Sydney, Australia, Mar 31 (EFE).- Australia asked China on Friday to reveal the ruling in the process against Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei, a year after the closed-door trial in Beijing for the alleged violation of the country’s state secrets reporter. “Twelve months later, she is still waiting to hear the outcome of the trial. We … Read more
Tokyo, Mar 31 (EFE).- The member countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP, also known as TPP-11) agreed Friday to accept the United Kingdom as a member, the Japanese government said. Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Shigeyuki Goto confirmed Britain’s hip to the trade pact at a press conference after the ministerial … Read more
New York, Mar 30 (EFE).- Former United States President Donald Trump said Thursday he cannot have a fair trial in New York, hours after his imputation for irregular payment of $130,000 to a porn star in 2016 was made public. On his Truth Social network, Trump, who previously charged against the Democratic Party and President … Read more
Vienna, Mar 30 (EFE).- The Turkish Parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s entry into NATO, bringing to an end months of Ankara’s blocking of expanding the Atlantic Alliance. The corresponding document accepting Finnish entry into the defense pact was adopted with the votes of all 276 lawmakers present in the parliamentary chamber, meaning that nothing now … Read more
New York, Mar 30 (EFE).- A grand jury in New York voted Thursday to indict Donald Trump in a case related to alleged hush money payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign to women who claimed to have had extramarital affairs with the real estate mogul. Trump, 76, becomes the first sitting or former president … Read more
Brasilia, Mar 30 (EFE).- Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro returned home on Thursday, three months after flying to the United States just before the end of his term. Bolsonaro had been living in self-imposed exile in Florida since he was defeated in presidential elections late last year by left-wing candidate Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva, … Read more
By Jose Miguel Blanco Boao, China, Mar 30 (EFE).- Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez put his nation forward as a “reliable” partner for China in trade, investment and conflict resolution at the Boao Forum in China’s Hainan province on Thursday. Sánchez’s intervention at the opening of the annual summit was the first engagement of his … Read more
Berlin, Mar 30 (EFE).- Britain’s King Charles III praised the “special bond” between the United Kingdom and during an address to the Bundestag on Thursday. “Today it gives me particular pride to be with you once again, now as King and to renew the special bond of friendship between our two countries,” he said … Read more
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Sydney, Australia, Mar 30 (EFE).- Companies in Australia with 100 or more workers will be forced to reveal the gender pay gap annually, in accordance with the law approved Thursday by parliament. “Women have waited long enough for the pay gap to close, this government will not let them wait another quarter of a century,” … Read more
Manila, Mar 30 (EFE).- At least 28 people died while searchers rescued 230 after an overnight fire engulfed an inter-island enger ferry in the southern Philippines, authorities told EFE on Thursday. The MV Lady Mary III ship was carrying 205 people when a fire of unknown origin spread aboard Wednesday night off the coast of … Read more
Washington, Mar 29 (EFE).- The United States Senate approved Wednesday a bill to stop considering Covid-19 a national emergency. The measure was approved in the House of Representatives and was in the process of being signed by US President Joe Biden. Although Biden had threatened to veto a similar resolution in the past, he said … Read more
Washington, Mar 29 (EFE).- United States First Lady Jill Biden attended a vigil Wednesday in the town of Nashville, Tennessee, in memory of victims of a school shooting that claimed the lives of six people, three of them minors. During the vigil, Nashville Mayor John Cooper called on citizens to each other in overcoming … Read more
