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Beijing, Oct 30 (EFE).- The Shenzhou-19 manned spacecraft, carrying three astronauts, successfully docked with China’s Tiangong space station on Wednesday after a six-and-a-half-hour journey from its launch in Jiuquan, northern China, the China Manned Space (CMS) agency said. The spacecraft docked smoothly with the Tianhe core module of the Tiangong...
Lagos, Oct 16 (EFE).- An explosion from an overturned gasoline tanker in northern Nigeria killed 147 people, including several children, who were trying to scoop up spilled fuel, officials said Wednesday, warning that the death toll would rise. According to local authorities, the vehicle crashed late Tuesday night after the...
Vientiane, Oct 10 (EFE).- China agreed on Thursday to lift tariffs on Australian lobster, one of the last products to be affected by the trade war between the two nations, before the end of the year. The agreement was reached during a meeting between Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and...
Los Angeles, Oct 8 (EFE).- Actress Jenna Fischer, most known for her role as Pam Beesly in ‘The Office’, revealed on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fisher, 50, announced the diagnosis on her Instagram account where she posted a photo of herself with her hair regrowing. «I...
Brussels, Oct 4 (EFE).- The European Union’s top court said Friday that some of Fifa’s rules on player transfers do not comply with EU laws. The Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) found that some of the world football governing body’s rules “hinder the free movement of players and...
Washington, Oct 3 (EFE). – Longshoremen on the east coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico, represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), reached a tentative agreement with the USMX to end their strike. The ILA said it had «reached a tentative agreement on wages and have...
Anny Castro | Tegucigalpa (EFE).- Los cultivadores de café de Honduras solicitaron a la Unión Europea más claridad en las reglas de aplicación de su ley contra la deforestación importada y evalúan pedir un retraso en su implementación debido a la preocupación por el impacto que esta normativa podría tener...
Paris, Jul 26 (EFE).- Authorities in France on Friday were investigating “massive” and “coordinated” attacks on high-speed rail (TGV) services in Paris, hours before the Olympic Games opening ceremony in the French capital. The attacks, which interim prime minister Gabriel Attal described as “acts of sabotage” that were carried out...
Sydney, Australia, July 26 (EFE).- Hundreds of journalists from the publishing division of Nine Entertainment, one of Australia’s largest media companies, began a five-day strike on Friday in the midst of coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, demanding a pay rise in line with inflation. The journalists at Nine...
Los Angeles, US, July 26 (EFE).- Hollywood video game actors voted Thursday to go on strike after contract negotiations with major video game studios failed over protections for artificial intelligence. The strike, called by the US Screen Actors Guild SAG-AFTRA, which includes video game voice actors and motion capture artists,...
Prague, Jul 24 (EFE).- Olympic fever for the upcoming Summer Games in Paris has spread to the Czech Republic, where a 3D printing firm has built a scaled-down Eiffel Tower – made entirely out of recycled ocean waste. The approximately 12.5 meter-tall Eiffel Tower will be “one of the centerpieces”...
Sydney, Australia, July 1 (EFE). – Australia became the first country to restrict the sale of vapes to pharmacies when a law to combat smoking came into effect on Monday, stipulating sentences of up to seven years in prison and million dollar fines. The law forces people, who want a...
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