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The former agent of the National Security Agency U.S. (NSA) Edward Snowden has described as “incredible” the UK decision to introduce an emergency law to monitor internet and telephone calls. In a statement to the newspaper “The Guardian” released today,...

The pro-Russian separatists operating in eastern Ukraine lost 30 fighters of their ranks during airstrikes on Aleksandrovka by Ukrainian forces. This was reported this Monday by the Front-east information center spokesman Konstantin Knyrik. The Ministry of Defence from Kiev...

A scientific study by the Universidad Michoacana of San Nicolás de Hidalgo, in Mexico and the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador, through the Galapagos National Park, confirmed the existence of two new species in the Galapagos Islands and the world. This is the Scorpaenodes sp, a...

FIFA has made ​​official this Friday the list of nominees for the Golden Ball for the Best Player of the World Cup Brazil 2014. Candidates are four German players (Mats Hummels, Philip Lahm, Toni Kroos and Thomas Müller), three Argentines (Javier Mascherano, Lionel Messi, Angel...

The Former President of Spain José María Aznar was invited to an internal meeting of Creando Oportunidades (CREO) to give a talk to the members of the political movement led by Guillermo Lasso. The event was held at the Hilton Colon Guayaquil hotel. The Assemblyman Patricio...

On Thursday the director of the Ecuadorian Association of Newspaper Publishers (Aedep for its Spanish acronym), Diego Cornejo, said that newspapers are businesses subject to greater control in Ecuador, all under the recent closure of HOY Newspaper. “The media in Ecuador,...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 magnitude was registered this Friday in northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami warning in the region, public broadcaster NHK reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake occurred at 04.22 local time (19.22 GMT Friday) with its...

The National Water Secretariat (Senagua for its Spanish acronym) will face around 25 monthly water conflicts, as reported through an e-mail. According to the Water Resources Law approved by the Assembly, these conflicts shall be resolved by the Single Water Authority (Senagua),...

In Gaza, the Palestinian death toll climbed to 100 today because of an Israeli bombing on a vehicle traveling in the Palestinian refugee camp of Al Bureij, in central Gaza, which killed two people, according to the local Ministry of Health. Among the latest casualties of the...

An official close to the Federal Migration Service (FMS, for its English acronym) has said that Russia will probably extend the temporary asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, according to statements released this Friday. “I see no problem in...