The Department of Energy of the United States said it plans to sell five million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves. Government officials said the sale is a trial that has been planned for months. The decision comes at a time when global energy markets closely watch the developments of the conflict between Ukraine […]readmore
Western leaders warned Russia to cease its attempts to annex the Crimea or otherwise face sanctions. U.S. President Barack Obama, said Moscow would pay a price if it continues its current path. Speaking from the White House after meeting with interim Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Obama said a referendum, scheduled for Sunday, on […]readmore
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
Until today the world only knew Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via the oil painting Elias Gottlob Haussmann made of the composer in 1746. Now, a painting long thought to be lost has reappeared in Berlin. This is a pastel painting dating from 1730 when Bach was 45 years old and has been purchased by the […]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
A new doll with «reasonable» human proportions unlike that «exaggerated» Barbie is about to be manufactured. But why so long? It’s time to make a new friend Barbie. We introduce Lammily, who could soon be sharing the toy shelf next to the most famous doll in the world. The American artist Nickolay Lamm created a […]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
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