Diasporas

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russian companies have a “serious” interest in extracting mineral resources in Equatorial Guinea. He held talks with Equatoguinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Thursday in Moscow, where both leaders agreed to boost bilateral ties. “The potential investment capacity is big, and your country’s capacity …

A 49-year-old former professor at the University of West Georgia (United States) has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a student last year. He will be able to benefit from parole after 30 years in prison, or at the age of 77, if his detention goes …

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed this Thursday, November 2, the law on the revocation of the ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (Ticen), against a backdrop of conflict in Ukraine and crisis with the West. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was opened for signature in 1996, but it never entered …

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he intends to end the participation of Gabon, Niger, Uganda and the Central African Republic in the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade program. Biden said he was taking the step because of “gross violations” of internationally recognized human rights by …

Manhattan police announced that they had arrested a man suspected of killing a woman, a man and a dog at the end of September amid a neighborhood conflict. After the incident, which took place in the street, the suspect fled, engaging the police in a long chase to find him. …

Hurricane Otis, which devastated the Pacific coast of Mexico, including the famous seaside resort of Acapulco, left 48 dead, and six people remain missing. A previous report reported 43 deaths, most of them by drowning, but the deaths of five other people in Coyuca de Benitez, a town neighboring Acapulco, …

More than 440,000 minors could have been victims of sexual assault by religious figures in Spain, according to an estimate published this Friday by an independent commission of inquiry into child crime in the Catholic Church. The report does not provide precise figures, but contains a survey carried out at …

Former Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang has died at age 68 following a heart attack, Chinese state media reported on Friday. “Comrade Li Keqiang was recently taking rest in Shanghai. On October 26, he had a sudden heart attack and died at 00:10 on October 27 (Thursday at 16:10 GMT) …

Charles III and his wife Camilla will pay a state visit to Kenya from October 31 to November 3 as his first trip to a Commonwealth country since his coronation, the Buckingham Palace announced. The visit, at the invitation of Kenyan President William Ruto, will be an opportunity to “celebrate …

A 39-year-old woman was arrested overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Milan, Italy, suspected of having sexually assaulted an octogenarian in order to divert his attention and steal money and objects from his house, local media reported. It was the children of this 84-year-old man who alerted the authorities and …