Geneva, Switzerland, 13 January 2016 – Actors Yao Chen and Leonardo DiCaprio, artist Olafur Eliasson, and musician and entrepreneur will.i.am are the recipients of the 2016 Crystal Award, the World Economic Forum announced today. The winners will be honoured next week at the opening session of the Forum’s Annual Meeting 2016 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The […]readmore
VOA News A Turkish official said Wednesday authorities had arrested one person in connection with the suicide bombing Tuesday in Istanbul that killed 10 people. Interior Minister Efkan Ala said the detention happened late Tuesday, but did not give any further details on the suspect’s identity or possible role in the attack. Ala also said […]readmore
VOA News Belgian prosecutors say they have identified three homes that were used as safe houses by suspects believed to have carried out the November 13 terror attacks in Paris. Prosecutors said Wednesday that they have found houses in the city of Charleroi, the village of Auvelais, and a previously identified apartment in the Schaerbeek […]readmore
VOA News Swedish prosecutors have asked Ecuador’s permission to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, over allegations of rape. The Swedish Prosecution Authority announced the move Wednesday, saying it is «not possible to estimate» when an answer might be given. Assange has been living at the Ecuadorian embassy in London […]readmore
VOA News FIFA, the world governing body for football (soccer), has dismissed a top aide of disgraced president Sepp Blatter, who is implicated in a corruption scandal. Jerome Valcke, former secretary-general of FIFA, had been suspended four months ago over allegations that he was involved in a black-market ticket scandal. Last week FIFA’s ethics committee […]readmore
ALICANTE, 13 de enero de 2016 – Con 50.488 visitantes y una tasa del 44% de visitas internacionales registrados en 2015, un 8% más que en 2014, el Museo Volvo Ocean Race se perfila como uno de los museos más atractivos para el turismo de Alicante y la Generalitat Valenciana, donde la media de visitas […]readmore
VOA News Iraq’s prime minister vowed Tuesday to press forward with the fight against Islamic State extremists, as he toured the wreckage of a Baghdad shopping mall hit by suicide bombers a day earlier. Haider al-Abadi described Monday’s attack, which killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens more, as a «desperate attempt» by IS […]readmore
The United States condemned a series of attacks Monday in Iraq that killed at least 46 people and wounded more than 100 others. Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the two largest attacks, saying they were targeting Shi’ites. Gunmen fired at shoppers before blowing themselves up at a Baghdad shopping mall, killing at least 18 […]readmore
A suicide bombing in Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet district Tuesday left at least 10 people dead and 15 wounded, two in critical condition. Speaking to reporters in Ankara after an emergency security meeting, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said that the suspected suicide bomber had been identified as a Syrian national born in 1988, and […]readmore
PALMA DE MALLORCA, SPAIN—Spain’s Princess Cristina appeared in court on Monday on charges of tax fraud, the first member of the royal family to stand in the dock, as a lengthy investigation into her husband’s business affairs finally went to trial. King Felipe’s 50-year-old sister is one of 18 people on trial after a six-year […]readmore