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Athens, Mar 2 (EFE).- The Greek government was facing protests and strikes on Thursday amid allegations of negligence after at least 57 people were killed in a head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train near the town of Tempi earlier this week. Rescuers worked through the night...
Washington/Beijing, Mar 2 (EFE).- The United States has approved a $619-million arms package, including missiles for F-16 jets, to Taiwan amid growing Chinese military incursions near the self-governed island. A US defense press statement said Thursday that the State Department sanctioned a possible foreign military sale to Taiwan. “This proposed...
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Mar 2 (EFE) .- Vietnam’s National Assembly elected Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president Thursday, after the resignation in January of his predecessor due to corrupt practices that occurred under his tenure, the government reported. Thuong, nominated the day before by the Central...
Kyiv, Mar 2 (EFE).- At least two civilians were killed early Thursday in a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, said officials. Anatoly Kurtev, the acting mayor, said the five-story structure was «nearly completely destroyed.» He stated that rescuers were looking for survivors...
Bogota, Mar 1 (EFE).- Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday said the new maximum-security prison in El Salvador where 2,000 accused gang members were transferred last week is in fact a «concentration camp.» «You can see the terrible photos in the media … of the concentration camp in El Salvador,...
Beijing, Mar 1 (EFE).- Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko said Wednesday that he fully supports a global peace initiative championed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. During a meeting with Xi in Beijing, Lukashenko said the “difficult” current geopolitical landscape – namely, the war in Ukraine – requires “new nonstandard approaches...
Tehran, Mar 1 (EFE).- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a wave of suspected gas poisoning attacks at girls’ schools in the country. At least 13 cases were reported on Wednesday in the cities of Tehran, Ardabil, Parand and Kermanshah, the latest incidents in a spate...
Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Mar 1 (EFE).- Several people were arrested in Israel on Wednesday during another round of mass protests against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial reforms. Waving Israeli flags and banners calling for «democracy», demonstrators in several Israeli cities blocked roads and disrupted trains in what they described as...
Kyiv, Feb 28 (EFE).- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation in the eastern city of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, «is becoming more and more difficult.» «Bakhmut direction – the situation is getting more and more difficult. The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used...
Lagos, Nigeria, Mar 1 (EFE).- The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, won Nigeria’s controversial presidential elections held on Feb. 25, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday. Tinubu, 70, obtained 36 percent of the votes, or 8.79 million, INEC chairman Mahmood...
Athens, Mar 1 (EFE).- At least 36 people died after the collision of two trains north of Larissa, in central Greece, the fire department reported, while 66 people remain hospitalized, six of them in intensive care units. In all, some 130 people were injured, while the search for passengers continued...
Washington, Feb 28 (EFE).- The US government on Tuesday said that there is «no evidence» that Ukraine is misusing or diverting the aid Washington has provided since the start of the Russian invasion just over a year ago, noting that the best example of Kyiv putting the aid to good...
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