Insurgent Brigade from Donbass, an eastern region of Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian forces. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will send to Ukraine US-made anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles to “strengthen the country’s defensive capabilities” before the accumulation of Russian forces on the border, as announced in a joint statement. As reported by … Read more
Boris Johnson (Reuters) (UK PARLIAMENT/JESSICA TAYLOR/) The investigation into ‘Partygate’, the scandal over parties held in Downing Street during the pandemic, has been expanded to include social events in the flat that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson shares with his wife, Carrie Johnson, reports this Sunday the newspaper The Sunday … Read more
EFE/EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/File (CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON/) Moroccan university women have broken their silence on professors demanding sexual favors in exchange for good grades, a scandal that has rocked the higher education system. Testimonials have flooded social media in the style of the #MeToo movement, encouraged by activists in the conservative … Read more
Archive image of a meeting of Arab League ministers held in Cairo last March. EFE/EPA/KHALED ELFIQI/File (KHALED ELFIQI/) The Arab League asked this Sunday to all the countries that consider Yemen’s Houthi rebels a “terrorist organization” after Monday’s missile and drone attack on the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which left … Read more
A 14-meter Viking coastal merchant ship from the 11th century is on display at the Viking Ship Museum. Roskilde, Denmark, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/James Brooks) (James Brooks/) For thousands of years, wooden sailing ships enabled the peoples of Northern Europe to expand trade, influence, and sometimes warfare across … Read more
Vladimir Putin and his main ally in the conflict in Ukraine, the Belarusian Alexander Lukashenko (Reuters) (SPUTNIK /) Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian President, warned that it is “impossible” to defeat the State of the Union -supranational organization for the integration of Russia and Belarus- and He assured that those who intimidate … Read more
Military of Burkina Faso STAFF OF THE ARMY OF BURKINA FASO (STAFF OF THE ARMY OF BUR/) The Government of Burkina Faso has confirmed this Sunday several shooting incidents in military barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou, but has completely denied that a military coup is taking place right now. “The … Read more
Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh walks among followers after a speech in 2007 (Reuters) (KHAM /) the buddhist monk Thich Nhat Han, one of the most influential in the world for promoting the practice of “mindfulness” to the West, died Saturday in Vietnam at the age of 95, his organization … Read more
Officers board a stateless fishing vessel transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman (photo: US Navy) The US Navy reported this Sunday that it had stopped a ship carrying 40 tons of a fertilizer can be used to make explosives when I was traveling from iran along a route … Read more
A catechist receives a crucifix from Pope Francis during the Holy Mass held every year on the third Sunday in January to celebrate and study the Word of God, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on January 23, 2022. REUTERS /Remo Casilli (REMO CASILLI/) This ceremony, for the III … Read more
