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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — Flood-ravaged Auckland is expected to receive further heavy rain over the coming days, according to the city’s council, even as people start to count the cost of the flash floods that have hit New Zealand’s largest city since Friday. Four people have now lost their lives in the flash floods that have […]
PARIS — Iranian Olympic skier Atefeh Ahmadi has quit her home country and applied for asylum in Germany, a Persian-language media outlet outside Iran reported Saturday, publishing an emotional interview with the athlete. Ahmadi, in her early 20s, was the only Iranian woman to qualify for last year’s Beijing Winter Games. “I left Iran to reach […]
The U.S. space agency NASA says a small asteroid will pass very close to Earth Thursday, just 3,600 kilometers from our planet’s surface, well within the orbit of most geosynchronous satellites. In a release on its website, NASA says the object, known as 2023 BU, poses no threat to the Earth. The agency says even […]
MEXICO CITY — The United States on Monday issued a security alert to its citizens traveling to Mexico following confrontations between taxi and Uber drivers in one of the country’s top beachside resorts. Tensions have flared after a court ruled this month that Uber drivers could work legally in the southeastern state of Quintana Roo, home […]
Cedimat, specialists, and the University of Bologna collaborated to improve Dominicans’ cardiovascular health, with assistance from the two embassies. In the Dominican Republic, there are an increasing number of young people suffering from heart failure and aortic disease. This is due to a young population, stress, a fast-paced lifestyle, high-fat diets, and the use of […]
WASHINGTON — Turkey’s F-16 fighter jet request from the United States and the possibility of another operation by Turkish military in northern Syria are expected to top the agenda during talks in Washington when Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. Analysts say any F-16 deal would be tied to […]
HONG KONG/BEIJING — China resumed on Sunday high-speed rail services between Hong Kong and the mainland for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as it dismantles travel curbs after Beijing scrapped quarantine for arrivals a week earlier. The re-opening comes amidst a massive wave of infections nationwide and a day after authorities […]
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday authorized adding former President Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in the nation’s capital, as part of a broader crackdown to hold responsible parties to account. According to the text of his ruling, Justice Alexandre de Moraes granted the […]
At least 20 people were killed and 73 wounded Saturday, including children, in the southeastern Ukraine city of Dnipro where a Russian missile strike destroyed a section of a nine-story apartment building, regional Governor Valentyn Reznichenko said. Infrastructure was also damaged in the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Odesa regions, as well as in Kharkiv and Kyiv […]
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. According to the National Police, they seized two rifles, ammunition, and other items from a box sent from Lawrence, Massachusetts, in the United States. According to the institution, two rifles, 950 5.56-mm caliber capsules, ten chargers, a telescopic sight, and a P-80 brand sniper were seized in collaboration with the General Directorate of […]
