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Bogotá, (EFE).- Colombian authorities warned on Monday that some of the wildfires currently affecting the country, which have already consumed over 20,000 hectares, were deliberately set, amid a drought caused by the El Niño phenomenon that increases the risk of spreading. According to the latest report from the National Unit...
Washington, Aug. 24 (EFE).- The United States removed Syria from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list on Monday, where it had been included since 1979. “ I authorized the formal rescission of Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (SST), following the conclusion of the mandatory 45-day Congressional notification...
Washington/Toronto (EFE).- Canada stood firmly on Sunday with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his decision to stand up to the United States. This show of political, labor, and social unity comes in the face of a potentially prolonged trade war with its southern neighbor following the collapse of negotiations with...
By Mario Baos Cali, Colombia (EFE).- At the 46 sites where buildings collapsed following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Cali on August 10, the search for survivors has officially ended. The heavy machinery that spent days shifting tons of concrete and iron is now tasked with a different mission: clearing...
Madrid, Aug 22 (EFE).- The Spanish government conveyed to Morocco on Friday its “categorical rejection” of that country’s claims to the autonomous Spanish cities in North Africa, Ceuta and Melilla. The rejection was confirmed by sources at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hours after Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi reaffirmed...
Copenhagen (EFE).- One person has died and three others were injured, two of them seriously, in a sword attack on Friday at Brinell secondary school in Fagersta, central Sweden, police reported. The suspect, an 18-year-old former student according to Swedish media, has been detained and sustained a gunshot wound during...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- In an attempt to make its air attacks on Ukraine more damaging, Russia is increasing the use of jet-propulsion drones and the Banderol, a hybrid of missile and drone, while continuing strikes around the clock. The use of slower Shahed-136 drones and Kh-101 cruise missiles...
Lima (EFE).- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Andean region of Ayacucho in southern Peru on Thursday. It was felt as «strong» in nine districts near the epicenter, but the initial report from the National Institute of Civil Defense (Indeci) indicated that there has been no damage so far. The quake...
Paris (EFE).- France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy demanded on Thursday that Israel «retract immediately» the expansionist plans of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the occupied West Bank, specifically the ‘E1’ settlement project, which would divide the north and south of the territory. «We urge the Government of Israel to...
By Laura Guarinoni Buenos Aires, Aug 20 (EFE).- Several Argentine Indigenous communities have been evicted from their lands in recent days in a new chapter of a long-standing conflict, while Javier Milei’s government is pushing for a private property law that would make evictions from ancestral territories even easier. The...
Washington (EFE).- The United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday a new economic offensive against Iran, describing it as the most impactful operation ever undertaken against a country. The initiative aims to sever the Islamic Republic’s funding channels and economic support. «Today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC...
Quito/Miami, US, Aug 19 (EFE). – Seven people died in a helicopter crash in northern Kenya on Wednesday, including José Alberto Suárez, president and CEO of three local Telemundo stations in Florida; the director of Ecuador’s National Intelligence Center, Michele Sensi-Contugi, and his wife, Stephany Hollihan. On Wednesday afternoon, the...
