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Washington, Mar 27 (EFE).- At least seven people – three children, three adults and a female suspect – died Monday in a school shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, local authorities said. Metropolitan Nashville Police Department spokesman Don Aaron said the incident began when an armed woman...
Sports Desk, Mar 27 (EFE).- A powerful long-range strike early in the second half by right back Benjamin Pavard was all the scoring visiting France needed in a 1-0 victory Monday night over Ireland in Euro 2024 qualifying. Three days after pummeling the Netherlands 4-0 at Stade de France, Paris...
Jerusalem, Mar 27 (EFE).- The Israeli government has agreed to delay a planned overhaul of the justice system, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday, after a day of massive protests and strikes. The right-wing coalition government’s controversial reforms have triggered the largest protests in Israel’s history, with tens of thousands...
Washington, Mar 26 (EFE).- The United States on Sunday maintained the highest alert for torrential storms and tornadoes for several states in the southeast and south, including Mississippi, which was hit two days earlier by a powerful storm and tornado that claimed 25 lives. The National Weather Service said Sunday...
Seoul, Mar 27 (EFE).- North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday in a new response to the military drills Seoul and Washington are carrying out in the south of the Korean Peninsula. The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected the...
Tunis, Mar 26 (EFE).- At least 19 sub-Saharan migrants died when their boat sank off the Tunisian coast of Mahdia on Sunday, the Tunisian Forum for Social and Economic Rights (FTDES) confirmed. This is the third deadly shipwreck in the past 72 hours, bringing the total number of deaths to...
Beijing, Mar 26 (EFE).- Dozens of people participated in the first authorized protest in Hong Kong in three years on Sunday to rally against a land reclamation plan. In 2019 hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets during a wave of anti-government protests before the Covid-19 pandemic broke...
Washington DC, Mar 25 (EFE).- Former President of the United States, Donald Trump (2017-2021), sought to discredit the justice system during a rally in Waco, Texas, ahead of a possible indictment in New York over the payment of hush money to the porn actress Stormy Daniels. Addressing a crowd before...
Santo Domingo, Mar 25 (EFE).- Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez intends to ensure that the voice of progressive Ibero-American leaders gain weight in the face of global challenges and advance social justice. That is the objective of the meetings called by Socialist International in Santo Domingo on the margins of...
Tegucigalpa, Mar 25 (EFE).- Honduras officially cut ties with Taiwan on Saturday, ending a relationship it had held with Taipei since 1941, in favor of establishing a diplomatic relationship with China. Foreign Minister Eduardo Enrique Reina said in a statement that the government «has communicated to Taiwan the decision to...
Brasilia, Mar 25 (EFE).- On the recommendation of his doctors, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has postponed a five-day visit to China after being diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia, the Brazilian government said Saturday. «The postponement has been communicated to the Chinese authorities with the reiteration of the desire to...
New York, Mar 25 (EFE).- At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured by powerful storms and a tornado that rolled through areas of Mississippi, the state governor said Saturday. The storms left a trail of destruction in their path through rural areas of the southern state, causing blackouts...
