Washington, Aug 22 (EFE).- The United States will make future military aid to Pakistan contingent on Islamabad’s adopting a “different approach” toward dealing with Afghanistan’s Taliban movement, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday. His comment came in response to a reporter’s question about the new Afghanistan strategy announced Monday night by President Donald Trump, …
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Washington, Aug 16 (EFE).- The United States’s trade representative on Wednesday hailed the North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiation process as historic, saying the US, Mexico and Canada all agreed on the need to modernize the accord. Robert Lighthizer made his remarks in a press conference at the start of the inaugural round of talks, …
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New York, Aug 15 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed both neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups and leftist demonstrators who confronted them for the weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. “You had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. No …
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Bangkok Desk, Aug 14 (EFE).- Guam Governor Eddie Calvo said Monday that local authorities were prepared for the worst scenario, in case North Korea carries out its threat to launch missiles into the sea near Guam. Calvo said there were no changes in the security level and asked both locals and tourists to go ahead …
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Acapulco (México), 13 ago (EFE).- El pescado a la talla es uno de los platillos representativos del sureño estado mexicano de Guerrero, en especial del puerto de Acapulco, y es reconocido mundialmente a pesar de que su creación data de hace apenas unos 50 años. Fue gracias a la originalidad que tuvieron don Beto Godoy …
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Brussels, Aug 9 (EFE).- The European Commission on Wednesday urged North Korea to put an end to provocations and called for the country’s peaceful denuclearization. Catherine Ray, a spokeswoman for the European Union’s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, said that recent developments that have led to a rise in tensions between Washington and Pyongyang were …
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Cancún (México), 8 ago (EFE).- La tormenta tropical Franklin cruzó hoy la Península de Yucatán sin causar víctimas o daños graves hasta ahora, pero se espera que el segundo impacto en tierras mexicanas, tras recuperar fuerza en el Golfo de México, sea mayor. El centro del fenómeno, que tocó tierra en la noche del lunes …
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Havana, Aug 2 (EFE).- The National Port Administration of Cuba and the Port of Houston Authority on Wednesday signed a memorandum of friendship and trade cooperation aimed at facilitating and promoting trade, creating new business and fostering a closer bilateral relationship. The agreement was the first to be signed by Cuban and United States port …
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Caracas, Aug 1 (EFE).- The Venezuelan armed forces (FANB) on Tuesday confirmed their “unconditional support and loyalty” to President Nicolas Maduro in the wake of the sanctions imposed on him by the US, which they said they consider to be a violation of international law. “The FANB holds more than ever to its constitutionally assigned …
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Caracas, 1 ago (EFE).- El Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) de Venezuela aseguró hoy que los opositores Antonio Ledezma y Leopoldo López planeaban fugarse y por ello les fue revocado el arresto domiciliario en que se encontraban y fueron llevados de vuelta a la cárcel. “Se recibieron por fuentes de inteligencia oficial, información que daban …
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