Washington, Nov 28 (EFE).- The Texas Supreme Court will have to decide in the next few weeks whether to uphold a law in favor of doctors and women who sued the state because they could not perform or receive abortions for health reasons due to the current restrictions. On Tuesday, the judges heard arguments from … Read more
Miami, USA, Nov 26 (EFE). – US President Joe Biden on Sunday celebrated the release of another 17 hostages held by the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and said he was committed to the “two-state solution” as the “only way to guarantee long-term security” for Israelis and Palestinians. Speaking at a news conference … Read more
New York, USA, Nov 23 (EFE).- The mayor of New York City, Democrat Eric Adams, was charged with an alleged sexual assault that took place in 1993 in his workplace, when he was a captain in the transit police, according to a court document released Wednesday night. Adams denied the allegation, saying it was “absolutely … Read more
Nora Quintanilla New York, USA, Nov 21 (EFE).- The heavy hand that US authorities have been applying to the cryptocurrency sector for the past few months brought down another of its heavyweights on Tuesday, the head of the largest global exchange platform Binance, Changpeng Zhao. Zhao, known as “CZ”, resigned on Tuesday as part of … Read more
San Francisco, USA, Nov 17 (EFE).- The presidents of the United States, Joe Biden, and Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pledged on Friday to collaborate on issues such as migration and the fight against fentanyl trafficking. “Nothing is beyond our reach when Mexico and the United States stand together and work together as we’ve been … Read more
Geneva, Nov 13 (EFE).- Bombings and armed clashes have continued around Gaza’s main hospital, Al Shifa, leaving three nurses and 12 others, including two premature babies, killed, the United Nations has said. According to the daily report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published on Sunday, the latest attacks caused damage … Read more
Washington, 11 November (EFE) – The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, presented on Saturday his proposal for a two-phase budget extension to avoid a government shutdown in a week’s time. The draft released on Saturday proposes a partial budget extension with different expiration dates for different government departments: one on … Read more
Baghdad, Nov 5 (EFE). – The pro-Iranian Islamic Resistance group on Sunday claimed responsibility for a new attack on the Ain al Asad military base housing US personnel in western Iraq, in the midst of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s unexpected visit to Baghdad. The Iranian-backed alliance of Iraqi militias said in a … Read more
Beatriz Pascual Macias Washington, Nov 4 (EFE) – Wrapped in Palestinian flags and shouting in anger, thousands of people took to the streets of the US capital on Saturday to demand a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli offensive has claimed nearly 9,500 lives, most of them children and women. The heart of … Read more
Washington, Nov 1 (EFE). – The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) decided on Wednesday to maintain the pause in interest rate increases, the second after eleven increases since March 2022, although it did not rule out future hikes. The US central bank, decided to keep interest rates at the current range of 5.25% and 5.5%, … Read more
New York, US, Oct 31 (EFE). – Wall Street is experiencing its third consecutive month of losses, weighed down by the rise in US bond yields to levels not seen in 16 years and the fear of a prolonged environment of high interest rates. The worst hit is the Nasdaq index, which is down 2.8% … Read more
Paula Escalada Medrano Lewiston (USA), 29 Oct (EFE). – After two days of confinement, living with the horror of a killer on the loose, the inhabitants of Lewiston are trying to regain calm and begin to honor the 18 dead in the two shootings that will forever change this quiet town in Maine. On Wednesday … Read more
