Category : Noticias del mundo

ÖSZKE, HUNGARY—Serbia says it is not able to handle the vast number of migrants gathered on its sealed border with Hungary, after Hungarian officials closed the gap in its fence with Serbia as part of a crackdown on the migrants. Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Tuesday that Serbia is not a «collection center.» He […]Load more...

VOA News European Commission Chief Jean-Claude Juncker has called on EU member states to resettle about 160,000 refugees, saying Greece, Italy and Hungary can no longer handle the burden alone. Speaking to the European Parliament Wednesday, Juncker urged Europe to face the current refugee crisis with solidarity. He said the granting of emergency relocation in […]Load more...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth made history Wednesday, surpassing her great-great-grandmother to become Britain’s longest-ruling monarch. The queen marks the day in an understated fashion, making a public appearance at the opening of a Scottish rail line and hosting a private dinner at her Balmoral Castle retreat in the Scottish Highlands. Meanwhile the British press is publishing […]Load more...

Lisa Schlein GENEVA—The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) says the number of women and children fleeing countries of violence heading for Europe has increased sharply in recent months. UNICEF says those arriving in the gateway country of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has tripled in the past three months. According to UNICEF, some 3,000 people […]Load more...

VOA reporter Steve Herman BANGKOK—Thailand’s military junta and police are speaking of “significant progress” in their investigation of last month’s bombing of a Bangkok shrine, which left 20 people dead and wounded more than 120 others, many of them Asian visitors. The authorities are talking about a foreign man arrested at Thailand’s border with Cambodia. […]Load more...

VOA News U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will give a speech Wednesday in Philadelphia in support of the international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, while Democrats in Congress are on the verge of guaranteeing lawmakers will not be able to pass a measure opposing the deal. Kerry and top diplomats from Britain, China, France, […]Load more...

Reuters MEXICO CITY—Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto’s approval rating sank to a new low in a poll released on Tuesday, as the embattled leader faces a struggling economy and a litany of security and conflict of interest scandals that have undercut his support. The president’s approval stands at a low of 35 percent, down from […]Load more...

Isabela Cocoli/VOA News Pope Francis is calling for priests to absolve women of the “sin of abortion” during the upcoming «Holy Year of Mercy,» a move that breaks with the traditional stance of the Roman Catholic Church. In a letter published Tuesday by the Vatican before the Jubilee year starting in December, the pope said he […]Load more...

JOHANNESBURG—The recent killing of Zimbabwe’s beloved Cecil the lion, at the hands of an American hunter, has ignited a firestorm of controversy in neighboring South Africa, a top destination for hunters looking to bag exotic trophies like lions, leopards and the like. South Africa’s hunting industry is a hugely profitable one, bringing in hundreds of […]Load more...

China’s Defense Ministry Thursday accused the United States of «militarizing» the South China Sea by staging patrols and joint military drills there, leading to raised tensions in the disputed region. China Defense spokesman Yang Yujun said Beijing has been angered by U.S. Navy and Air Force forays through waters it claims as its own, strengthened […]Load more...