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Singapore, Sep 22 (EFE).- Le Le, the first giant panda cub born in Singapore, is set to return to China in the latter half of December as part of Beijing’s «panda diplomacy» loan program. The Mandai Wildlife Group, responsible for Le Le’s well-being since his birth in Singapore two years...
María Montecelos Dajabón, Dominican Republic, Sept 20 (EFE).- Thousands of Haitians have been leaving the Dominican Republic every day since President Luis Abinader closed the border in order to force Haiti to stop the construction of a canal that will divert water from the Masacre River that divides the two...
By Indira Guerrero New Delhi, Sept 20 (EFE).- The Sikh religious minority was this week in the middle of the India-Canada diplomatic crisis over the possible involvement of the Indian government in the murder of a Sikh separatist leader. Tension peaked this week when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused...
Baku/Tiflis, Sep 20 (EFE).- Azerbaijan on Wednesday continued its military operation in Nagorno Karabakh, a breakaway region mainly populated by Armenians but claimed by the Azeri government, for the second day, with at least 29 people left dead by the fighting while local authorities have alleged attacks on civilian infrastructure....
Barcelona, Spain, Sep 19 (EFE).- US film director Woody Allen presented his latest movie «Coup de Chance» (Stroke of Luck) on Monday in Barcelona, coinciding with the first of the two concerts he will offer in the city with his jazz band. During an interview with EFE, Allen, 87, acknowledged...
Kyiv, Sep 19 (EFE).- The first cargo ship carrying Ukrainian grains on Tuesday left the port of Chornomorsk in the Odessa region of Ukraine, becoming the first civilian vessel to defy Russia’s naval blockade in the Black Sea since mid-July. “The vessel ‘Resilient Africa’ with 3,000 tons of wheat has...
Moscow, Sep 19 (EFE).- Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to hold «substantive» discussions with his Russian counterpart Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Beijing in October, Russia’s national security secretary said on Tuesday. «We expect that substantive bilateral talks between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Xi Jinping...
By Sarwar Kashani New Delhi, Sep 19 (EFE).- India and Canada’s diplomatic ties touched a new low on Tuesday amid a raging rift ostensibly over Sikh separatism that has allegedly found roots in the North American country, home to over 770,000 Sikhs, or about 2 percent of the total population....
Jakarta, Sep 19 (EFE).- The countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) began their first-ever joint naval drills on Tuesday amid tensions with China due to sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea. In a statement, the Indonesian army said that the maneuvers, called ASEAN Solidarity Exercise Natuna...
Tokyo, Sep 19 (EFE).- Japan, the current chair of the G7, is set to host a new meeting of the group’s foreign ministers in November, Japanese foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa announced on Tuesday. The top diplomats of the G7 countries have decided to hold the meeting in Tokyo on Nov....
Sydney, Australia, Sep 19 (EFE).- Extreme heat in southeastern Australia forced the Tuesday closure of more than 20 schools, as regional authorities issued a total ban on lighting open-air fires for fear of a repeat of the catastrophic blazes of 2019-2020. This heat wave, which began last weekend and is...
Seoul, Sep 19 (EFE).- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol signed a motion Tuesday for parliament to vote on whether to withdraw the immunity of main opposition party leader Jae-myung, whom prosecutors want arrested over his alleged involvement in several corruption cases. The Seoul Central District Office sent the arrest warrant...
