Bangkok, Apr 11 (EFE).- More than 240 million minors are at risk from conditions related to heatwaves in East Asia, which is preparing for a summer with record temperatures, the United Nations said Thursday in a statement. A street vendor cools down from the heat as he waits for customers to sell drinking water and … Read more
Kathmandu/Bangkok, Feb 15 (EFE).- The air quality in South and East Asia plummeted to “unhealthy” levels, with seven cities in the regions ranking among the ten most polluted major metropolitan areas in the world on Thursday. However, alarm bells rang louder in the Thai capital, Bangkok, which ranked as the 13th most polluted city. Thai … Read more
New York City, US, Feb 14 (EFE).- New York City on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube for fueling a nationwide “youth mental health crisis.” New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference about a review on crime in 2023 at the New York Police Department Headquarters … Read more
United Nations, Feb. 13 (EFE) – “Empty bellies fuel unrest,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday at a session dedicated to addressing the relationship between the climate crisis, food insecurity, and armed conflicts in the world. The meeting was convened by Guyana, the current president of the Security Council, and attended by … Read more
Washington, Feb 11 (EFE).- United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized on Sunday due to an “emergent bladder issue,” the Pentagon said, less than a month after his earlier hospitalization sparked a controversy. “After a series of tests and evaluations, the Secretary was admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military … Read more
By Caty Arévalo Madrid, Feb 8 (EFE).- Juan Antonio Bayona wanted ‘Society of the Snow’ to exude realism, so he sought scientific advice to ensure that 30 actors lost 30 kilos within a few months, mirroring the victims of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the Andes in 1972. The production team adjusted … Read more
Kinshasa, Feb 8 (EFE). – The NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday denounced a considerable increase in the flow of war-wounded patients, mostly civilians, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a new upsurge in fighting between the rebel group March 23 Movement (M23) and the army. “Medical facilities supported … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 8 (EFE).- An Indian model’s staged death to raise awareness about cervical cancer continues to draw criticism, yet it has brought attention to the prevention and treatment of the disease in India, which has the highest number of cases in Asia. Poonam Pandey, 32, who gained fame by promising to strip for … Read more
Washington, Feb 6 (EFE).- Jennifer Crumbley on Tuesday became the first parent in the United States to be convicted of manslaughter for a mass shooting committed by her child. The jury found Crumbley, 45, guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for a mass shooting at a high school in the Midwestern state of Michigan … Read more
London, Feb 6 (EFE).- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that King Charles III’s cancer was “caught early.” Britain’s King Charles III departs the London Clinic In London, Britain, 29 January 2024. King Charles III left hospital following treatment for an enlarged prostate. EFE-EPA FILE/ANDY RAIN “Thankfully this has been caught early, and … Read more
New York, US, Feb 1 (EFE).- Publicis Health, part of the French advertising giant Publicis Groupe, which developed marketing strategies for the pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, producer of the highly addictive painkiller OxyContin, agreed on Thursday to pay $350 million for its role in the opioid crisis in the United States. The decision was announced … Read more
Geneva, Jan 22 (EFE).- Central African country Cameroon on Monday began the world’s first vaccination campaign for children against malaria, the mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands in Africa every year. Children in 42 districts of Cameroon will receive the RTS,S vaccine, which was successfully tested in pilot programs in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi … Read more
