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Beijing, Mar 29 (EFE).- China said Wednesday that any meeting between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the United States House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy would be a «serious provocation» to which Beijing would respond. Zhu Fenglian, Chinese State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokeswoman, said Taiwanese authorities’ «stopover» in the...
Mexico City, Mar 28 (EFE).- At least 40 people have died in a fire at a government-run migrant center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez, which the country’s leader said had started during a protest against deportation. Around 68 men from Central and South America were inside...
Jerusalem, Mar 28 (EFE).- While Israel’s massive anti-government protests scored a victory when prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed plans to reform the justice system were being delayed, demonstrators are determined to remain on the streets to end what they call a “judicial coup” once and for all. “The protests will...
New Delhi, Mar 28 (EFE).- Shares of Adani Group firms, owned by the embattled Indian tycoon Gautam Adani, fell further on Tuesday after a report alleged that the energy-to-ports conglomerate may have falsely declared that it had fully paid off its share-backed debts. Adani Enterprises, the group’s flagship firm, was...
New Delhi, March 28 (EFE).- Air pollution causes an estimated two million premature deaths each year in South Asia, home to nine out of the world’s 10 worst polluted cities, a new report said on Tuesday. “The health impacts of air pollution range from respiratory infections to chronic diseases, and...
Lisbon, Mar 28 (EFE).- At least two women have been stabbed to death in an attack at the Muslim Ismaili Center in Lisbon, Portuguese officials confirmed Tuesday. Several people were injured in the attack, police said, without specifying how many or what their condition was. Local media, however, reported that...
Paris, Mar 28 (EFE).- France was braced for a fresh round of mass protests and strikes with hundreds of thousands of people expected to take to the streets to oppose president Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular pension reform. France’s main trade unions — General Confederation of Labour (CGT) and the French Democratic...
Kabul, Mar 28 (EFE).- The founder of a girls’ education project in Afghanistan has been arrested by the Taliban government in Kabul, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. «Matiullah Wesa, head of PenPath and advocate for girls’ education, was arrested in Kabul Monday,» the United Nations mission in Afghanistan tweeted....
New York, Mar 28 (EFE).- Twitter boss Elon Musk has announced that from Apr.15, only verified accounts on the social network, obtained by paying a fee, will be recommended to other users. Musk published a tweet on Tuesday announcing these new measures that involve a reorganization of the so-called «Twitter...
Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, Mar 28 (EFE).- At least 37 people have died after a fire broke out at a migrant center run by Mexico’s national migration institute (INM) in Ciudad Juárez, located on the border with the United States, authorities told Efe Tuesday. Efe could confirm that dozens of body...
Beijing, Mar 28 (EFE).- Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, that the «successful dialog» between Saudi Arabia and Iran «will ease tensions in the region.» Xi and Bin Salman held a telephone conversation in which the Chinese president said the recent normalization of...
New Delhi/Kabul, Mar 28 (EFE).- India «selectively and viciously» repressed religious minorities, especially Muslims, while the Taliban rule in Afghanistan led to a «devastating rollback of the rights of women and girls» in 2022, Amnesty International said in its annual human rights report released Tuesday. The London-based human rights organization...
