Luis Ramirez LONDON—Calls grew Friday for the government of British Prime Minister David Cameron to penalize Russia following the release Thursday of the results of a public inquiry on the 2006 murder of dissident Alexander Litvinenko.The exiled former Russian spy died after meeting two Russian agents at a London hotel and drinking green tea they […]Load more...
Gobernadora Raimondo estamos preparados para la Tormenta de Nieve
Rhode Island – La Gobernadora Gina Raimondo junto al director de RIEMA Peter Gaynor se reunieron la Mañana del viernes con el personal de Emergencias para infórmale de los preparativos para este fin de semana. Según las últimas previsiones podríamos recibir hasta 8 pulgadas de nieve. My number one priority as Governor is keeping all […]Load more...
Boletín numero uno de LPR Tormenta Invernal Rhode Island
LPR News – Lo fuerte de la tormenta llegaría el sábado y domingo, como mediad de precaución debemos mantenernos en casa. Los espaciadores de sal comenzaran a trabajar la tarde del viernes. Estamos esperando una tormenta bastante grande este fin de semana. El sábado comenzara a nevar temprano y continuara hasta el domingo. La gobernadora […]Load more...
VOA News Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders(Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a «catastrophic failure» that has endangered asylum seekers and created more business for smugglers. In its report “Obstacle Course to Europe” issued Tuesday, the organization said erecting razor wire fences, continuously changing administrative and registration procedures, […]Load more...
Dorian Jones ISTANBUL—Eighteen mayors and nearly 50 locally elected representatives of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party are being prosecuted in Turkey.Earlier this month, for example, the mayor of Van was sentenced to 15 years in jail on charges of being a member of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The prosecutions and severity of the charges […]Load more...
Daniel Schearf MOSCOW—A Russian parliament committee has rejected a bill that would have allowed fines or jail time for public displays of affection or sexuality by anyone who is not heterosexual.Once it leaves the committee, it goes up for a vote by Parliament, which is likely to reject the bill. Rights groups welcomed the move, […]Load more...
How can we tackle the world’s biggest killer – cancer? This is the mission of US Vice-President, Joe Biden, who has called for a “moonshot” to find a cure for the disease. The Vice-President recently penned a piece for the Forum’s blog platform,Agenda, about the moonshot campaign. He has, of course, been touched personally by […]Load more...
El repunte del crecimiento mundial es débil y desigual entre las economías, inclinándose ahora los riesgos hacia los mercados emergentes, según se señala en la última Actualización de Perspectivas de la economía mundial (informe WEO). Las economías avanzadas experimentarán una ligera recuperación, mientras que las de mercados emergentes y en desarrollo enfrentan una nueva realidad […]Load more...
Voz de América – Redacción Las economías en América Latina decrecerán más de lo esperado en 2016 y mucho tiene que ver con los bajos precios del petróleo, la incertidumbre global y los problemas de la economía brasileña. El Fondo Monetario Internacional había previsto hace solo unos meses un avance mínimo en la región, pero […]Load more...
With 14 million people facing hunger in southern Africa as the El Niño weather pattern, the worst in over three decades, exacerbates drought, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that it faces critical funding challenges in scaling up food and cash-based aid. “The number of people without enough food could rise significantly […]Load more...