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Nicaraguans went out to vote this Sunday (7) in a general election widely questioned by the international community and which, most likely, will end with the triumph of the current president, Daniel Ortega, who would extend his term at least until January 2027. After arresting some 30 opponents, including seven presidential candidates, Ortega paved the […]

The United States will again receive international travelers vaccinated against Covid-19 on Monday (8), allowing the entry of visitors from some nations who were banned for more than 20 months from going to the country. With the new requirements for air, land and ferry arrivals coming into effect, it is likely that there will be […]

Rapper Travis Scott released a video to his fans on Saturday (6) after eight people were trampled to death and dozens injured during his concert at a festival in Houston, Texas, on Friday (5). Scott, a Houston resident, said he was “devastated” and asked his fans to help authorities with any information they had about […]

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhimi was the target of an attack in Baghdad’s Green Zone, according to an Iraqi military statement released on Sunday (6). “A failed assassination attempt against the prime minister, commander of the Armed Forces, with an explosive-armed drone that tried to attack his home in the Green Zone of Baghdad. […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday (6) asked his 62.5 million Twitter followers in a poll whether he should sell 10% of his shares in Tesla. “A lot is said that unrealized gains are a means of tax evasion. So I propose to sell 10% of my Tesla shares,” Musk wrote in a tweet referring […]

At least 91 people died on Friday (5) after a tanker truck exploded outside Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, according to officials in the West African country. Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), told CNN that several people were also in critical condition after the explosion. Authorities transferred […]

This Saturday (6), there are no official negotiations on the final text of the book of the Paris agreement at COP26, the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. The day will be dedicated only to multilateral meetings. However, a ceremony is scheduled for the end of the afternoon for […]

At least eight people were trampled to death and others injured when fans took to the stage during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival on Friday (5) in Houston, officials said. According to authorities, the crowd that had gathered for rapper Travis Scott’s performance began moving toward the front of the stage, causing […]

Last Friday night, the US House of Representatives approved a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure project that forms the center of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda. However, the US$1.7 trillion package aimed at social protection and environmental actions has not yet been voted on. House Democratic leaders had hoped for a vote on the economic package […]

“Listen now to the sound that forever separates the old from the new.” That’s how the North American radio NBC introduced the signal of the first satellite into space, on October 4, 1957, in the United States. But the novelty wasn’t a triumph of American science: the sound came from the Soviet Union’s Sputnik, a […]