Musk reinstates accounts of banned reporters after Twitter poll

Madrid, Dec 17 (EFE).- Elon Musk on Saturday reinstated the accounts of several journalists he had banned from Twitter after the billionaire conducted a poll on the social media site. Reporters from The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN and Voice of America were locked out of their Twitter accounts on Thursday over allegedly … Read more

Moscow to stop EU oil supply this year

Vienna, Dec 3 (EFE).- Moscow will stop supplying oil to Europe this year, following the bloc’s move, alongside the G7 and Australia, to cap the price of Russian seaborne oil, Russia’s representative to international organizations in Vienna said on Saturday. “Starting from this year Europe will live without Russian oil. Moscow has already made it … Read more

Deadly explosion rocks downtown Istanbul

Istanbul, Nov 13 (EFE).- At least six people have been killed and 53 wounded on Sunday after a blast in a busy commercial street in Istanbul, president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a televised address. Erdogan described the blast as a “bomb attack” on Istiklal avenue and said the incident occurred at 4:20 p.m. (1:20 … Read more

Biden deepens ties with ASEAN to counter China’s growing influence

Phnom Penh, Nov 12 (EFE).- United States president Joe Biden and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Saturday launched a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership as Washington pledged to ramp up investments to counter China’s growing influence in the region.  As part of deepening relations between the US and the Southeast Asian bloc, … Read more

China confirms Xi will attend G20 summit, meet Biden

Beijing, Nov 11 (EFE).- President Xi Jinping will attend the G20 summit to be held next week in Indonesia, where he will meet United States President Joe Biden, the Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. Xi will also hold talks on the summit sidelines with presidents Emmanuel Macron of France, Alberto Fernández … Read more

US Trade Commission ‘concerned’ over Twitter moves under Musk

Washington, Nov 10 (EFE).- The United States Federal Trade Commission said Thursday that it views the latest developments on Twitter with concern, after several executives in charge of privacy and regulation left the company. “We are following with great concern the latest actions of Twitter,” a commission spokesman told US media. “No director or company … Read more

Hurricane Roselyn makes landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast

Mexico City, Oct 23 (EFE).- A powerful hurricane made landfall in western Mexico on Sunday with strong winds and heavy rainfall expected, the National Meteorological Service reported. Hurricane Roslyn advanced across the Pacific Ocean as a category 4 hurricane but by the time it came ashore on Sunday in the town of Santa Cruz, in … Read more

New faces in China’s leadership: Who will join Xi in power?

By Jesus Centeno Beijing, Oct 23 (EFE).- The Secretary General of China’s Communist Party Xi Jinping, presented Sunday his new Permanent Committee, the select group of seven leaders in charge of governing the regime during the next five years. Alongside Xi, 69, are four new faces in Chinese leadership, all men between the ages of … Read more

Hard-right Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first female PM

Rome, Oct 22 (EFE).- Giorgia Meloni, leader of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, was sworn in on Saturday as Italy’s first female prime minister at the historic Quirinal Palace in Rome. The official ceremony in the baroque palace perched atop the Italian capital saw forty-five year old Meloni assume her role as premier in … Read more

Ex-Chinese president escorted out of party congress in apparent purge

Beijing, Oct 22 (EFE).- Former Chinese President Hu Jintao was escorted Saturday outside the People’s Palace where the closing ceremony of the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is being held, in what appeared to be a purge with public ridicule of the veteran leader. Shortly after the press entered the great hall and … Read more