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Argentine meteorologist becomes first female head of UN weather agency

Jun. 01, 2023 08:06 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A leading Argentine meteorologist has been elected as the first female head of the United Nations weather agency. The World Meteorological Organization said Celeste Saulo received the necessary two-thirds backing from member states Thursday. Saulo has...

Sevilla wins Europa League at Mourinho's expense as Montiel clinches another penalty shootout

May. 31, 2023 20:13 PM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Five months after scoring the winning penalty in the World Cup final, Gonzalo Montiel converted the clinching spot kick for Sevilla in the Europa League final Wednesday to beat Jose Mourinho’s Roma. It earned Sevilla a seventh title in the competition. ...

Argentina: Prosecutor calls for trial of suspects in VP assassination attempt

May. 29, 2023 19:28 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The prosecutor in Argentina who is leading the investigation into the failed assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández called on Monday for the three detained suspects to face trial and said there is so far no evidence that points to political...

Grillo birdies 2nd playoff hole at Colonial after lead floats away on 18

May. 28, 2023 20:36 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Emiliano Grillo could only watch as his ball kept floating and rolling back toward the No. 18 tee after his wayward shot into the flowing water of a small concrete drainage canal. That mishit on the 72nd hole at Colonial cost him his two-stroke lead, but he still got his...

Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting 'political caste'

May. 28, 2023 13:02 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and that the Central Bank should be abolished. He also could be Argentina’s next president. Javier Milei, an...

Lionel Messi helps PSG secure record 11th French league title, breaks European scoring record

May. 27, 2023 18:15 PM EDT

Lionel Messi helped Paris Saint-Germain clinch a record 11th French league title on Saturday, and broke another scoring record in the process. Messi scored the opening goal as PSG drew 1-1 at Strasbourg to move four points clear of second-place Lens with one game left. ...

A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina

May. 27, 2023 14:08 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anastasia Domini and wife Anna Domini walked hand in hand on a recent sunny day in Argentina’s capital while their four restless children played nearby. It's a common sight in a country where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade....

Tour rookie Hall up 3 despite English ace at Colonial, "Block' party over

May. 26, 2023 20:07 PM EDT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Harris English quipped to his caddie that no one is beating him at Colonial's par-3 eighth hole, which is true after he followed his birdie in the opening round with a hole-in-one Friday. There is only one player ahead of him on the overall leaderboard. ...

Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows

May. 26, 2023 17:00 PM EDT

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia three decades ago, the latest in a string of pedophilia cases that have shaken the Catholic Church in this Andean country. Jorge Vila Despujol, who died in...

Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit

May. 26, 2023 07:56 AM EDT

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday tapped an Argentine bishop with years of ministry in the country’s prisons as his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, a day after again saying he might finally visit his home country next year. Bishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva,...