Venezuela has not given official notification about rejecting Palmer

The U.S. government said today that Venezuela has not filed an “official notification” about the opposition against Larry Palmer as the next U.S. ambassador in Venezuela, following controversial statements that were made.
“We have seen media reports but the Government of Venezuela has not provided official notification about Mr. Palmer. Today we are not going to [...]

U.S. commemorates the first attack on Hiroshima

Tens of thousands of people gathered Thursday in the city that was the target of the first atomic bomb attack in history, in preparation for a memorial to that first sent to assist United States, the author of this aggression, and other nuclear powers.

The Japanese government expressed its satisfaction at the U.S. decision to attend [...]

Moscow and Washington made the largest exchange of spies from the Cold War

Russia today made the largest exchange of spies with the United States since the end of the Cold War, which held as a telling sign of improved relations between Moscow and Washington.

After days of intensive diplomatic consultations, the U.S. released to Russia top ten Russians arrested for spying for Moscow, which in turn freed four [...]

Toronto Earthquake

Toronto Earthquake – An earthquake shook Toronto today at about 1:45pm with a 5.5 magnitude on the Richter scale near the G20 summit, forcing the evacuation of some workers. The Earthquake shook Toronto for over 15 second.
The seimsmic tremor’s epicenter was in the province of Quebec in Ottawa Ontario, about 38 kilometers north of Cumberland, [...]

Joran Van Der Sloot Confession: Flores Stephany “Invaded my Private Life”

Joran Van der Sloot faces a sentence of between 15 and 35 years in prison. Channel 4 reported that the subject told police that Flores Stephany killed in a fit of rage on discovering that she had found in the Netherlands laptop information about his past.
The Dutchman Joran van der Sloot, prime suspect in the [...]

June 6, 1944: ‘D Day’ 66 years later

A day like today began implementing “Operation Overlor” that he planned the Normandy invasion, considered the turning point in World War II.
Historians estimate that this morning of June 6, 1944 about 156.000 soldiers landed on the different beaches in the province. Recently, the American National Foundation to D-Day Memorial has revised those numbers, determining that [...]

Israel today expelled activists ‘Rachel Corrie’

The 11 passengers (five Irish and six Malaysians) and the crew of the merchant Irish aid to Gaza ‘Rachel Corrie’, boarded on Saturday by Israeli troops and diverted to Israel, will all be expelled on Sunday, said a spokeswoman for Israeli immigration.
“All the people aboard the ship will be evicted on Sunday, after signing a document [...]

U.S. evaluates new measures against North Korea

In response to the collapse of the South Korean frigate “Cheonan” in late March, the United States is considering further action, beyond the debate in the Security Council of the United Nations Organization (UN) Saturday said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a security conference in Singapore Asia.
“We evaluated additional capabilities, to hold North Korea,” [...]

Tropical storm Agatha left at least 184 dead in central America

Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras begin to return to normal after treatment, the weekend, Tropical Storm Agatha, which killed 184 people in three countries, left thousands homeless and millions material losses.
The National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (Conrad) from Guatemala, in his latest official report said the death toll has risen to 156, while the affected [...]

Minister calls on Israel to allow Irish ship carrying aid to Gaza

The Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin today called on Israel to allow his ship “MV Rachel Corrie” to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza, despite a military blockade imposed in that territory.
In a statement, the minister considered it “imperative” to miss the Irish-owned vessel, which may be in the exclusion zone around Gaza on Friday or [...]