News in Six Languages 20 Agustus 2020

 

Tormenta tropical Laura: el daño causado en República Dominicana y Haití que dejó al menos 12 muertos

Tropical storm Laura: the damage caused in the Dominican Republic and Haiti that left at least 12 dead

Con desespero y empapada, una mujer dominicana narró este domingo cómo una pared colapsó y cayó encima de su hermana y el hijo de esta tras el furioso paso de la tormenta tropical Laura en República Dominicana.

"La pared les cayó encima (...) nunca debieron haber levantado esa pared ahí, el dueño tiene que reconocerlo", dijo, mientras señalaba la precaria vivienda arrasada por las fuertes lluvias y vientos.

With desperation and soaked, a Dominican woman narrated this Sunday how a wall collapsed and fell on her sister and her son after the furious passage of Tropical Storm Laura in the Dominican Republic.

"The wall fell on them (...) they should never have raised that wall there, the owner has to admit it," he said, while pointing to the precarious house devastated by heavy rains and winds.

https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-53885115

Syrie : coupure d’électricité après l’attaque présumée d’un gazoduc

Le ministre de l’électricité a dit que l’explosion d’un gazoduc dans les environs de Damas, dimanche soir, avait « entraîné une coupure d’électricité dans toute la Syrie », selon l’agence de presse officielle.

Syria: power cut after suspected gas pipeline attack

The electricity minister said that the explosion of a gas pipeline in the vicinity of Damascus on Sunday evening had "resulted in a power cut across Syria," according to the state news agency.

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/08/24/coupure-d-electricite-dans-toute-la-syrie_6049740_3210.html

Ein Präsident in Kampfmontur

Alexander Lukaschenko greift in Minsk symbolisch zur Waffe - um sich gegen friedliche Protestierer zu verteidigen. Es ist nicht die einzige Einschüchterung, der die Opposition trotzen muss.

A president in riot gear

Alexander Lukashenko symbolically takes up arms in Minsk - to defend himself against peaceful protesters. It's not the only intimidation the opposition has to face.

https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/alexander-lukaschenko-ein-praesident-in-kampfmontur-a-03e569fc-4002-4849-a475-ace65f0de8cc

גורמים בישראל: היעד המדיני הבא שלנו - הסכם עם סודן

מזכיר המדינה האמריקאי, מייק פומפאו, צפוי לבקר השבוע בסודן ולהדגיש בפני הממשלה שם את תמיכת ארה"ב בהעמקת היחסים עם ישראל. לאחר מכן יבקר בישראל, איחוד האמירויות ובחריין

Factors in Israel: Our next political goal - an agreement with Sudan

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Sudan this week to emphasize to the US government its support for deepening relations with Israel. He will then visit Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

https://www.maariv.co.il/news/politics/Article-785572

لتثبيت التطبيع الإماراتي الإسرائيلي.. بومبيو يبدأ جولة بالمنطقة وكوشنر متفائل بانضمام دول أخرى

بدأ وزير الخارجية الأميركي مايك بومبيو جولة في المنطقة تشمل إسرائيل والسودان والبحرين، ويختتمها بالإمارات الجمعة المقبل. وقال جاريد كوشنر مستشار الرئيس الأميركي إن جولة مماثلة له ستهدف إلى تثبيت التطبيع الإماراتي الإسرائيلي، متفائلا بانضمام دول أخرى.

To install the Emirati-Israeli normalization ... Pompeo begins a tour in the region and Kushner is optimistic about the joining of other countries

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo begins a tour in the region that includes Israel, Sudan and Bahrain, and will conclude it in the Emirates next Friday. Jared Kushner, an advisor to the US President, said that a similar round would aim at stabilizing the Emirati-Israeli normalization, optimistic about the accession of other countries.

https://www.aljazeera.net/news/politics/2020/8/23/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%B7-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84