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Bangkok, Dec 20 (EFE).- Rescue teams have retrieved the bodies of five crew members of a Thai navy warship that sank over the weekend in the Gulf of Thailand, the Royal Thai Navy said Tuesday. One sailor was also found alive, Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Navy Choengchai Chomchoengpaet said....
Bangkok, Dec 19 (EFE).- At least 31 sailors were missing after a Thai warship sank during a storm in the Gulf of Thailand, the Royal Thai Navy said Monday. Navy sources told Efe on Monday afternoon that a search and rescue operation was still underway and that 31 sailors had...
Manila, Dec 19 (EFE) – Ricardo Dumaran, a boat captain working from the northwestern Philippines coast, longs for the days when he could fish peacefully at Scarborough Shoal, an idyllic atoll of turquoise waters and abundant fish that was appropriated by Chinese paramilitary militias a decade ago. «They shoot pressurized...
New York, Dec 19 (EFE).- Twitter users have voted for Elon Musk to step down as the CEO of the social media site in a poll that the magnate claimed was binding. A total of 57.5% of some 17.5 million respondents voted “yes” to the question: “Should I step down...
Lusail, Qatar, Dec 18 (EFE).- The beautiful game. And a chaotic and adrenaline-filled World Cup final match like no other in history. Argentina hoisted the World Cup trophy for the third time on Sunday evening here, after downing defending champions France in a tense but tumultuous penalty kick shootout after...
Lviv, Ukraine, Dec 18 (EFE).- Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, released a video on Sunday that he was hoping would be broadcast ahead of the World Cup final in Qatar, which was blocked by Fifa. Zelenskyy’s presidential office lodged a request to share a message of peace ahead of the World...
By Rodrigo Garcia Rosario, Argentina, Dec 17 (EFE).- The residents of Rosario, the hometown of Argentina football team captain Lionel Messi but also of Angel Di Maria and many other Argentinian legends of the game, were a bunch of nerves ahead of the World Cup final clash between Argentina and...
Berlin, Dec 17 (EFE).- Germany launched its first floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, which was constructed in record time, as the country continues to adapt to cut its dependence on Russian energy sources. The Hoegh Esperanza specialist vessel, traveling from Spain, docked at the Wilhelmshaven port on Saturday morning...
Madrid, Dec 17 (EFE).- Elon Musk on Saturday reinstated the accounts of several journalists he had banned from Twitter after the billionaire conducted a poll on the social media site. Reporters from The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and Voice of America were locked out of their Twitter...
Doha, Dec 16 (EFE).- The 2022 World Cup in Qatar was the “best ever,” Fifa president Gianni Infantino told a press conference Friday ahead of the competition’s third place playoff and final this weekend. “Thanks to everyone involved, Qatar, all the volunteers to make this the best World Cup ever,”...
Bangkok, Dec 16 (EFE).- Places of worship across Thailand on Friday held prayers for King Vajiralongkorn’s eldest daughter Princess Bajrakitiyabha, following her collapse earlier this week due to a heart condition. Bajrakitiyabha, 44, lost consciousness on Wednesday afternoon while training her dog for a competition in the city of Nakhon...
By Pablo Moraga Kigali, Dec 16 (EFE) – After banning polyethylene bags in 2008 and more than a decade of policies aimed at eradicating the use of this material, Rwanda is seeking to further tighten legislation so it can become plastic-free. Under the current law, importing, producing, using, or selling...
