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Beijing, Nov 29 (EFE).- China’s state television has edited footage of Qatar 2022 World Cup matches to remove shots of maskless fans, after broadcasts of packed stadiums with crowds enjoying the games amid no Covid measures fuelled protests across the Asian nation. This measure, which has not been officially confirmed...
Islamabad, Nov 28 (EFE).- The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Monday announced a resumption of attacks in the country, thus putting an end to the ceasefire reached with the government earlier this year. The announcement is also an indication of a failure in the negotiations between the Taliban and the...
Paris, Nov 28 (EFE).- The organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympics announced on Monday that the process to purchase tickets for the event is to start on Thursday, when fans will be able to register for a draw that will run until January 31. «We are so looking forward to...
Seoul, Nov 27 (EFE).- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his daughter have reappeared in public for the second time in a week, posing for photos with officials involved in an intercontinental ballistic missile launch. The state media published the new photos on Sunday. The photos show Kim posing next...
Shanghai, China, Nov 27 (EFE).- Protests against China’s stringent «Zero Covid» strategy has spread to major cities such as Beijing, Shanghai or Nanjing by this weekend, following the deaths of 10 people in a fire in a building apparently under lockdown in Urumqi a few days ago. According to videos...
Shanghai, China, Nov 26 (EFE).- Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen resigned as the head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party after the opposition Chinese nationalist outfit Kuomintang (KMT) emerged victorious in local elections, taking power in four of the island’s six major cities, including Taipei ,on Saturday. KMT also won in...
Sydney, Australia, Nov 26 (EFE).- Nearly 2,500 people bared all on the Australian Bondi beach in Sydney on Saturday to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention. A part of the beach was declared “temporary nude” as part photoshoot staged by photographic artist Spencer Tunick. Tunick claimed 2,500 volunteers attended the...
Jakarta, Nov 25 (EFE).- The death toll from an Indonesian earthquake this week has risen to 310, officials said on Friday, while rescuers continue to look for 24 missing persons whose chances of survival dwindled fast. The 5.6 magnitude quake has left over 2,000 injured and rendered more than 62,000...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, Nov 25 (EFE).- Kherson is coming under increased shelling by Russian forces with multiple reports of civilian casualties in a city struggling with a complicated humanitarian situation. Ukrainian authorities have warned that Russia still has stores of S-300 missiles to pound cities close to the...
Seoul, Nov 25 (EFE).- Veteran actor O Yeong-su, known globally for his role in the «Squid Game» series, has been indicted by the South Korean prosecutor’s office for allegedly touching a woman inappropriately, Yonhap agency reported Friday. The district prosecutor’s office of Suwon, to the south of Seoul, indicted O,...
Sydney, Australia, Nov 25 (EFE).- Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison «fundamentally undermined» the principles of responsible government by secretly assuming five ministerial positions during the Covid-19 pandemic, an independent investigation concluded Friday. However, the report added that Morrison’s appointment of himself as health, finance, industry, interior and treasury minister...
Beijing, Nov 25 (EFE).- China’s President Xi Jinping met his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in Beijing on Friday and promised that his country would do everything possible to support Cuba. “No matter how the international situation may change, China’s commitment to long-term friendship with Cuba will not change. China’s determination...
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