By Susana Samhan Washington, Aug 29 (EFE).- Mahnaz Akbari knows what it takes to break barriers: as a child, she wanted to be a pilot, soldier, or neurosurgeon. She ended up becoming the commander of the only female military platoon in Afghanistan until the rise of the Taliban forced her to flee to the US, …
By Susana Samhan Washington, Mar 15 (EFE).- Although Russians have spent decades spying on the United States, their espionage activity has recently intensified and reached unprecedented levels, a former US intelligence officer told Efe. Chris Costa, executive director of the International Spy Museum in Washington DC, explained that Russia’s spying apparatus has been in place …
By Susana Samhan Washington, Mar 14 (EFE).- Tension, fear of the unknown and the people of a remote country who welcomed them … Nothing forecast that Iraq would become a hell for US Marine Jeremy Williams and the rest of his fellow soldiers who first set foot in the Middle Eastern country on March 20, …
By Susana Samhan Los Angeles, Mar 13 (EFE).- To get to where the action is at the Oscars gala, guests first have to ride a creaky escalator into the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, which sits inside a somewhat outdated shopping mall. The theater in the middle of Hollywood Boulevard this year hosted the …
By Susana Samhan Washington, Jul 17l (EFE).- Joe Biden’s honeymoon period with a sector of Democratic Party voters has come to a close months ahead of midterm elections as inflation, the pandemic and the White House’s perceived lack of grit on topics such as abortion take a deep bite out of his popularity. The midterm …