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Istanbul, Nov 13 (EFE).- At least six people have been killed and 53 wounded on Sunday after a blast in a busy commercial street in Istanbul, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised address. Erdogan described the blast as a «bomb attack» on Istiklal avenue and said the incident...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, Nov 12 (EFE).- Ukrainians on Saturday were celebrating the liberation of Kherson, the only major city Russia has captured since the beginning of the invasion over eight months ago. Relief and hope a Ukraine victory could be on the horizon were somewhat clouded in Kherson...
Phnom Penh, Nov 12 (EFE).- United States president Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday launched a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as Washington pledged to ramp up investments to counter China’s growing influence in the region. As part of deepening relations between the US...
Beijing, Nov 11 (EFE).- President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit to be held next week in Indonesia, where he will meet United States President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Xi will also hold talks on the summit sidelines with presidents Emmanuel...
Washington, Nov 10 (EFE).- The United States Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it views the latest developments on Twitter with concern, after several executives in charge of privacy and regulation left the company. «We are following with great concern the latest actions of Twitter,» a commission spokesman told US...
By Javier Picazo Feliu Doha, Nov 11 (EFE).- Qatar is a leader in technology and communications, hosting some of the world’s most influential media outlets Al Jazeera and beIN Sports as well as the multinational telecommunications firm Ooredoo, which has surged to success in the Middle East region and beyond....
Washington, Nov. 9 (EFE).- Joe Biden said Wednesday that he plans to seek a second term as president of the United States and will probably make a final decision early in 2023. «Our intention is to run again, that’s been our intention,» he said during a press conference at the...
Kabul, Nov 10 (EFE).- A 2,000-student free educational institution in Kabul has become a modest haven for women seeking to escape Taliban diktats that have kept Afghan girls out of school. Some 1,600 girls signed up on the day when Ekhlas Naween Educational Center offered free classes for Afghan students...
London, Nov 10 (EFE).- James Maddison, Conor Gallagher and Callum Wilson are among the new England faces included in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the Fifa World Cup in Qatar, which was revealed Thursday. The England manager decided to lean on eight attacking players: Bukayo Saka, star striker Harry Kane, Raheem...
By Pablo Duer Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov 10 (EFE).- The roughly 30,000 Israelis whose love of football trumps the dangers of traveling to a World Cup held in an Arab nation hostile to their own will have to do so by using so-called diplomatic layovers in third countries, all the...
By Javier Picazo FeliuDoha, Nov 4 (EFE).- From madrouba rice to the national dish machboos to local regag crepes and marguga stew, tradition, ancient recipes and spices collide in Qatar’s contemporary cuisine. Qatar’s gastronomy is a journey through the desert and sea and the legacy of a community that is...
Moscow, Nov 9 (EFE).- The Russian army has been ordered to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital Moscow managed to capture since launching its invasion in February. The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine Sergey Surovikin announced Wednesday that troops would move to the...
