in hair-straightening chemicals.

“The rankings (of pet ownership) are unsettling. ... Buenos Aires has so many dogs and so few children,” said Clara Muzzio, the city’s conservative deputy mayor. “A world with fewer children is a worse world.”Perhaps Argentina’s most prominent dog fanatic is its right-wing

, who moved into the government house in December 2023 with four English mastiffs that he calls his “four-legged children.”, Milei named Murray, Milton, Robert and Lucas after thehe most admires — Murray Rothbard, Milton Friedman and Robert Lucas. The dogs are

of Milei’s former dog, Conan, who died in 2017.Milei still refers to Conan in the present tense, leading to intense speculation about the number of dogs he owns. Since assuming office, his dogs have remained out of sight. A government resolution prohibiting officials from disclosing information to the public about Milei’s mastiffs has done little to tamp down on the controversy.

Macetas con plantas y un bol de perro junto a la tumba de Milo en el cementerio para mascotas de Jardines del Almas, ubicado dentro de un refugio de animales a las afueras de Buenos Aires, Argentina, el martes 6 de mayo de 2025. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko)

Macetas con plantas y un bol de perro junto a la tumba de Milo en el cementerio para mascotas de Jardines del Almas, ubicado dentro de un refugio de animales a las afueras de Buenos Aires, Argentina, el martes 6 de mayo de 2025. (AP Foto/Natacha Pisarenko)“On a personal level, it feels like somebody is attacking people that I love and that I consider to be family,” she said.

Associated Press reporter Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, contributed.See an AP gallery of photos from today’s

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic has accused China of being “responsible” foragainst a a communication network of its Foreign Ministry, officials said on Wednesday.