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Month: August 2023

Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

El presidente de Ecuador ordena a las Fuerzas Armadas velar por la seguridad de los candidatos presidenciales de cara a la segunda vuelta electoral

Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — El presidente de Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, ordenó a las Fuerzas Armadas que velen por la seguridad de los candidatos presidenciales de cara a la segunda vuelta electoral del 15 de octubre y en medio de una violencia sin precedentes en el país. “Queridos ecuatorianos: he ordenado a las Fuerzas Armadas del

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The conflict in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of ‘epic proportions,’ UN aid chief says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that the conflict in Sudan is fueling “a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions” that threatens the entire country. Martin Griffiths also warned on Friday that a protracted conflict “could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe.” He says some places are already out of

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

La tormenta tropical Franklin avanza por República Dominicana, acompañada de fuertes lluvias e inundaciones repentinas

Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — La tormenta tropical Franklin se desplaza a través de República Dominicana, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes. Franklin tiene vientos de 72 km/h con ráfagas más fuertes y se mueve hacia el norte-noreste a 21 km/h. El centro de Franklin se encuentra ahora a unos 89 km al noreste de Puerto

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‘I will not resign,’ says defiant Spanish soccer boss Luis Rubiales following week of fierce criticism for unwanted kiss on star player

CNN By Patrick Sung and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales has refused to resign from his position as Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) president following a week of fierce criticism after video showed him placing an unwanted kiss on a star player of Spain’s winning Women’s World Cup team. Rubiales

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Director of British Museum steps down amid controversy over thefts of ancient items

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The director of the British Museum says he’s stepping down amid investigations into the theft or disappearance of hundreds of items from its massive collection, including gold jewelry, semi-precious gems and antiquities dating to the 15th century B.C. Hartwig Fischer says he’s resigning now, rather than waiting

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Estonia’s pro-Ukrainian PM faces pressure to quit over husband’s indirect Russian business links

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Estonia’s strongly pro-Ukrainian prime minister is under increasing pressure to resign, after Estonian media revealed her husband’s role in a company that indirectly did business in Russia after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Kaja Kallas is one of Europe’s most outspoken supporters of Ukraine and had urged all EU

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The death toll from wildfires in Greece this week rises to 21 after another victim is found

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union’s largest recorded single fire have recovered another body. That brings the total death toll from wildfires in Greece this week to 21. The fire department said firefighters were making headway

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