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Ankara, Feb 11 (EFE).- Rescue teams on Saturday continued to find survivors under the rubble more than 128 hours after the twin earthquakes that hit southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, as officials and doctors again voiced concerns over potential for a public health disaster. TURKEY In Hatay province, a two month old baby was pulled … Read more

Madrid, Jan 25 (EFE).- A 74-year-old man was arrested in Spain Wednesday for allegedly sending letter bombs to prime minister Pedro Sánchez, the Ukraine and United States embassies as well as other top officials, police said.  According to police sources, the man was detained in Miranda del Ebro, in the northern province of Burgos, and … Read more

Jakarta, Jan 8 (EFE).- A boat with more than 184 Rohingya refugees, many of them women and children, disembarked on Sunday on an Indonesian beach in the northwestern Aceh province. This is the third boat with a large number of refugees to arrive in Indonesia after two such vessels carrying over 200 people from the … Read more

Beijing, Jan 8 (EFE).- China on Sunday reopened to the rest of the world after almost three years of closing its borders by officially downgrading Covid-19 from the top-level category A infectious disease to category B, thereby marking the end of its stringent ‘zero Covid’ policy. This downgrade from the highest level that indicates the … Read more

Kyiv, Dec 7 (EFE).- Orthodox Christians in Kyiv flocked to mass to mark Christmas on Saturday as Russian forces continued to attack Ukrainian positions despite a 36-hour unilateral truce that expires at midnight. The Christmas mass was led by the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Serhii Petrovych, and was held in Kyiv’s Dormition Cathedral … Read more

Washington, Jan 7 (EFE).- Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected the new US House Speaker after midnight on Saturday following a chaotic and lengthy campaign that included 15 rounds of voting and four days of tense negotiations for the powerful position. McCarthy did not receive the necessary 218 votes but he managed to persuade a sufficient … Read more

Jakarta, Dec 28 (EFE).- Indonesian authorities and human rights groups are preparing for the arrival of more boats carrying Rohingya refugees over the next few weeks, after two such vessels with more than 200 people from the persecuted Muslim community landed in the country over the past week.  The coordinator of nonprofit Commission for the … Read more

Beijing, Dec 28 (EFE).- Taiwan became the latest country on Wednesday to introduce PCR tests for arrivals from China as Covid-19 cases continue to spread across the Asian nation after Beijing relaxed strict prevention measures that had been in place since early 2020. As of January 1, people traveling from China by boat or plane … Read more

Vatican City, Dec 28 (EFE).- The health of former pope Benedict XVI has worsened in recent hours, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said Wednesday. Bruni attributed the 95-year-old’s condition to his old age and said that the situation “at the moment remains under control,” providing no further details. According to Bruni, Pope Francis went to visit … Read more

Lviv, Ukraine, Dec 18 (EFE).- Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, released a video on Sunday that he was hoping would be broadcast ahead of the World Cup final in Qatar, which was blocked by Fifa.  Zelenskyy’s presidential office lodged a request to share a message of peace ahead of the World Cup 2022 final between Argentina … Read more

By Rodrigo Garcia Rosario, Argentina, Dec 17 (EFE).- The residents of Rosario, the hometown of Argentina football team captain Lionel Messi but also of Angel Di Maria and many other Argentinian legends of the game, were a bunch of nerves ahead of the World Cup final clash between Argentina and on Sunday. Both … Read more

Berlin, Dec 17 (EFE).- launched its first floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, which was constructed in record time, as the country continues to adapt to cut its dependence on Russian energy sources. The Hoegh Esperanza specialist vessel, traveling from Spain, docked at the Wilhelmshaven port on Saturday morning amid gelid temperatures and freezing … Read more