VOA News A South African court has denied Olympian Oscar Pistorius the right to appeal his conviction for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. In its ruling Thursday, the Constitutional Court dismissed Pistorius’ application, saying there are no prospects of success. The ruling clears the way for a judge to sentence Pistorius on his […]readmore
Voz de América Ramón Castro, el hermano mayor de Fidel y Raúl Castro, murió el martes a los 91 años en La Habana. Medios oficiales cubanos reportaron que sus restos fueron cremados y serán depositados en el cementerio de Birán, su ciudad natal en la provincia Holguín. Ramón estuvo involucrado en el accionar de su […]readmore
Voz de América El presidente boliviano, Evo Morales, reconoció el miércoles su derrota en las urnas, un día después que el Tribunal Supremo Electoral declarara ganador por tres puntos al «No» a la reforma constitucional que le habría permitido postularse a un cuarto período consecutivo en 2019. «Respetamos los resultados del referendo. El pueblo no […]readmore
Voz de América China ha enviado de nuevo aviones caza a una disputada isla del Mar de la China Meridional, donde a principios de mes desplegó baterías de misiles y parece estar construyendo un sofisticado sistema de radar. Menos de diez jets –una combinación de Shenyans J-11 y Xians JH-7—han sido avistados en Woody Island […]readmore
Voz de América El presidente sirio, Bashar al-Assad, confirmó a su contraparte ruso, Vladimir Putin, que Siria está lista para implementar un cese el fuego que debe comenzar el sábado. Los dos líderes hablaron por teléfono este miércoles y destacaron la importancia de continuar luchando contra grupos terroristas tales como el Estado islámico y Jabhat […]readmore
Reuters KABUL—Afghan officials took delivery of 10,000 automatic rifles and millions of rounds of ammunition as a gift from Russia on Wednesday, another sign of deepening involvement by Moscow in the war-torn country.Dependent almost entirely on foreign aid, Afghan security forces are struggling to secure the country amid a rising insurgency. As the NATO-led coalition’s […]readmore
VOA News A court in the German city of Cologne has given a suspended jail term to a Moroccan man convicted of trying to steal a mobile phone from a woman on New Year’s Eve, a night when numerous sexual assaults were reported and blamed on immigrants. In Wednesday’s proceedings, the court gave a six-month […]readmore
Reuters CAIRO—Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Wednesday that the Russian plane that crashed in Sinai last year was downed by terrorists seeking to damage Egypt’s tourism industry and relations with Moscow.»Has terrorism ended, no it has not but it will if we unite. Whoever downed the Russian plane, what did he mean? He meant […]readmore
Reuters PRISTINA—Hundred of Kosovars put up tents in Pristina’s main square on Tuesday demanding snap elections and the suspension of a parliamentary vote that will bring in a president who helped broker a deal giving more powers to the ethnic Serb minority.Opposition parties accuse presidential candidate, Hashim Thaci, deputy prime minister and the head parliament’s […]readmore
BEIJING—China’s recent announcement of a stringent new publishing law for online content and a visit by the country’s increasingly powerful leader to several state run media headquarters is but the latest chilling sign of President Xi Jinping’s efforts to exert increasing control over society, analysts say. But, it also highlights the limits of that […]readmore