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Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Dec 3 (EFE).- With 70 murals along 500 meters in the Rio Grande channel, the natural border between Mexico and the United States, activists and artists demonstrated Sunday against femicides, violence, abuse and other rights issues affecting migrants in the area. Activists paint a mural to denounce...
Carlos Caselles Madrid, Dic (EFE).- «Memories of HIV/AIDS in Ibero-America» is an exhibition that examines the cultural history of HIV/AIDS through testimonies from the LGTBI community. It opened in Madrid on Friday on World AIDS Day. The exhibition, a joint project of Archivo Arkhé (Arkhé’s Archive), a cultural organization with...
![A woman looks at the frontal bone of a homo erectus from the Late Middle Pleistocene Age (over two hundred thousand years ago) at an exhibition outside Beijing, Wednesday 24 September 2003. The bone was discovered in 1966 by the Chinese archaelogist Pei Wenzhong at the site of the Peking Man' cave, where even older bones were found and lost before World War Two. On exhibition until 17 October, this bone has never been displayed before. EPA PHOTO/EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS/CAPTION CORRECTION: COUNTRY IN OBJECT NAME/[CAPTION CORRECTION: COUNTRY IN OBJECT NAME ]](https://i0.wp.com/efe.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/rss-efeb1ad29b1bc251be953edc034f37c758355306c70w.jpg?fit=1024%2C685&ssl=1)
Beijing, Nov 29 (EFE).- China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration on Wednesday unveiled new archaeological findings that offer insight into how the Liangzhu ancient city, one of the world’s oldest known settlements, was developed and built. The research on Liangzhu ruins, located in eastern Zhejiang province, mainly delved into hypotheses regarding...
Los Angeles, US, Nov 27 (EFE).- Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” concert movie surpassed $250 million at the global box office on Monday, according to specialized media reports. The film, produced by the 33-year-old singer, is the 19th highest highest-grossing release of the year worldwide. “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour”...
Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Nov 26 (EFE).- Little Amal, a 3.4-meter tall puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl, arrived Sunday in Ciudad Hidalgo on Mexico’s border with Guatemala and the gateway for thousands of migrants trying to reach the United States. Residents welcome the puppet Amal, which represents a Syrian...
Bangkok, Nov 22 (EFE).- Thailand has announced a ban on the import of all iguanas to prevent and control their reproduction amid an «outbreak» of the reptiles in the country. Iguanas are herbivorous lizards native to tropical areas of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean, but increasingly popular...
San Salvador, Nov 18 (EFE).- Nicaragua’s Sheynnis Palacios on Saturday night became the first Central American to be crowned Miss Universe, during the 72nd edition of the event, held in El Salvador.The winner succeeded American Miss Universe 2022 R’Bonney Gabriel.Palacios took the crown ahead of first runner-up from Thailand, Anntonia...
Kathmandu, Nov 17 (EFE).- At least a dozen appeals were filed Friday before the Supreme Court of Nepal to challenge the recent government ban on Chinese social network TikTok. “We have registered their writ. The hearing will begin on Monday,” supreme court spokesperson Bhadrakali Pokharel told EFE. Earlier this week,...
By Javier Herrero. Seville, Spain, Nov 16 (EFE).- The 24th edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, the first held in Spain, on Thursday night crowned musical kings and queens including the Mexican-American Édgar Barrera, Argentinian Bizarrap, Mexican Natalia Lafourcade and Colombians Shakira and Karol G in an especially powerful night...
New York, Nov 16 (EFE).- Rapper and music executive Sean Combs, formerly known as Puff Daddy or P. Diddy, was accused Thursday in New York by R&B singer Cassie, with whom he had a long-standing romantic relationship, of rape and sexual abuse for more than a decade, beginning in 2005....
Sydney, Australia, Nov 16 (EFE).- Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Thursday that the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, has filed a lawsuit against the regulatory body after it fined the platform for failing to outline its efforts to combat child sexual abuse content. Last month, the Electronic Safety...
San Salvador, Nov 15 (EFE).- The more than 80 candidates for the Miss Universe 2023 crown competed Wednesday night in the preliminaries of the pageant, in which they paraded in evening dresses and swimsuits with the Latin Americans among the most applauded by the public. The competition, which began with...
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