A new UN report has shed fresh light on the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed cascading risks, particularly on vulnerable people, worldwide.
From the mangroves of West Bengal to the vast archipelago that makes up Indonesia, and from the (...)
Ecuador will play at the 2022 World Cup after FIFA dismissed Chile's claims that they had fielded an ineligible player in the qualifiers, world soccer's governing body said on Friday.
The Chilean Football Federation last month said it had proof that (...)
Ecuador's president has declared a state of emergency in three western provinces because of rising crime.
Guillermo Lasso tweeted that a curfew will be imposed and thousands of soldiers and police officers will be sent to Guayas, Manabí and (...)
Following a series of riots which have left more than 280 inmates dead and hundreds injured in Ecuadorian prisons this year, UN independent human rights experts on Monday called for urgent government action to address the issue.
In a joint (...)
At least 58 prisoners have been killed in new fighting at an Ecuadorean prison where more than a hundred inmates died in clashes between rival gangs in September, police said.
The riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in the city of Guayaquil reportedly (...)
Ecuador plans to pardon and commute thousands of sentences in order to free up space in the country's prisons following a deadly riot at a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil this week.
The Director of Ecuador's prison agency SNAI, Bolivar (...)
At least 116 people are now known to have died in a fight between rival gangs in Ecuador's jail, making it the worst prison violence in the country's history, BBC reported.
At least five inmates were decapitated in Tuesday's clashes in the city of (...)
Ecuador's government sought foreign mediation via the United Nations or the Catholic Church on Tuesday, after almost a week of anti-austerity protests that have forced the government to move from the capital and brought hundreds of (...)
President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador told radio stations on Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum in the Andean nation's London embassy, where he has lived for nearly seven years.
Moreno, (...)
COPA Airlines, subsidiary of Copa Holdings, S.A., and Turkish Airlines, both members of Star Alliance, the leading global airline network, signed a Codeshare Agreement which will offer passengers more flight options with seamless connections through (...)
Ecuador's strongest earthquake since 1979 killed at least 272 people, caused widespread damage and prompted the government to deploy thousands of soldiers to the quake zone, dpa reported.
The 7.8-magnitude tremor that struck Saturday evening some (...)
The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people were (...)
The strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along the country's Pacific coast, sending the Andean nation into a state of emergency. As rescue workers rushed in, officials said Sunday at least 77 people (...)
Pope Francis is greeted by Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, right, after landing in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday to begin an eight-day tour of South America that will also include visits to Bolivia and Paraguay. — Reuters
QUITO — Laughing as his (...)
Scientists said lava flow and ash and gas emissions have intensified at a second Ecuadorean volcano, Reventador, as the full-bore eruption of the Tungurahua cone continues, AP reported.
Ecuador's Geophysics Institute said the lava flow on (...)
MADRID — World and European champion Spain will meet Ecuador in a friendly in the city of Guayaquil on Aug. 14, the Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) said Thursday. The match will be Spain's first outing after the Confederations Cup in Brazil in (...)
Ecuador's popular President Rafael Correa is expected to win a referendum next week that his opponents – including his brother – say will extend his control over the judiciary and restrict the media.
A victory would reinforce Correa's lead over his (...)
Ecuador's largest city of Guayaquil has undergone a facelift in the past decade, shedding much of its rough-and-tumble image. Its refurbished waterfront boardwalk – known as the Malecon – is pedestrian-friendly and attracts locals and tourists (...)
Lava and ash from Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano forced the closure of Guayaquil Airport until Saturday afternoon, an airport spokesman said Friday.
The glacier-capped, 16,478-foot (5,023-meter) volcano has erupted periodically since 1999, with major (...)
Leftist President Rafael Correa's combative leadership style and growing anti-western tendencies suggest that foreign investors reeling from Ecuador's $3.8 billion debt default this week should brace for more shocks.
Dismissing warnings that a (...)
Severe flooding in Ecuador has now claimed the lives
of 12 people after five more were killed Friday, Ecuadorian media
reported citing the authorities, according to DPA.
The latest five dead were travelling in an ambulance near
Guayaquil when (...)
A powerful earthquake shook the border region of Ecuador and Peru late Thursday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
Local media said the magnitude 6.7 quake was felt strongly
in the Ecuadorean cities of Guayaquil and (...)
A woman said to be the world's oldest died in
Ecuador shortly before her 117th birthday, ending a life that began
drinking donkey milk and spanned three centuries, reports said
Tuesday, according to dpa.
Maria Esther Heredia de Capovilla was (...)
The world's oldest
person, a 116-year-old Ecuadorean woman, died on Sunday, her relatives told local newspapers on Monday, according to Reuters.
Maria Esther de Capovilla was declared the world's oldest
person in December by Guinness World (...)
حينئذ اخبروني في هذا الميناء عن رجل من الهنود عمره مئة وخمسون سنة فقصدت ان أروح أزوره فنظرته صحيح الجسم عتيق الأيام، فابتدى يحكي لنا عن الأيام السالفة وذكر لنا قائلاً ان بالقرب من هذا الميناء بفرسخ واحد يوجد مغارة كبيرة وهناك مدفونون أناس من (...)
