said the colossi are of great significance to Luxor, a city known for its ancient temples and other antiquities. They’re also an attempt to “revive how this funerary temple of king Amenhotep III looked like a long time ago,” Ismail said.
Amenhotep III, one of the most prominent pharaohs, ruled during the 500 years of the New Kingdom, which was the most prosperous time for ancient Egypt. The pharaoh, whose mummy is showcased at a Cairo museum, ruled between 1390–1353 BC, a peaceful period known for its prosperity and great construction, including his mortuary temple, where the Colossi of Memnon are located, and another temple, Soleb, in Nubia.
The colossi were toppled by a strong earthquake in about 1200 BC that also destroyed Amenhotep III’s funerary temple, said Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
They were fragmented and partly quarried away, with their pedestals dispersed. Some of their blocks were reused in the Karnak temple, but archaeologists brought them back to rebuild the colossi, according to the Antiquities Ministry.
In late 1990s, an Egyptian German mission, chaired by German Egyptologist Hourig Sourouzian, began working in the temple area, including the assembly and renovation of the colossi.
“This project has in mind … to save the last remains of a once-prestigious temple,” she said.
A Pharoah facing the rising sun
The statues show Amenhotep III seated with hands resting on his thighs, with their faces looking eastward toward the Nile and the rising sun. They wear the nemes headdress surmounted by the double crowns and the pleated royal kilt, which symbolizes the pharaoh’s divine rule.
Two other small statues on the pharaoh’s feet depict his wife, Tiye.
The colossi — 14.5 meters (48 feet) and 13.6 meters (45 feet) respectively — preside over the entrance of the king’s temple on the western bank of the Nile. The 35-hectare (86-acre) complex is believed to be the largest and richest temple in Egypt and is usually compared to the temple of Karnak, also in Luxor.
The colossi were hewn in Egyptian alabaster from the quarries of Hatnub, in Middle Egypt. They were fixed on large pedestals with inscriptions showing the name of the temple, as well as the quarry.
Unlike other monumental sculptures of ancient Egypt, the colossi were partly compiled with pieces sculpted separately, which were fixed into each statue’s main monolithic alabaster core, the ministry said.
Eye on tourism
Sunday’s unveiling in Luxor came just six weeks after the inauguration of the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the centerpiece of the government’s bid to boost the country’s tourism industry and bring cash into the troubled economy. The mega project is located near the famed Giza Pyramids and the Sphinx.
The tourism sector, which depends heavily on Egypt’s rich pharaonic artifacts, has suffered during years of political turmoil and violence following the 2011 uprising. In recent years, the sector has started to recover after the coronavirus pandemic and amid Russia’s war on Ukraine — both countries are major sources of tourists visiting Egypt.
“This site is going to be a point of interest for years to come,” said Tourism and Antiquities Minister Sherif Fathy, who attended the unveiling ceremony. “There are always new things happening in Luxor.”
A record number of about 15.7 million tourists visited Egypt in 2024, contributing about 8% of the country’s GDP, according to official figures.
Fathy, the minister,has said about 18 million tourists are expected to visit the country this year, with authorities hoping for 30 million visitors annually by 2032.
Magdy reported from Cairo. Ahmed Hatem also contributed.
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