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By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Thousands of displaced Crimean Tatars commemorated on Monday the 82nd anniversary of their mass deportation on orders from Joseph Stalin, while drawing painful parallels with the threat posed by the ongoing Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. During rallies across Ukraine, representatives of the Indigenous...
Lima, May 17 (EFE).- Peru’s electoral authority officially confirmed Sunday that right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori and left-wing contender Roberto Sánchez will compete in a presidential runoff on June 7 following the certification of the April general election results. The candidates for the 2026–2031 presidential term were officially proclaimed during a...
Jerusalem, May 17 (EFE).- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli forces now control around 60 percent of the Gaza Strip, as military operations continue despite a ceasefire agreement that took effect seven months ago. “In Gaza now we already control not 50 percent, but 60 percent. We...
Tehran, May 17 (EFE).- Iran warned Sunday that any new military aggression by the United States would trigger a “more forceful and severe” response, amid escalating rhetoric from Washington and stalled peace negotiations between the two countries. Iran warned the United States on Sunday that any new military aggression against...
Moscow, May 17 (EFE).- At least three people were killed and 15 injured after what Russian authorities described as the largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region so far this year. “In the Starbéevo district of Khimki,” a satellite city near Moscow, “a woman died after a...
Beijing, May 17 (EFE).- China announced on Sunday that it has together with the United States committed, in principle, to reduce tariffs on products of equal relevance to both parties, while confirming the purchase of US aircraft, during US President Donald Trump’s recent state visit to Beijing. The Chinese Ministry...
Tijuana, Mexico (EFE).- Fentanyl trafficking and consumption along Mexico’s northern border have led to a binational crisis, revealing not only the flow of drugs into the United States but also the displacement of US drug users to cities like Tijuana due to lower costs and greater accessibility. As of Saturday,...
Washington (EFE).- Economist Jerome Powell stepped down on Friday as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) after an eight-year tenure marked by the ravages of COVID-19, the subsequent high inflation, and the pressure exerted by US President Donald Trump (the person who originally nominated him) to influence monetary...
Lima (EFE).- The scrutiny of the Peruvian presidential elections concluded on Friday, 33 days after the vote, 100% of votes counted confirming a second round on Jun. 7 between right-winger Keiko Fujimori and left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez. Fujimori (Fuerza Popular Party) received the most votes, 17.18% of valid votes, and...
By Guillermo Azábal and Patricia Martínez Jerusalem (EFE).- Hundreds of Jewish ultranationalists, mostly teenagers, took the Old City on «Jerusalem Day,» Thursday, commemorating 59 years since the Israeli occupation of eastern Jerusalem after the Six-Day War, shouting supremacist slogans such as «Death to Arabs» and «May their villages burn.» Tens...
Washington (EFE).- Economist Kevin Warsh became the new Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve on Wednesday after the Senate approved his nomination to lead the central bank of the world’s largest economy with a vote of 54 to 45. Party discipline held tight, with the sole exception of Democratic...
Paris (EFE).- The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Paris Court of Appeals requested a seven-year prison sentence for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy (2007-2012) on Wednesday, two years more than his initial sentence, for receiving funding from the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign, or at least...
