Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for better future

By Raul Cadenas and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government. Dressed in white coats and banging drums, many chanted: “Cutting public health is criminal.” The demonstration attracted about 30,000 …

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South Africa’s president to skip WEF to deal with crippling power cuts at home

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will no longer attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos due to the ongoing energy crisis in the country, his spokesman said on Sunday. Power cuts have worsened since Tuesday when struggling state utility Eskom said it would implement its worst-ever outages until further notice. The …

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Santos to be removed from U.S. Congress if he broke campaign finance laws -Comer

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Representative George Santos, who lied about much of his resume and life story, will be removed from Congress if found to have broken campaign finance laws, fellow Republican and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer said on Sunday. “He’s a bad guy,” Comer said on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. …

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En homenaje a Martin Luther King, Biden invoca “la batalla por el alma” de EEUU

Por Steve Holland ATLANTA, EEUU, 15 ene (Reuters) – Joe Biden dijo a los estadounidenses que miren la vida de Martin Luther King Jr. en busca de lecciones para reparar sus divisiones, el extremismo y la injusticia, al convertirse en el primer presidente en ejercicio que habla en un servicio dominical en la iglesia del …

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Al menos 30 muertos por ataque ruso con misiles a un edificio de apartamentos en Ucrania

Por Herbert Villarraga DNIÉPER, Ucrania, 15 ene (Reuters) – El número de muertos por un ataque ruso con misiles a un edificio de apartamentos en la ciudad ucraniana de Dniéper ascendió a 30 el domingo, mientras las esperanzas de los equipos de rescate de encontrar sobrevivientes se desvanecían. La consejera del gobernador regional, Natalia Babachenko, …

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