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Lviv, Ukraine, Nov 14 (EFE).- Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday visited the recently liberated city of Kherson, which was the only regional capital Russia had managed to gain control over since invading the eastern European nation nine months ago. His surprise trip to the major city in southern Ukraine...
London, Nov 13 (EFE).- London’s emblematic Big Ben clock chimed again after three years of repairs to usher in Remembrance Sunday as the United Kingdom fell silent for two minutes, led by King Charles III, to honor the fallen in past conflicts. At 11am, the bells of Big Ben chimed...
Istanbul, Nov 13 (EFE).- At least six people have been killed and 53 wounded on Sunday after a blast in a busy commercial street in Istanbul, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised address. Erdogan described the blast as a «bomb attack» on Istiklal avenue and said the incident...
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, Nov 12 (EFE).- Ukrainians on Saturday were celebrating the liberation of Kherson, the only major city Russia has captured since the beginning of the invasion over eight months ago. Relief and hope a Ukraine victory could be on the horizon were somewhat clouded in Kherson...
Phnom Penh, Nov 12 (EFE).- United States president Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday launched a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as Washington pledged to ramp up investments to counter China’s growing influence in the region. As part of deepening relations between the US...
Beijing, Nov 11 (EFE).- President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit to be held next week in Indonesia, where he will meet United States President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Xi will also hold talks on the summit sidelines with presidents Emmanuel...
Washington, Nov 10 (EFE).- The United States Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it views the latest developments on Twitter with concern, after several executives in charge of privacy and regulation left the company. «We are following with great concern the latest actions of Twitter,» a commission spokesman told US...
Washington, Nov. 9 (EFE).- Joe Biden said Wednesday that he plans to seek a second term as president of the United States and will probably make a final decision early in 2023. «Our intention is to run again, that’s been our intention,» he said during a press conference at the...
Kabul, Nov 10 (EFE).- A 2,000-student free educational institution in Kabul has become a modest haven for women seeking to escape Taliban diktats that have kept Afghan girls out of school. Some 1,600 girls signed up on the day when Ekhlas Naween Educational Center offered free classes for Afghan students...
London, Nov 10 (EFE).- James Maddison, Conor Gallagher and Callum Wilson are among the new England faces included in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the Fifa World Cup in Qatar, which was revealed Thursday. The England manager decided to lean on eight attacking players: Bukayo Saka, star striker Harry Kane, Raheem...
Moscow, Nov 9 (EFE).- The Russian army has been ordered to withdraw from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the only regional capital Moscow managed to capture since launching its invasion in February. The commander of Russian forces in Ukraine Sergey Surovikin announced Wednesday that troops would move to the...
Beijing, Nov 9 (EFE).- The neighborhood in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, where Foxconn – world’s largest iPhone assembler – is situated announced on Wednesday the end of covid restrictions that started on Nov.2. However, residents of several areas of the neighborhood, still considered at high risk of infection,...
