The Salvadoran Supreme Electoral Court confirmed that Salvador Sanchez Ceren, candidate for the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), won the presidential elections last Sunday in the Central American country. The former guerrilla achieved 50.11% of the vote (1,495,815), while rival Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), Norman Quijano, won 49.89% (1,489,451). The difference was only 0.22 […]readmore
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 20 rockets into southern Israel, the heaviest bombardment since 2012. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to respond «strongly». The attack comes a day after an Israeli air raid on Gaza that killed three members of the Islamic Jihad militant group. The group said it fired the rockets […]readmore
Officials of the interim government of Ukraine assured that the country faces the threat of a full-scale invasion by the Russian army stationed at their borders. The secretary of the Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Andriy Parubiy said that Russian troops are only two or three hours walk from the capital, Kiev, and that […]readmore
The South African athlete Oscar Pistorius did not have his prosthesis on when he broke the bathroom door where his girlfriend was at the time of her death, according to testimony given Wednesday by the young forensic expert . The defense claims that Pistorius smashed the door after realizing he had shot his girlfriend, model […]readmore
Relatives of the 154 Chinese passengers on the Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that disappeared last Friday heard the communication of aircraft pilots with air traffic controllers in Malaysia and Vietnam before the disappearance of the aircraft. The family gathered in a hotle in Beijing demanding to hear the dialogue that developed in the cabin before […]readmore
The acting president of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, said Wednesday that the main representatives of the Russian government do not want to establish any contact with the authorities in their country. In an interview published by the news agency AFP, Turchynov noted that Ukraine will take no military action in Crimea because «it would give Russia […]readmore
The seven-time Formula 1 world champion, Michael Schumacher, issued «small signs» of waking up from the coma in he has been in since December 29, his family said Wednesday. Schumacher, 45, suffered a serious accident while skiing in the French Alps and has since been kept in a coma by doctors to prevent swelling in […]readmore
Vietnam Authorities ruled out possible new information about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. One oil worker claimed to have seen a burning plane fall from the sky about 300 kilometers from the coast, but members of the Vietnam army said that such information was false. Malaysian authorities reported that they have reduced their search […]readmore
The World Health Organization (WHO ) wants you to stop eating too much sugar. Based on new guidelines proposed this week, WHO is encouraging people to consume less than 5% of their total daily calories from sugars. Current guidelines from the organization, published in 2002, recommend consuming less than 10% of total daily calories from […]readmore
Malaysia Airlines plane turned west, deviating from its planned route, before disappearing, according to information of a military radar, said the Malaysian Air Force. The flight MH370 disappeared on Saturday with 239 people on board while covering the route between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing an hour after takeoff. Meanwhile, two Iranian citizens, ages 19 and […]readmore