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Moscow, Jan 25 (EFE).- Washington’s possible approval of M1 Abrams battle tanks for Ukraine would be a blatant provocation against Russia, Moscow’s ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that Washington was poised to approve just over 30 tanks for Kyiv, according to US...
Lviv, Ukraine, Jan 24 (EFE).- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday fired half a dozen officials and gave the green light to dismiss five regional governors in the biggest government overhaul since the Russian invasion began. The shakeup came in the wake of a series of corruption scandals involving alleged...
Kabul, Jan 24 (EFE).- Activists on Tuesday highlighted that Afghan women have been unable to return to classroom since the Taliban seized power and first banned their access to high-schools and later universities, even as the world marked the International Day of Education. “It is an important day, but in...
Brussels, Jan 23 (EFE).- European Union foreign ministers on Monday approved a further 500 million euros in aid to Ukraine, officials said Monday. Lithuanian foreign minister Arnoldas Pranckevicius confirmed the agreement, the seventh since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, in a tweet. Since the beginning of the conflict,...
New York (EFE).- US federal prosecutors on Monday in New York federal court accused Mexico’s former Public Safety secretary, Genaro Garcia Luna, of betraying both Mexico and the United States by collaborating with the Sinaloa Drug Cartel in opening arguments in the drug trafficking trial of the ex-chief of Mexico’s...
Multan, Pakistan, Jan 24 (EFE).- Electricity was restored in Pakistan on Tuesday morning after a major power outage caused a blackout across the country, including in the capital Islamabad and financial hub of Karachi. An energy ministry statement said all grid stations across the country were working now. Ministry spokesperson...
By Héctor PereiraCaracas, Jan 23 (EFE).- In the space of three years Rulos de Venezuela has grown from a personal Instagram account offering afro hair care tips to a virtual community of more than 20,000 people who use it as a space to discuss discrimination, racism, and female empowerment. Founder...
Los Angeles, US, Jan 23 (EFE).- At least eight people were killed and eight wounded in two mass shootings in the Californian cities of Oakland and Half Moon Bay on Monday, bringing the total number of incidents of this kind in the state to three in as many days.Just after...
Paris, Jan 23 (EFE).- The French government said it would make some adjustments to controversial pension reforms but refused to delay the new minimum retirement age of 64 despite fierce opposition. The government’s objective is to restore an economic «balance» to France’s embattled pension system by 2030, labor minister Olivier...
Kabul, Jan 23 (EFE).- At least 104 people have been killed in Afghanistan by a powerful cold wave and flash floods in recent weeks, the Taliban government said on Monday. The Taliban’s decision to ban women from working in nonprofits, which led to many organizations pulling out of the country,...
Barcelona, Spain, Jan 22 (EFE).- Hundreds of supporters of Spain’s right-wing parties, including the far-right Vox, demonstrated in Barcelona on Sunday against the left-wing coalition government of prime minister Pedro Sánchez. The conservative People’s Party of Catalonia (PPC), the liberal Ciudadanos (Cs), and the conservative Valents were the other right-wing...
Monterey Park, US, Jan 22 (EFE).- The suspect in a mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured 10 others at a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, California, has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police confirmed Sunday. «Today the sheriff’s homicide investigators working alongside all of...
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