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Sports Desk (EFE).- FIFA’s meeting in Rabat, Morocco, attended in person by President Gianni Infantino, concluded amid rumors that the 2030 World Cup final had been promised to Morocco to secure its support. FIFA sources denied the claims to EFE, amid ongoing accusations of a lack of transparency. Infantino traveled...
Tehran, Aug 5 (EFE).- Iran and Oman reached an agreement for a new shipping route in the Strait of Hormuz and are in the final stages of drafting a joint statement, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Wednesday. »The geographical coordinates of the proposed route have been agreed upon...
Santiago, Chile (EFE).- The Chilean Senate approved the final outstanding article of the controversial tax and economic mega-reform pushed by José Antonio Kast’s government on Tuesday. However, the legislation still faces hurdles, including executive vetoes and constitutional challenges currently pending before the Constitutional Court (TC). With 27 votes in favor,...
Paris, Aug 4 (EFE).- 402 people have been arrested in France in connection with the record-breaking wildfires that have broken out throughout the summer, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said Tuesday. Speaking to the media, Nuñez specified that 156 of those arrested are minors. Since the start of the season,...
Brussels, Aug 4 (EFE).- The European Union said Tuesday that the migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta was under control and called for stronger external border protection, closer cooperation with third countries and improved early-warning systems to respond to future migration surges. Speaking after an extraordinary video-conference of...
Paris, Aug 4 (EFE).- French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said Tuesday that European Union member states had expressed support for Spain’s handling of the recent migration crisis in Ceuta during an informal meeting of EU interior ministers convened at Madrid’s request. «All member states have shown solidarity with Spain. They...
Moscow, Aug 4 (EFE).- At least seven people were killed on Tuesday in a new wave of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting logistics facilities and border regions across Russia, while Moscow said air defenses intercepted hundreds of unmanned aircraft overnight. Tuesday’s attacks brought to 21 the number of logistics centers operated...
Sana’a, Aug 4 (EFE).- Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis said Tuesday they had carried out a drone strike on Najran airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, describing it as retaliation for what they called repeated Saudi drone incursions into Houthi-controlled areas of northern Yemen. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement...
Barcelona, Aug 4 (EFE).- German goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen has joined Ajax on a season-long loan from FC Barcelona, the Spanish club announced Tuesday, ending weeks of negotiations delayed by tax-related issues. The 34-year-old Germany international, who remains under contract with Barcelona until 2028, had been in talks with the...
Roger Mateos |Barcelona (EFE).- La temperatura política en el hemiciclo del Parlament alcanza a veces el punto de ebullición, pero entre sus 135 escaños hay ocho diputados y diputadas de seis grupos distintos y generaciones diversas que, en cuestiones musicales, pueden darse la mano: comparten pasión por el heavy metal...
Oviedo (EFE).- El paro registrado en las oficinas de empleo subió en Asturias en julio en 132 personas respecto a junio, un 0,27 por ciento, lo que dejó la cifra de desempleados en la comunidad en 48.304, según los datos publicados este martes por el Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía...
Tokyo, Aug 4 (EFE).- The deaths of three female lions at a Japanese zoo, suspected to be from heatstroke amid record-breaking temperatures, have drawn criticism from animal rights organizations. Despite treatment indoors, lions Mugi, 3, Ichigo, 11, and Ruena, 15, who were all born at Tama Zoological Park, outside Tokyo,...
