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Geneva, Oct 11 (EFE).- A wave of Russian missile attacks against cities across Ukraine that killed at least 12 and injured over 100 intentionally targeted civilians and civilian objects, the United Nations said Tuesday, adding that the strikes could have violated the rules of war and might amount to war...
Bangkok, Oct 11 (EFE).- Family members and close friends bid their last farewell on Tuesday to the victims of a mass shooting and stabbing at a kindergarten in which 37 people, including 22 children, were killed in the northeastern Thai province of Nong Bua Lamphu last week. After three days...
Beijing, Oct 10 (EFE).- Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen warned Monday that it would never give up democracy and freedoms, and that fractured relations could only resume with Beijing commiting to Taiwanese sovereignty. During a speech to mark Taiwan’s National Day, the president said “the broadest consensus among the Taiwanese people...
Caracas, Oct 9 (EFE).- At least 25 people died – among them two minors – and 52 remain missing after heavy rains lashed Tejerias in the central Venezuelan state of Aragua, the country’s Executive Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said Sunday. Hours later, the figure was again confirmed to EFE by...
International Desk, Oct 10 (EFE).- A deadly barrage of Russian missile strikes that struck Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities such as Lviv and Zaporizhzhia on Monday morning sparked terror among civilians who were ordered to take shelter. It was unclear how many deaths were caused by the waves of...
Sports Desk, Oct 9 (EFE).- Max Verstappen sealed the Formula One world title on Sunday with a win at the rainy Japanese Grand Prix. The Dutch driver claimed his second world championship with a Red Bull 1-2. His Mexican teammate Sergio Pérez finished second after Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was handed...
Moscow, Oct 9 (EFE).- The driver of a truck that allegedly exploded as it crossed the Crimean Bridge, severely damaging the only direct road and rail link between Russia and the occupied peninsula, had received an online order to transport fertilizer, according to Russian media reports. The Moscow-based RBC newspaper...
Bangkok, Oct 9 (EFE).- American news channel CNN sparked condemnation and outrage from the Thai public and journalist organizations on Sunday after filming inside the cordoned-off nursery where a former police officer killed dozens in a gun and knife massacre. «Unimaginable suffering from #ThailandMassacre @CNN speaks to families of the...
Moscow/Lviv, Ukraine, Oct 8 (EFE).- A large explosion ripped across a section of the only bridge connecting Russia with occupied Crimea, causing part of the two-way road section to collapse as a train hauling tankers on the parallel railway line was also engulfed in flames. Russia’s investigation committee has opened...
Bangkok, Oct 8 (EFE).- Buddhist funeral rites began on Saturday in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu for victims of the nursery massacre that shocked the country. Thailand and especially the rural town of Uthai Sawan are still reeling over Thursday’s gun and knife attack that left 38 dead,...
Washington, Oct 6 (EFE).- United States President Joe Biden warned Thursday that the world faces «Armageddon» if Russia uses nuclear weapons to try to win its war in Ukraine. «First time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have the threat of a nuclear weapon if in fact things continue down...
Uthai Sawan, Thailand, Oct 7 (EFE).- Thailand was in mourning on Friday following a massacre that left at least 37 people, including 22 children, dead in the northeastern province of Nong Bua Lamphu. Hundreds of people – including relatives of the victims, residents, officials and journalists – gathered in the...
