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Beijing (EFE).- Chinese President Xi Jinping said China «must work to achieve greater technological self-sufficiency» during a Monday speech at the closing of the National People’s Assembly, one of the country’s main political yearly events. «China must create a new development model,» said the president, who added that his country...
Seoul, Mar 13 (EFE).- North Korea fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state media reported, as Washington and Seoul were to begin their spring joint military drills in neighboring South Korea. The weapons test took place «at dawn» on Sunday from Kyongpho Bay in Hamgyong province,...
Rome, Mar 12 (EFE).- A total of 30 migrants are missing, but another 17 were able to be saved, after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea during rescue efforts by a merchant vessel, the Italian Coast Guard reported, emphasizing that the boat was in the Libyan rescue zone. The...
Seoul, Mar 12 (EFE).- North Korea has approved “important” and “practical” war deterrence measures as the United States and South Korea readied to begin large-scale joint military exercises from Monday. A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un (C) and...
Paris (EFE).- The French Senate approved President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform on Saturday, as protests over the unpopular plan to raise the retirement age by two years to 64 continued for the seventh day. The Senate, or the upper house of the French Parliament, voted on the bill late...
By Manuel Sanchez Gomez London, Mar 11 (EFE).- The BBC’s decision to suspend former England captain Gary Lineker from its soccer highlights program «Match of the Day» over a tweet spurred many other presenters to refuse to appear on air Saturday in solidarity with their colleague. The state-owned broadcaster announced...
Seoul (EFE).- Thousands of South Koreans demonstrated in Seoul on Saturday against a controversial plan presented this week to compensate people who were subjected to forced labor by Japanese companies during World War II. Several victims or their families have spoken out against the plan, which in principle exempts the...
Kabul, Mar 11 (EFE).- At least one person was killed and eight others were wounded Saturday in an attack at a cultural center in northern Afghanistan where a journalists’ awards ceremony was being held. Several members of the Taliban regional government and other local leaders also attended the ceremony in...
Hong Kong, Mar 11 (EFE).- Three prominent former members of a group that organized the annual vigil in Hong Kong in remembrance of the victims of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown were sentenced Saturday to four and a half months in prison for not complying with a national security police request...
Washington, Mar 10 (EFE).- A former New York police officer has been sentenced for her role in the assault on the Capitol on Jan.6, 2021, officials said. A federal judge found Sara Carpenter, 53, guilty on eight counts, including civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, “both felonies,” a...
Beijing, Mar 11 (EFE).- China’s President Xi Jinping appointed Li Qiang, the second highest official of the Communist Party of China, as the country’s new premier on Saturday. Xi, who was re-elected as president for a precedent-breaking third term on Friday, signed the order to appoint Li during the ongoing...
Berlin, Mar 10 (EFE).- Seven people, including an unborn baby, were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness center in Hamburg, police said on Friday. The shooting occurred around 9pm on Thursday night at the three-story Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall, in a neighborhood north...
