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New Delhi, Oct 18 (EFE).- Nonprofit Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged Maldives, one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, to respect its own environmental protection laws following the impact of land reclamation projects in the country on local inhabitants. «While the international community needs to do...
Beijing, Oct 18 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Wednesday in Beijing the Chinese initiative of the New Silk Roads, and highlighted the importance of «coordinating with China» on issues such as logistics and connectivity. «We have repeated that Russia and China share an aspiration, which is a beneficial cooperation...
Washington, Oct 17 (EFE).- The United States on Tuesday urged its citizens not to travel to Lebanon while authorizing the departure of some family members of US government staff and non-emergency personnel from the country due to the «unpredictable security situation.» Protesters chant slogans outside the US embassy in Beirut,...
Washington, Oct 17 (EFE).- The White House said Tuesday that the cancellation of Joe Biden’s trip to Jordan to discuss the opening of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza was done by consensus, after Mahmoud Abbas wanted to mourn after the bombing of the Gaza hospital. White House National Security spokesperson...
Washington, Oct 17 (EFE). – United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned the attack on a hospital in Gaza, saying he was «outraged and deeply saddened» by the assault that left at least 500 people dead. «As soon as I heard the news, I spoke with King Abdullah II...
New York, Oct 17 (EFE). – Former US President Donald Trump returned to the New York court on Tuesday for the Trump Organization fraud case in which he is one of the defendants, repeating complaints that the trial is unfair and is interfering with his presidential ambitions. The businessman’s former...
Caracas, 17 Oct (EFE).- The Venezuelan government and the opposition Democratic Unity Platform (PUD) signed on Tuesday in Barbados a so-called «Partial Agreement to Promote Political Rights and Electoral Guarantees for All» regarding the 2024 presidential elections. Venezuelan parliamentary president Jorge Rodríguez and former Caracas mayor Gerardo Blyde signed the...
Carlos Seijas Meneses Caracas, Oct 17 (EFE).- In Venezuela, secrecy surrounds official economic, social and health data, which experts describe as an opaque practice that prevents knowledge and analysis of the extent of the crisis and the needs of the country. Opacity also damages the country’s image in the eyes...
Santo Domingo, Oct. 16 (EFE) – A mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) met Monday with Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez and other officials to get information on the country’s border dispute with Haiti. The neighboring countries are at odds over the construction of a canal on the...
Cairo, Oct 17 (EFE).- A bomb attack on the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday killed more than 500 people who were sheltering there. Hamas blamed Israeli forces for the attack, while Israel blamed a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad militiants aimed at Israel. «I am at...
Washington, Oct 17 (EFE).- Congressman Jim Jordan, ally of former United States President Donald Trump (2017-2021) and part of the hard wing of the Republican Party, failed to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives in the first vote on Tuesday. Jordan was not supported by some of his...
Brasilia, Oct 17 (EFE).- A parliamentary commission on Tuesday accused former president Jair Bolsonaro of encouraging the January 8 coup attempt that stormed the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brasilia. The report, presented by Senator Eliziane Gama, rapporteur of the parliamentary group, accuses Bolsonaro of being the...
