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FC Barcelona continue to find the adjustment to life without Lionel Messi a challenge, falling 3-0 Wednesday to Bayern Munich to crash out of the Champions League in the group stage for the first time since 2000-2001, while holders Chelsea saw Juventus overtake them for the top spot in their group. The Catalan club entered

Inter-American Development Bank President Mauricio Claver-Carone says the development of vaccines against Covid-19 has proven to be the greatest success story in the history of public-private collaboration and a good example to follow in Latin America and the Caribbean. In an interview with Agencia EFE at the IDB headquarters in Washington before the Public-Private Partnership

Knowing how to forgive and be forgiven, accepting mistakes and closing wounds. Those are among the things Sandra Bullock hopes people will think about after watching her new Netflix film, «The Unforgivable,» which shows the struggles of a convicted murderer to find acceptance after leaving prison. «No one is all good and no one is

Indian defense chief General Bipin Rawat and his wife were among at least 13 people killed when a military chopper they were traveling in crashed on Wednesday in the Nilgiri Hills of the southern state of Tamil Nadu, officials said. Rawat, 63, the top-most military commander, was a four-star general, serving as India’s first Chief

Olaf Scholz was sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday, ending Angela Merkel’s 16 years as leader. Scholz’s Social Democratic Party will govern in a coalition with the Greens and the liberal Free Democratic Party, an alliance with a majority in the Bundestag, the German parliament. Merkel’s successor served as her deputy chancellor and

The main draw for the Australian Open was published on Wednesday, showing Serbian Novak Djokovic as men’s headliner, and Japan’s Naomi Osaka in the women’s list of players for the first Grand Slam of the season. Djokovic’s name appears after months of speculation over whether he would play Down Under. The tournament requires proof of

The United States on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s attack on the US Naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which left more than 2,400 dead and led to the US’ entry into World War II. Several tributes were paid throughout the day, including a commemorative ceremony to remember the 58 soldiers who died

A Malaysian court on Wednesday upheld former prime minister Najib Razak’s 12-year prison sentence for seven corruption charges linked to state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). In a virtual hearing, due to one of Najib’s defence team contracting Covid-19, Malaysia’s Court of Appeal unanimously rejected the appeal of the convictions handed down in the High

El Salvador on Tuesday marked the three-month anniversary of allowing Bitcoin to be used as a payment mechanism along with the US dollar amid expectations sparked by the announcement to build what it has said will be the first «Bitcoin City» in the world. Despite warnings that doing so would be folly, the Central American

At least 34 people have died, 56 have been injured and 17 remain missing following last weekend’s eruption of the Mount Semeru volcano on the Indonesian island of Java, the National Disaster Agency said Tuesday. Indonesian authorities said at least 3,697 have been displaced «due to damage to their homes by volcanic materials» after Saturday’s

French authorities on Tuesday detained a suspect wanted in connection with the 2018 murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi was arrested at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle international airport, where he was due to board a flight to Saudi Arabia, French broadcaster RTL reported Tuesday. EFE atc/jt

The Gilgamesh Tablet, a 3,500-year-old clay tablet considered to be one of the earliest epics in history, was unveiled in Baghdad on Tuesday after being recovered and returned by the United States. During a ceremony organized by Iraq’s foreign ministry, the piece, stolen in 1991, was unveiled alongside another two archeological objects handed by the

Steven Spielberg’s cinema adaptation of the classic musical West Side Story looks to set the record straight with a cast that fully represents the Latin American community portrayed in the production, which previous versions have failed to do. The original 1957 stage hit and subsequent 1961 film adaptation enthralled audiences with a tale of love

Germany’s new coalition government was on Tuesday signed by incoming governing parties a day before Social Democrat Olaf Scholz is due to take over from Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after 16 years in office. The coalition deal has been approved by the three parties – the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Free

Kabul, Nov 7 (EFE).– The United Nations Tuesday warned that 24 million Afghans, half of them children, were facing a deteriorating humanitarian crisis amid the outbreaks of life-threatening diseases in the war-ravaged country on the verge of an economic collapse. Launching its largest-ever single-country appeal, the UN Children’s Fund called on the world community “to

The World Health Organization said Tuesday that mandatory vaccinations should be only used as a last resort to curb rising coronavirus infection rates. «Mandatory vaccination is an absolute last resort and only applicable when all viable options for improving vaccination rates have been exhausted,» WHO-Europe Director Hans Kluge told a press conference. Austria said last