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Washington, Oct 18 (EFE).- Tesla presented its third-quarter earnings report on Wednesday evening, revealing a net profit of $7.069 billion in the first nine months of 2023, a drop of 20.3% compared to the same period in 2022. In the third quarter of the year, the electric vehicle manufacturer had...
Washington, Oct 18 (EFE). – United States President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had agreed to open the border crossing between his country and the Gaza Strip to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to enter. The US president made the announcement while...
Washington, Oct 18 (EFE).- The United States has temporarily closed its consulate in the Turkish city of Aldana amid demonstrations condemning Israel and the bombing of a hospital in Gaza that have rocked Turkey. The consulate announced on its website that due to the protests, which are expected to continue...
Maria M. Mur Santiago de Chile, Oct 18 (EFE).- In 2019, Chile was plunged into the worst wave of protests since the end of the dictatorship and began a long discussion about its social model. Four years later, the debate is at a standstill and the second attempt to draft...
Washington, Oct 18 (EFE).- Republican Jim Jordan, ally of former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) and member of the hard wing of the Republican Party, fell short again in the second vote on Wednesday to lead the House of Representatives. Jordan received 199 votes on Wednesday and his opponent, Democratic...
Washington, Oct 18 (EFE).- The United States announced Wednesday new sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile and drone program, on the day that restrictions imposed by the UN Security Council expired. Joe Biden’s administration also signed a declaration with European Union countries, the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Israel and Colombia, among...
Washington DC, Oct 18 (EFE).- The United States Department of Treasury on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 key financial facilitators associated with the Hamas militia group across several countries, including Sudan, Turkey, Algeria, and Qatar. Those sanctioned include asset managers in a secret Hamas investment portfolio, a financial facilitator based...
Colombo, Oct 18 (EFE).- Hundreds of people took to the streets of Colombo on Wednesday in support of Palestine after the bombing of the Al Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip that has reportedly left hundreds dead, although Israel has denied any responsibility for the attack. Demonstrators gathered in front...
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (EFE).- US President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Tel Aviv on Wednesday to reaffirm his country’s support for Israel in its fight against Hamas, the Islamist group that governs the war-torn Gaza Strip. Biden arrived in Israel a day after hundreds of...
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (EFE).- Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group controlling war-torn Gaza, has accused US President Joe Biden of blindly supporting Israel’s narrative on a hospital bombing that killed hundreds in the besieged enclave. Israel disputes the casualty figures from the Al Ahli hospital attack in Gaza City, asserting its...
Cairo, Oct 18 (EFE).- Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Wednesday strongly opposed the idea of relocating Palestinians into Egypt, suggesting instead they could be moved to a desert in southern Israeli until the Israeli military completes its ongoing operation in the Gaza strip. Sisi warned that millions of Egyptians...
Kabul, Oct 18 (EFE).- The de facto government in Afghanistan announced Wednesday it will build thousands of homes for the victims of the series of earthquakes that recently rocked the country, leaving more than a thousand dead, amid criticism over the lack of relief measures from the authorities. “2,146 houses...
