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By Santi Sánchez Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, Sep 27 (EFE).- At 2 a.m. on Aug. 16, the words “alpha scramble” jolted two Spanish F-18 pilots from standby duty at Romania’s Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, on the Black Sea coast just a few kilometers from Ukraine. Unlike the daily drills...
Bangkok, Sep 27 (EFE).- Bangkok remained on alert Sunday after heavy rains flooded large parts of the Thai capital, prompting authorities to declare a disaster in all 50 districts and order schools to close as more rain was forecast. Nearly 300 millimeters of rain fell across Bangkok over 48 hours,...
Beijing, Sep 27 (EFE).- Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang left China on Sunday for the United States, where they will begin a 10-year stay at Zoo Atlanta under a scientific cooperation agreement that continues Beijing’s long-running “panda diplomacy.” The pair, both born in 2020 at the Chengdu Research...
New York, Sep 26 (EFE).- A powerful coastal storm caused widespread flooding along the US Northeast on Saturday, as heavy rain, strong winds and high surf coincided with high tides, leaving millions of people under weather alerts from North Carolina to Massachusetts. The National Weather Service (NWS) said the low-pressure...
Beijing, Sep 27 (EFE).- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday that President Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington and his meeting with US President Donald Trump sent a “positive signal” of rapprochement, peaceful coexistence, and mutual benefit, describing the talks as a continuation of the leaders’ meeting in Beijing in...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine’s metallurgy industry has halted production for the first time since WW2 after a series of Russian missile strikes and blocked export routes pushed one of the country’s key sectors, which accounted for around 6% of GDP and 6.2 billion dollars of export earnings in...
By María José Rey Santiago, Chile (EFE).- A civil court in the Chilean capital ruled in favor of a woman who sued the doctor who prevented her from having an abortion, despite invoking the country’s three-exceptions law. Francisca Millán, an attorney on the case, told EFE on Friday that this...
Paris (EFE).- The Vatican’s colors filled the streets of Paris as crowds cheered for Pope Leo XIV as he waved from the popemobile during a drive to Notre Dame Cathedral, his first appearance before the people during his four-day visit to France. Before celebrating his first Mass at the restored...
By Antonio Torres del Cerro Paris, Sep 25 (EFE).- From Boulevard Saint-Michel, just steps from Notre-Dame, 32-year-old Sarah gently cradles her three-month-old daughter. The Parisian was among the first to arrive along the final stretch of Pope Leo XIV’s route on Friday, hoping for one thing above all: a blessing...
Koh Samui, Thailand, Sep 25 (EFE).- A Thai appeals court on Friday upheld the life sentence imposed on Spaniard Daniel Sancho for the premeditated murder of Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta, rejecting appeals by both the victim’s family and the defense. The Provincial Court of Samui, in southern Thailand, held a...
Islamabad, Sep 25 (EFE).- Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye seek to convene an urgent meeting of their military chiefs of staff to determine how to support Riyadh under the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement (MJDA), following an escalation of Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi territory. The move follows talks...
By Mohamadreza Karimian Tehran, Sep 25 (EFE).- Thousands of motorcyclists paraded through the main streets of Tehran on Friday in support of the Islamic Republic, amid its ongoing war with the United States, which shows no immediate signs of ending. “Death to the traitors of the homeland” and “At your...
