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By Mario Baos Cali, Colombia (EFE).- At the 46 sites where buildings collapsed following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Cali on August 10, the search for survivors has officially ended. The heavy machinery that spent days shifting tons of concrete and iron is now tasked with a different mission: clearing...
Madrid, Aug 22 (EFE).- The Spanish government conveyed to Morocco on Friday its “categorical rejection” of that country’s claims to the autonomous Spanish cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla. The rejection was confirmed by sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hours after Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi reaffirmed...
Copenhagen (EFE).- One person has died and three others were injured, two of them seriously, in a sword attack on Friday at Brinell secondary school in Fagersta, central Sweden, police reported. The suspect, an 18-year-old former student according to Swedish media, has been detained and sustained a gunshot wound during...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- In an attempt to make its air attacks on Ukraine more damaging, Russia is increasing the use of jet-propulsion drones and the Banderol, a hybrid of missile and drone, while continuing strikes around the clock. The use of slower Shahed-136 drones and Kh-101 cruise missiles...
Lima (EFE).- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Andean region of Ayacucho in southern Peru on Thursday. It was felt as «strong» in nine districts near the epicenter, but the initial report from the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci) indicated that there has been no damage so far. The quake...
Paris (EFE).- France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy demanded on Thursday that Israel «retract immediately» the expansionist plans of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the occupied West Bank, specifically the ‘E1’ settlement project, which would divide the north and south of the territory. «We urge the Government of Israel to...
By Laura Guarinoni Buenos Aires, Aug 20 (EFE).- Several Argentine Indigenous communities have been evicted from their lands in recent days in a new chapter of a long-standing conflict, while Javier Milei’s government is pushing for a private property law that would make evictions from ancestral territories even easier. The...
Toledo (EFE).- La Guardia Civil mantiene este jueves, al menos hasta mediodía, la búsqueda de un león en la Sierra de San Vicente (Toledo), avistado supuestamente por un repartidor, aunque por el momento no se han encontrado indicios de su presencia y los núcleos zoológicos contactados no han comunicado la...
Washington (EFE).- The United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a new economic offensive against Iran, describing it as the most impactful operation ever undertaken against a country. The initiative aims to sever the Islamic Republic’s funding channels and economic support. «Today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC...
Quito/Miami, US, Aug 19 (EFE). – Seven people died in a helicopter crash in northern Kenya on Wednesday, including José Alberto Suárez, president and CEO of three local Telemundo stations in Florida; the director of Ecuador’s National Intelligence Center, Michele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan. On Wednesday afternoon, the...
Logroño (EFE).- La nueva residencia para personas con parálisis cerebral, que se ubicará en la calle Poeta Prudencio 11 de Logroño, abrirá en 2029 con una capacidad de 30 plazas tras una inversión global de 6 millones de euros, que será financiada al 80 por ciento por el Gobierno de...
Valladolid (EFE).- Los nacimientos en Castilla y León han subido un 2,19 % en el primer semestre de 2026, con 6.294 niños nacidos, según la estimación del Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), que además recoge que en el mismo periodo fallecieron 14.414 personas en la Comunidad, un 2,40 % menos...
