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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...
![(FILE) A protester holds a placard picturing Masha Amini during a demonstration following the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran, at Federation Square in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 29 September 2022. EFE/EPA/JAMES ROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT[AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT]
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Tehran, Oct 17 (EFE) – An Iranian revolutionary court on Tuesday sentenced the lawyer of Mahsa Amini’s family to one year in prison and two years without using social media for spreading «propaganda against the system.» «My client Saleh Nikbakht has unfortunately been sentenced to one year in prison for...
New Delhi, Oct 17 (EFE).- India on Tuesday announced its new space exploration objectives, which include the launch of its first manned lunar mission by 2040 and the establishment of the first Indian space station by 2035. The ambitious endeavors would also encompass missions to nearby planets like Venus and...
Beirut, Oct 17 (EFE).- At least four people were killed in a southern Lebanese town bordering Israel that was hit by Israeli artillery on Tuesday, the Lebanese Red Cross said. «Four teams from the Lebanese Red Cross have been sent to Alma al Shaab to recover the bodies of four...
Islamabad, Oct 17 (EFE).- Pakistan’s powerful military on Tuesday announced it would support and facilitate the deportation of all foreigners living illegally in the country after the deadline given to them to leave expires on Nov. 1. The decision was taken during a meeting of the top military commanders chaired...
Sydney, Australia, Oct 17 (EFE).- Australian journalist Cheng Lei, who spent three years in detention in China for national security reasons, revealed on Tuesday that she was jailed for breaking a news embargo. An embargo on news stories is an agreement by which journalists undertake not to publish certain information...
