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Papá Noel vive en una ciudad finlandesa. Algunos de sus vecinos no lo aprueban

5 days ago | infobae.com | Jeffrey Gettleman |Jim Huylebroek

Rovaniemi (Finland)ChristmasSanta ClausTravel and VacationsReindeerAdvertising and MarketingReal Estate and Housing (Residential)Hotels and Travel LodgingsAirbnbRenting and Leasing (Real Estate)Aalto, AlvarDespués de cenar en el Bull Bar and Grill de la pequeña ciudad finlandesa de Rovaniemi, Mariel Tähtivaara, estudiante de Derecho, entró en un supermercado para comer un postre. Mientras miraba los mousses de chocolate, se le acercó una mujer bajita de pelo oscuro que movía un cartón de leche.
Santa Lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of His Neighbors Are Not Thrilled.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jeffrey Gettleman |Jim Huylebroek

A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the "Official Hometown of Santa Claus."Tourists having their picture taken with one of the Santas at Santa Claus Village outside Rovaniemi, Finland in February.
Prepping for War With Russia at 36 Degrees Below Zero

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Jeffrey Gettleman |Jim Huylebroek

President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russian inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries' cooperation was unchanged. American soldiers during an Arctic military exercise in Sodankylä, Finland in February. President Trump may be turning relations with NATO and Russian inside out, but winter war games revealed that two militaries' cooperation was unchanged. American soldiers during an Arctic military exercise in Sodankylä, Finland in February. Credit...
AFGHAN TOURIST KILLINGS

May 17, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

FILE — A full moon illuminates a Buddha niche in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, May 19, 2019. Three Spanish tourists and one Afghan were killed by a gunman in central Afghanistan on Friday, May 17, 2024, Taliban officials said, in the first fatal attack on tourists in the country since the Taliban seized power in 2021. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
UKRAINE FIGHTER JETS 1

Mar 11, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

FILE — A fighter jet, unclear whether Russian or Ukrainian, passed at a low altitude outside the frontline town of Soledar, Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on Aug. 26, 2022. Countries promised F-16 fighter jets last year, but delivering them and training pilots have proved complex. Ukraine may start with as few as six, out of about 45 pledged. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
AFRICA CATHOLICS 1

Jan 7, 2024 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save FILE — Pope Francis, center, meets with leaders of the Roman Catholic Church at St. Therese Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan, Feb. 4, 2023.
UN LIFELINE 4

Dec 4, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

FILE — A patrol of peacekeepers with the United Nations, which has 17 operational peacekeeping missions around the globe, outside a camp for internally displaced people in Juba, South Sudan, Jan. 30, 2023. While some critics say the United Nations is paralyzed by political differences, its humanitarian agencies are playing a vital role in helping needy people in Gaza and other places around the world. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
CENTRAL AFRICA WAGNER 10

Nov 26, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save Manager of the Russian cultural center, Anfissa Kiryanova, left, greets students at a Russian-language course in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, on Sept. 19, 2023. Kiryanova has become a new face of the Wagner group.
AFGHAN SINGER 5

Nov 13, 2023 | buffalonews.com | Jim Huylebroek

Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save A painting of the mother of the exiled Afghan singer Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in a book that compiles his songs, at a “party center” in Beverwijk, Netherlands, just outside Amsterdam, Oct. 1, 2023.
An Old Master's Song for the Nation That Broke His Heart

Nov 9, 2023 | nytimes.com | Mujib Mashal |Jim Huylebroek

The Great Read For his fellow exiles, Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas, an 88-year-old star from a golden era, evokes the Afghanistan they left behind, and one that could have been. Sadiq Fitrat Nashenas in the Netherlands in October. Credit... Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times For four nights before the concert, the old master had trouble sleeping. In his dreams, he was haunted by defeat after defeat - a failed exam, a knockout in the boxing ring.