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It seems likely that a second round of elections will be needed to determine who will be Ecuador’s new president. According to Sunday’s polls, it will then be a battle between socialist Andrés Arauz and the former right-wing banker Guillermo Lasso. Various opinion polls show that Arauz, former minister of former President Rafael Correa, obtained between 34.9 and 36.2% of …

Former US Secretary of State George Shultz (100) has passed away. In the 1980s, he was deeply involved in improving relations with the Soviet Union and slowing the arms race during the Cold War. Before Republican Shultz focused on international politics, he was already Minister of Labor and later Finance under President Nixon. He then became Secretary of State under …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wants the US government to lift economic sanctions against the country as soon as possible. If the United States does not, Iran will no longer honor its previous agreements on its nuclear program, Khamenei said in a speech to air force officers. The United States and a number of European countries signed an agreement …

ARCHIVE PHOTO: Siebrano Pique with police upon his release after a previous arrest. Activist Siebrano Pique (file photo) was arrested in Suriname last night. Various Surinamese media claim he violated lockdown rules. He was reportedly transferred to the Police Academy, where he had to spend the night. Pique is known as an opponent of the lockout in Suriname. Yesterday he …

As the first president in history, Donald Trump must answer for the second time in a political trial in the Senate. It starts next Tuesday. With this crash course, you can catch up in minutes. Why this is important: Trump is accused of inciting rebellion and was indicted by the House of Representatives in early January. The indictment centers on …

In the Ethiopian state of Tigray, a conflict has raged since the beginning of November in which hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced. It’s a closed-door war because no one knows exactly what’s going on in the region. There are credible allegations of looting and murder, of kidnapped refugees and invasion of the army from neighboring Eritrea. Some …

The city is still there. It may sound a bit dramatic or out of the world, but I hadn’t been in weeks. I am at home, I work, I walk around the neighborhood. But just for the city, I don’t do that anymore. And in my head, everything was closed, locked. Fortunately, this is not the case. I brought my …

Young people are particularly concerned about education. “Under the military dictatorship, education was very poor and mostly focused on tagging facts,” Sai says. He just finished his masters as an English teacher and now teaches. “In recent years, education has improved a lot and is much more student-oriented than teacher-oriented. A good education is extremely important for the future of …

The so-called House impeachment officials in a letter gave Trump the opportunity to testify on Monday, a day before the trial began. The testimony, including cross-examination, is expected to take place no later than Thursday, wrote Jamie Raskin, who heads the prosecution team. ‘Pre-stunt’ Trump’s refusal could negatively affect the assessment of his actions, or lack thereof, surrounding the Jan.6 …

A few years later, the same happened to the members of the rock band Pussy Riot. These feminists criticized Putin’s policies and protested his re-election in 2012. That same year, the three women were sentenced to two years in prison, which sparked international protests. But due to an amnesty law, the women of Pussy Riot returned after a year released. …