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By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Thousands of displaced Crimean Tatars commemorated on Monday the 82nd anniversary of their mass deportation on orders from Joseph Stalin, while drawing painful parallels with the threat posed by the ongoing Russian occupation of the Ukrainian peninsula. During rallies across Ukraine, representatives of the Indigenous...
By Juan David Mosos Sports Desk, May 17 (EFE).- France coach Didier Deschamps is on the verge of breaking one of the oldest records in World Cup history, needing only a few more matches at the 2026 tournament to surpass German manager Helmut Schön for the most games coached at...
Vienna, May 17 (EFE).- FIFA remains confident that Iran will participate in the 2026 World Cup after what it described as a “constructive” meeting with officials from the Iranian Football Federation in Istanbul. “We’ve had an excellent meeting—a constructive meeting together with the Iran FA. I think we’re working closely...
Cairo, May 17 (EFE).- Saudi Arabia has banned political and sectarian slogans during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, authorities said on Sunday, as regional tensions linked to the war involving Iran raise security concerns ahead of the annual gathering of nearly two million Muslims in Mecca. “It is forbidden to raise...
By Guillermo Azábal and Patricia Martínez Jerusalem (EFE).- Hundreds of Jewish ultranationalists, mostly teenagers, took the Old City on «Jerusalem Day,» Thursday, commemorating 59 years since the Israeli occupation of eastern Jerusalem after the Six-Day War, shouting supremacist slogans such as «Death to Arabs» and «May their villages burn.» Tens...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, May 10 (EFE).- Modern reproductive technologies are helping Ukrainian women become mothers after losing their husbands in the war, allowing them to preserve family dreams and keep alive the memory of loved ones killed in combat. “She has the same sly twinkle in her eyes...
Moscow, May 10 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing growing signs of political and military strain more than three years into the war in Ukraine, with battlefield setbacks, economic pressures, and internal divisions fueling perceptions of weakening authority around the Kremlin. Critics of the Kremlin argue that the Russian...
By Carmen Rodríguez Madrid, May 9 (EFE).- Zoonotic diseases, infections transmitted from animals to humans, have accompanied humanity since the Neolithic era, leaving behind devastating episodes such as the plague, amid renewed concern following a hantavirus outbreak aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. Renowned Spanish virologist Margarita del Val told...
Madrid, May 9 (EFE).- Real Madrid coach Álvaro Arbeloa on Saturday described leaks from the club’s dressing room as “a betrayal” amid reports of growing tensions between midfielders Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni following a series of altercations. “Having things that happen in the dressing room leaked is a betrayal...
By Uxia Perez Bangkok, May 7 (EFE).- The Asia-Pacific region is the largest publishing market in the world and also the fastest growing one, driven by increasing literacy rates, digitalization and the expansion of English as a second language, which has given rise to an unprecedented growth in the readership...
Madrid, May 8 (EFE).- Shakira has added a new Madrid concert on Oct. 9, bringing her total number of performances in the Spanish capital to 12 as part of her 2026 Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran tour residency. The Colombian artist is now scheduled to perform across four consecutive weekends...
Bangkok, May 4 (EFE).- Kim Aris, son of detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, on Monday urged the United Nations to independently verify her condition and whereabouts. He said he has had no contact with his mother despite the military government’s claim that she has been moved to house...
