Beijing hopes that the first trip to China of the current United Nations’ rights chief will serve to «clarify misinformation,» the country’s foreign minister said ahead of the envoy’s visit to Xinjiang region. The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and Wang Yi met Monday in the southeastern city of Guangzhou, after the
The blocking of planned end to Title 42, a regulation used by the United States to expel undocumented immigrants during the Covid-19 pandemic, dashed the hopes of thousands of migrants in Mexico who had been waiting for Monday, when the measure was to be scrapped. Many of the migrants had focused on the fact that
Serbian world No. 1 Novak Djokovic kicked off his French Open title defense in style with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-0 rout of Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka on Monday night. Djokovic came into tennis’ clay-court Grand Slam event full of confidence after winning the Italian Open earlier this month and showed on Court Philippe-Chatrier that he is
Former world number one Naomi Osaka and defending champion Barbora Krejcikova crashed out of the French Open first round on Monday, while Iga Swiatek extended her impressive winning streak. Osaka’s first French Open appearance, after she withdrew from last year’s edition amid a fallout with the media, was cut short at the hands of Amanda
Former Brazilian President – and current presidential candidate – Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his main political allies on Monday began stitching together the strategy with which they intend to defeat the «authoritarianism,» «fake news» and «violence» they say is being perpetrated by ultrarightist President Jair Bolsonaro as the October general election approaches. Lula
Peru’s government has issued an epidemiological alert to public and private health entities nationwide after detecting an increase in Omicron coronavirus infections in the Lima metropolitan area. The Health Ministry’s National Center for Epidemiology, Prevention and Disease Control (CDC) sounded the alarm bells due to an uptick in cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in
Italy remembered renowned anti-mafia judge Giovanni Falcone Monday, 30 years after he and his wife were brutally killed. Dozens of Italian cities will observe a minute’s silence at 5:57 PM (3:57 PM GMT), the time when on 23 May 1992 the mafia placed 500 kilos of explosives on the highway that connects Palermo with the
Chilean President Gabriel Boric was included Monday on Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people of 2022, even as he struggles with low approval ratings at home just over two months into his four-year term. Coinciding with the 36-year-old left-wing head of state’s recognition in that New York-based publication, a survey by
A group of 10 Yaboti tortoises, formerly the largest land species of tortoise in Argentina but now apparently extinct in that country, were transported from Paraguay and then released in Argentina’s El Impenetrable National Park, the Rewilding Argentina Foundation reported on Monday. This is the largest transfer of animals between the two countries for a
Six candidates will square off in Sunday’s presidential election in Colombia, a contest in which a popular appetite for change has given former guerrilla Gustavo Petro the lead in the polls and a golden opportunity to become the Andean nation’s first leftist head of state. In a country beset by a decades-old armed conflict and
Rafael Nadal on Monday began his quest for a record-extending 14th French Open title with a straight-set victory over Jordan Thompson. The Spaniard’s nagging leg injury that marred his run at the Italian Open earlier this month did not seem to bother him as he stormed past the Australian 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in just over
Kylian Mbappé decided to extend his contract with Paris Saint-Germain because he wanted to stay in France, the striker said Monday. At a press conference in Paris, the French superstar said he been convinced by PSG’s project and vision that would enable him to win more titles, insisting that he barely discussed financial details with
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos arrived Monday at the royal palace in Madrid to meet with his son king Felipe VI and other members of the royal family on his first trip to Spain in nearly two years. Juan Carlos was greeted by some 50 supporters waving flags and chanting ‘Long live the king’ at
United States President Joe Biden said Monday the US military would intervene if China tried to annex Taiwan forcibly. «That is the commitment we made,» Biden said at a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo. «We agree with a One-China policy. We have signed on to it and all the
Since the war broke out in Ukraine, security guard Mykola Anatoliyovych has taken on a less conventional job and become a memory keeper of the horrors some 100 people endured in Bucha. As he strolls through a bunker in a building owned by agricultural firm Ahrodudpostach, Anatoliyovych tells Efe that he has been collecting stories from
American Justin Thomas on Sunday won the PGA Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, United States, by beating compatriot Will Zalatoris in the playoffs by three holes. Meanwhile, Chilean Mito Pereira, who led the tournament until the last hole, saw his title hopes fade due to a double bogey. EFE