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Kyiv, Feb 20 (EFE).- United States president Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday ahead of the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  Biden, traveling to Ukraine for the first time since Russia launched its invasion on February 24 last year, met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.  At a joint press conference … Read more

Munich, Germany, Feb 17 (EFE).- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that there is “no alternative” to his country’s victory over Russian invading forces, as he urged Western allies to speed up deliveries of much needed military support. Zelenskyy was speaking during the opening of a two-day international security conference being held in the southern … Read more

Madrid, Feb 17 (EFE).- FC Barcelona was on Friday finding itself increasingly engulfed in a scandal over payments it made to a company linked to the former deputy head of Spain’s referees as new twists and turns in the story came to light. Media scrutiny was piled on the Catalan club following reports this week … Read more

Lima, Feb 16 (EFE).- Authorities in Peru have warned members of the public to avoid coming into contact with wild animals after scientists found that hundreds of dead and dying sea lions washed up on the coast were infected with highly contagious bird flu amid growing global alarm over the spread of the virus. At … Read more

By Hugo Barcia New Delhi Feb 15 (EFE).- India’s flag carrier Air India has sealed a historic deal to buy a total of 470 airplanes from European manufacturer Airbus and United States-based Boeing, as part of an agreement signed by the Indian government to transform its aviation sector and placate two of its key western … Read more

Tegucigalpa, Feb 16 (EFE).- Nicaraguan judicial authorities have stripped 94 political opponents accused of being traitors of their citizenship. The list of those affected includes human rights defenders, writers and former allies of the Central American nation’s long-serving president Daniel Ortega. Appeals court judge Ernesto Rodríguez said Wednesday the accused had been found guilty of … Read more

Lviv, Ukraine, Feb 16 (EFE).- Russia launched a massive overnight missile strike across Ukraine targeting key infrastructure, the Ukrainian army reported on Thursday. Commander-in-chief of the armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi said on Telegram that Ukraine’s military had downed 16 of the 36 missiles fired by Russia. “Between 01:40 a.m. and 03:45 a.m. February 16, 2023, … Read more

Bangkok, Feb 15 (EFE).- Duangpetch Promthep, one of the 12 members of a boys’ soccer team who was rescued from a cave in Thailand in 2018, has died in the United Kingdom at the age of 17, the NGO that awarded him a scholarship to study in England said Wednesday. “The Zico foundation would like … Read more

Barcelona, Spain, Feb 15 (EFE).- Barcelona provincial prosecutors have opened a corruption probe into a company linked to a former senior official at Spain’s referee committee (CTA) that had accepted over a million euros in payments from FC Barcelona in the space of three years.  The probe was launched into DASNIL 95 SL, a firm … Read more

London, Feb 15 (EFE).- Nicola Sturgeon announced her decision to resign as Scotland’s first minister and the leader of her pro-independence Scottish National Party in a surprise move Wednesday that will shake up the national political landscape. Sturgeon, the longest-serving first minister and the first woman to hold the office, told a news conference at … Read more

dney, Australia, Feb 15 (EFE).- Cyclone Gabrielle’s trail of destruction across New Zealand’s North Island has left at least four people dead and more than 10,500 displaced as “grave concerns” were held for some of the many still missing on Wednesday. A national state of emergency was declared on Tuesday morning for the regions of … Read more