Mes: septiembre 2019

Updated at 9:22 a.m. ET (AP) BERLIN – The forest boy mystery is solved: It’s not true. Berlin police said Friday that an English-speaking teenage boy allegedly called Ray who wandered into the city nine months ago saying he had been living in the forest for the last five years has been spinning a yarn. After publishing his picture earlier this week, police said a former girlfriend identified him as a 20-year-old from the Netherlands who was reported missing last September. Neither Dutch or Berlin police would identify him due to privacy laws, but Netherlands state broadcaster NOS interviewed several friends and said his name was Robin van Helsum. A German security official with knowledge of the case, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the name. Dutch police spokeswoman Chantal Westerhoff said he was “a 20-year-old man from Hengelo” — near the German border. Germany releases photo of “Forest Boy” When confronted with the facts, police say van Helsum admitted the truth. “The young man known as ‘Ray’ was confronted with the results of the investigation,” police said in a statement. “He then confirmed his real personal details and admitted that the previous story — that he had lived for years in the woods — had been invented.” A Dutch website on missing relatives carried an entry on Robin van Helsum, saying he was born in 1992 and had...

(AP) CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he has undergone tests following his cancer treatment and everything came out well. Chavez said the exams included imaging tests, which are used to check for the reappearance of tumors. “Everything came out absolutely fine,” Chavez told reporters at the presidential palace. “I feel very well.” Chavez appeared on the palace steps after a meeting with a Russian delegation. He saw off the visiting officials and then appeared energetic as he stepped close to reporters and animatedly responded to questions about his health, oil prices and his plans ahead of the country’s October election. “We’re going to win this battle on Oct. 7,” Chavez said. Motioning to the presidential palace, he said, “the bourgeoisie will never again return to this building.” Chavez accuses his rival, opposition leader Henrique Capriles, of representing the interests of the wealthy. Capriles, a moderate, plans to register his candidacy Sunday after leading a march of supporters through the city to the elections office. Chavez is scheduled to sign up as a candidate Monday. The president returned home from Cuba on May 11 after what he said was his latest round of radiation therapy, and since then has limited his public appearances while saying little about his illness. In the past year, Chavez has undergone two surgeries that removed tumors from his pelvic region,...