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Dominican authorities on Wednesday declared a one-day national mourning after the powerful explosion that left 27 dead and 59 injured on Monday, according to the latest official report. The explosion occurred Monday at 3:10 p.m. local time, in San Cristobal, less than 30 km from the capital Santo Domingo. The …

A federal appeals court in the United States ruled on Wednesday in favor of reinstating restrictions on access to the abortion pill, but this decision will have no practical effect until the Supreme Court rules. This decision, if confirmed, would result in particular in a return to a limit of …

An American national convicted of torturing and killing his Egyptian father was executed on Wednesday, the official Saudi news agency SPA reported. “Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef, of American nationality, was executed in the Riyadh region,” the agency added, quoting a press release from the interior ministry of the Saudi kingdom, …

Government in New Zealand announced the lifting on Tuesday of all remaining measures relating to the fight against Covid-19, more than three years after they were first implemented, Reuters reported. New Zealand was one of the countries with the most severe and long-lasting restrictions in the world. It had adopted …

The remains of at least 13 human bodies have been found in refrigerators in the Mexican city of Poza Rica near Veracruz, a region plagued by narco-violence, a judicial source said on Monday. The bodies were found by police who were chasing a man inside a building housing three kidnapped …

At least 93 people have died in the fires that ravaged the island of Maui, Hawaii, a new toll that has earned authorities a shower of criticism. “It’s going to keep going up. We want people to be prepared for that,” state governor John Green warned Saturday. In a landscape …

US former President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused his Democratic rival Joe Biden of preventing him from campaigning by pushing prosecutors to indict him, despite pledges of independence provided by the US Department of Justice. “Joe Biden took me to court in the middle of an election campaign that I’m …

An African-American got married to ten different women on the same day and the video continues to arouse curiosity among Internet users. In the item, the groom is seen posing for photos with the ten brides after the ceremony. He knelt down and one of his wives sat on his …

Former US President Barack Obama gave his support to the current Democratic leader Joe Biden, in view of the next presidential election of 2024, the Washington Post reported. It came during a private lunch last June, media reported. According to two people familiar with the meeting, Barack Obama promised to …

Meta Group began blocking Canadians’ access to media content on Facebook and Instagram on Tuesday (August 1) in response to a new law forcing digital giants to pay publishers. Links and content posted by Canadian and foreign media “will no longer be visible to people in Canada,” Meta said, stressing …