Madrid, Mar 22 (EFE).- Former Real Madrid and Arsenal attacking midfielder Mesut Özil announced his retirement from football on Wednesday at the age of 34. In a post on his Twitter account, the former German international, who was a key part of Die Mannschaft’s 2014 World Cup winning squad, said that “in recent weeks and … Read more
Washington, Mar 21 (EFE).- Two prisoners in the town of Newport News, Virginia, escaped from jail by digging out with a modified toothbrush and scaling a wall before being captured at a pancake joint, city authorities said Tuesday. John M. Garza and Arley V. Nemo were apparently discovered missing during a routine head count on … Read more
By Yolanda Salazar La Paz, Mar 20 (EFE).- Project Yawar, meaning “blood” in Aymara, seeks to eliminate lack of knowledge, inequality and the taboo on menstruation in Bolivia with workshops for women with different physical realities and social backgrounds to help “achieve menstrual dignity.” “I know women who at age 27 or 30 don’t know … Read more
By Moncho Torres Bajo Chiquito, Panama, Mar 20 (EFE).- Having just come through the Darien jungle, they are exhausted, dragging their feet, sweaty, desperate for water. “Terrible, terrible, it was the worst,” they gasp. They are migrants who can’t believe that after their several-day trek they have managed to get through the nightmare of death, … Read more
Sports Desk, Mar 19 (EFE).- Mexican Formula One drive Sergio Perez handily won the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday on the Jeddah Street Circuit, the fifth win of his F1 career. Perez has also garnered the coveted pole position on Saturday but was overtaken early on by Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, yet it didn’t … Read more
Prague, Mar 17 (EFE).- A group of dedicated and affectionate caretakers is successfully breeding endangered black rhinos at a Czech zoo to save the animals from extinction. Last year half of all the world’s newborn black rhinos were welcomed at the Dvur Kralove Czech Zoo, located 150 kilometers east of Prague. The latest addition to … Read more
By Carles Grau Sivera Baghdad, Mar 17 (EFE).- Built on an idyllic artificial lake by Saddam Hussein in the 1990s, Baghdad’s Al Faw Palace complex has since served as one of the main US military bases during the invasion and then a jail for the dictator before his execution. Now, perhaps ironically, it hosts the … Read more
By Carles Grau Sivera Baghdad (EFE).- When Abu Hasan Ali saw American troops enter Baghdad in April 2003, he thought Saddam Hussein’s tyranny would be over within 24 hours and Iraq would be free. But the bombing of the Iraqi capital by the United States military pulverized his left arm and his hopes for a … Read more
Sydney, Australia, Mar 16 (EFE).- The remains of a raptor discovered in South Australia are that of a giant extinct eagle with a three-meter wingspan and talons large enough to hunt kangaroos, an academic report said Thursday. Flinders University fossil hunters pieced together its story after new research of fossil cave remains found in South … Read more
By Susana Samhan Washington (EFE).- Although Russians have spent decades spying on the United States, their espionage activity has recently intensified and reached unprecedented levels, a former US intelligence officer told Efe. Chris Costa, executive director of the International Spy Museum in Washington DC, explained that Russia’s spying apparatus has been in place since the … Read more
Sports Desk, Mar 15 (EFE).- Neither of Wednesday’s Champions League round-of-16 second legs produced any surprises, as Real Madrid topped Liverpool 1-0 to win 6-2 on aggregate and Napoli dominated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 for a 5-0 triumph. While the Blancos are in pursuit of a record-extending 15th Champions League title, this will be Napoli’s first … Read more
By Carlos Grau Sivera Baghdad (EFE).- Twenty years after the United States’ invasion of Iraq, most young people share traumatic memories of deafening explosions, corpses littering Baghdad streets and living in fear they would never see their parents again. “The invasion left the country full of orphans. These young people now can’t even remember their … Read more
