President Luis Arce urged Bolivians to "mobilize in favor of democracy" after the military broke into his La Paz residence. World leaders condemned the coup attempt, leading to the soldiers' withdrawal.
Authorities in Bolivia put down a short-lived coup attempt on Wednesday that saw armored vehicles ramming the door of the presidential palace.
Soldiers were also seen entering the building around 4 p.m. local time (2000 GMT/UTC). They later withdrew following condemnation from President Luis Arce and other officials.
Fecha: 27/06/24
Pais: Bolivia
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Sucesos
Vietnam is risking a lot of anger in the US by welcoming Russia's Vladimir Putin. But Hanoi needs modern weapons and — according to a secret deal leaked last year — it is set to buy them from Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Vietnam to a rather muted welcome, a contrast to his lavish visit to North Korea earlier this week. At the airport, he was greeted by lower-ranking Vietnamese ministers. But things picked up quickly enough — Putin met with Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's communist party chief, the new state president, To Lam, and signed more than a dozen accords on bilateral cooperation, including education, medicine, fossil fuels and a nuclear science and technology center in Vietnam.
Fecha: 21/06/24
Pais: Vietnam
Fuente: DW
Categoría: GeoPolitica
Football fans visiting Gelsenkirchen and other Euro 2024 host cities have been shocked by the difficulties and delays in getting to and from matches in Germany. Some describe the situation as a "nightmare".
It's approaching midnight on Thursday evening and tens of thousands of Spanish and Italian supporters are filing meekly over a footbridge towards the Arena AufSchalke tram station. The Italians are in the downcast mood you'd expect them to be, having spent the evening watching their team be pinned back, outplayed and shown up. Oddly though, the victorious Spanish seem miserable too.
Fecha: 21/06/24
Pais: Europa
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Deportes
Britain's King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will take a break from engagements for treatment, Buckingham Palace has said. The case was noted during separate prostate surgery last month.
Buckingham Palace announced on Monday that, during recent prostate surgery, doctors noted that King Charles III had a form of cancer.
During his hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, "a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic test have identified a form of cancer," a statement from the Palace said.
Fecha: 06/02/24
Pais: Reino Unido
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Sucesos
While Germany searches for a permanent storage facility for its nuclear waste, it risks sitting on piles of dangerous waste for decades. The problem drains public finances by hundreds of millions of euros every year.
Germany ended the era of nuclear energy in Europe's biggest economy when it decommissioned the last three remaining nuclear power plants on April 15 this year. Decades of nuclear power generation, however, have left a legacy that is unlikely to go away as smoothly as the phaseout: nuclear waste.
Fecha: 30/08/23
Pais: Alemania
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Negocios
The leaders of Germany's ruling coalition sought to project unity during a two-day retreat outside Berlin. Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a major tax cut.
Germany's ruling coalition pledged to stimulate economic growth by announcing tax cuts amounting to about €7 billion ($7.62 billion) per year. According to the government, the "Growth Opportunities Law" is directed at small and medium-sized businesses.
"We have a situation where growth is not as strong as we would like, so, with these measures, we want to… encourage companies to invest now," Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, flanked by his Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner at a press conference on Wednesday.
Fecha: 30/08/23
Pais: Alemania
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Politica
Pyongyang has claimed a US Army private who ran across the border is "seeking refuge" in North Korea. Analysts say the statement is an attempt by the North to deflect away from its dire record of human rights abuses.
In its first public statement on detained US soldier Travis King, North Korea claimed the private was fleeing "inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the US Army."
The statement, carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), added that King "expressed his willingness to seek refuge in the DPRK or a third country, saying that he was disillusioned at the unequal American society."
Fecha: 18/08/23
Pais: Corea del Norte
Fuente: DW
Categoría: GeoPolitica
Frequent heat waves cause huge damage to underwater ecosystems and researchers expect more of them in the future. What are the solutions to heat stress?
Extreme heat has plagued the Mediterranean for weeks. Wildfires raged across at least nine countries in the region from Algeria to Greece. But the soaring temperatures are not only a danger for people and ecosystems on land, they're also harming marine life.
Fecha: 14/08/23
Pais: Europa
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Ambiente
Regional analysts have said the move by West African leaders to activate a standby force to counter the junta in Niger represents a failure of diplomacy and is unlikely to succeed.
ollowing a summit of West African heads of state in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, the ECOWAS bloc has ordered the activation of a standby force for possible use against the junta that took power in Niger late last month.
Fecha: 11/08/23
Pais: Níger
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Conflictos
Nagasaki, the last city to be hit by an atomic bomb, has marked the 78th anniversary of the deadly attack. The memorial ceremony had to be reduced due to fears of a powerful storm.
The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Wednesday marked 78 years since the US dropped the atomic bomb, killing tens of thousands of people in the last days of World War II.
The remembrance ceremony took place amid heavy rains brought to Japan by Tropical Storm Khanun.
The storm prevented Prime Minister Fumio Kishida from attending the ceremony and forced the event to be held indoors for the first time since 1963.
The US dropped the "Fat Man" nuclear bomb on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 — three days after dropping another atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Japan then surrendered on August 15, officially ending World War II.
Fecha: 09/08/23
Pais: Japón
Fuente: DW
Categoría: GeoPolitica
Three people are missing and nine have been found dead after a fire broke out at a care center for people with disabilities in eastern France.
Authorities in the eastern French town of Wintzenheim on Wednesday said nine people died and three more were missing after a blaze broke out at a holiday cottage hosting a group of disabled people.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said it was believed that there were several casualties after the fire ravaged the building.
Fecha: 09/08/23
Pais: Francia
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Sucesos
Migrants trying to make a desperate illegal crossing to Europe pay an average of €2,500 per person to smugglers. Most of the money ends up in the hands of international criminal gangs.
Fecha: 07/08/23
Pais: Alemania
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Inmigración
The military junta said it shuttered the country's airspace because of the "threat of intervention." An ECOWAS demand to restore President Bazoum or risk military action has now expired.
Niger's military junta has announced the closure of the country's airspace, expectant of a West African bloc's threat to carry out a military intervention in the country should ousted President Mohamed Bazoum not be released and reinstated.
Fecha: 07/08/23
Pais: Níger
Fuente: DW
Categoría: Conflictos
