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Philanthropist Alvaro Noboa and his wife, Dr. Anabella Azín, announced at a press conference their future cooperatation with the Best Buddies Foundation, whose ultimate goal is the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the corporate world. Anthony Shriver Kennedy,...

April Fools Day or Day of Jokes is celebrated each April 1st in the United States. From mass media to politicians, even large corporations play pranks to the public. This celebration would be equivalent to the “Día de los Inocentes,” celebrated by the Latin world...

On Sunday, two earthquakes of 7.7 and 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale shook the coasts of Papua New Guinea. According to the US Geological Service (USGS), the earthquakes were produced in the sea, at a depth of 65.7 and 35 kilometers respectively, in the towns of Kokopo and...

Six cantons of the El Oro province were declared in local emergency due to the overflowing of rivers and streams that have caused floods. The Zarumilla river international canal overflowed on Saturday because of heavy rains, affecting the bordering populations with Peru. The...

Today, two people were injured and one dead after the two occupants of a car, who were dressed as women, tried to force their way into the main entrance of the headquarters of the US National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade, Maryland. According to local media reports, the car...

Heavy swell occurred last Thursday in Salinas, province of Santa Elena, flooded the main street of the resort. The Port Authority of Salinas asked tourists and residents to not enter the water, as this is one of the heaviest swells that have been in years. Between 20:30 and 22:00...

The Conticorp group and the brothers Luis, Leonidas and Jaime Ortega Trujillo, former owners of Banco Continental, which closed in 1996 before the banking crisis of 1999, shall pay $ 191 million plus interest to the Ecuadorian state for damages caused the by the closure of that...

The National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) reported that intense, strong or moderate rainfall, such as those that fell last week, could be repeated. “The wind circulation according to the season has a type of component that generates a rainy season,”...

An aircraft of the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, crashed on Tuesday in southern France, while covering the route Barcelona (Spain) – Dusseldorf (Germany). The Airbus A320 carrying 142 passengers and 6 crew members on boardand according to...

Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militias accused each other of repeatedly violating on Monday the ceasefire regime in the eastern regions of Ukraine. “During last night and until 05:00 local time (0300 GMT) the enemy fired on the positions of our troops in all sectors of...