Ethiopia announces agreement with UN for reconstruction project in Tigray region

The Government of Ethiopia announced Tuesday an agreement with the United Nations to launch a reconstruction project in the region of Tigray (north), shaken since November 2020 by a conflict between the Army and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). …

WFP warns of “significant” increase in hunger in Port-au-Prince due to violence and economic crisis in Haiti

The World Food Program (WFP) has warned Tuesday of a “significant” increase in hunger in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, and other areas in the south of the country, where about half of the population is food insecure, due to increased violence …

Ukrainian authorities put number of missing soldiers at nearly 7,200

Ukraine’s commissioner for missing persons in special circumstances, Oleg Kotenko, has put the number of Ukrainian soldiers missing in the framework of the war with Russia at about 7,200. This figure includes members of the Armed Forces, the National Guard, …

Putin and Lukashenko hold telephone conversation on war in Ukraine and traffic to Kaliningrad

Follow the latest news on the war in Ukraine live. The presidents of Russia and Belarus, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko, respectively, held a telephone conversation on Monday in which they discussed developments in the framework of the Russian invasion …

Ukraine says arrival of Western weapons is already “changing the course of the war”

The secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Oleksiy Danilov, stressed on Monday that the supply of armaments by Western powers is already “changing the course of the war”, despite the fact that they have only just …

Cuba facing political instability and economic crisis one year after anti-government protests

EU and US urge Havana to respect human rights and freedoms of the population. One year after the wave of anti-government protests recorded in July 2021 in Cuba, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand greater economic …

Tories set July 21 as deadline to narrow down to two candidates to succeed Johnson

The executive secretary of the 1922 Commission of the British Parliament, Bob Blackman, has informed this Monday that the ‘Tories’ have proposed to recudir to two the candidates to succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister before July 21. “We are …

Condemned to death by the Romanian State, the actor “condemned” us all to laughter: the life of Puiu Călinescu, like an absurd comedy

Without any doubt, there is no Romanian, young or old, who has not heard of the great actor Puiu Călinescu, and many of the previous generations remember fondly the scenes of comedy by the book with which the artist delighted …

Johnson says he will not endorse any candidate to succeed him in office: “I don’t want to hurt anyone”.

The British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has refused on Monday to offer his support to any of the candidates running to succeed him as Prime Minister and has assured that his intention is “not to harm anyone”. In his first …

A car brand charges customers $18/month for heated seats

The auto industry is moving toward a micro-business model, much like video games. BMW will charge customers the equivalent of about $18/month in several states for heated seats in their cars. Per year, the package costs $180, and for three …

Dem Rădulescu’s last love. The bass fell hopelessly in love with one of his students, the child-voiced actress who was to give him a daughter

Dem Rădulescu, nicknamed Bibanul, is one of the greatest actors that Romania had, during the communist era, but also afterwards, so that he will most likely remain forever in the collective memory of Romanians. Although we know him from the …

Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker retracts statement, says president still in the country

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the Asian country despite earlier reports by Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that the head of state had fled the island. In declarations to the Asian news agency ANI, Abeywardena admitted having …