Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned from the leadership of his Social Democrat Party (PSD) over the weekend, after his indictment by prosecutors on corruption charges.
Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo or Shorty, has escaped from Mexico’s Altipano prison, the country’s most secure facility.
Darko Šarić, convicted of organizing a criminal group that smuggled tons of cocaine from Latin America to western Europe, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison.
In 2014, a 32.2 million AMD (US$62,000) contract to pave a road in the Gegharkounik community of Yeranos went to a company 95% owned by the brother Artoush Ghukasyan, a well connected member of the ruling Republican Party with long years of service in the Gegharkounik Provincial Government.
Malignant tumors followed at 20%; digestive ailments - 6%; respiratory – 6%; unfortunate accidents and poisoning – 5%; endocrine ailments – 4-5%; congenital disorders – 1.6%; infectious and bacterial illnesses – less than 1%.
The risk of wild fires breaking out in the Ararat Valley and in Syunik will reach a peak during the next few days as temperatures inch up several degrees with periodic lightning in the evenings.
The number of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria to neighbouring countries has now passed four million, confirming that crisis as the world’s single largest refugee crisis for almost a quarter of a century under UNHCR’s mandate.
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