Day: March 19, 2023

Pedestrians walk in front of a pre-election billboard featuring an image of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, reading "European statesman, our President Milo. Who else?", in Podgorica on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PODGORICA – Montenegrins began voting on Sunday in a presidential election that will influence the outcome of a parliamentary vote in June […]

Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers and civilians work to recover body of a victim of a mudslide which resulted due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy during an MDF and Malawi Police Service rescue operation at Manje informal settlement up the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on March 17, 2023. (PHOTO […]

A protesters holds a placard that reads "Live Yes! Survive No!" during a demonstration near Place d'Italie in Paris, on March 18, 2023, against the French Government after it enacted article 49.3 of the Constitution to allow the adoption of it's pension reform without a vote, except in case of censure, on March 16, 2023. […]

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrives for his speech after meetings as part of Kosovo-Serbia talks, in Ohrid on March 18, 2023.  (PHOTO / AFP) OHRID, North Macedonia – Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on implementing a European Union-backed deal to normalize ties, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on Saturday, though […]

Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England, on March 6, 2023, after having been picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. (PHOTO / AFP) KIGALI – Suella Braverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a […]

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan 28, 2023. (PHOTO  / AFP) WASHINGTON – Former US president Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he will be arrested next week. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, wrote that "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan District […]

Destroyed buildings are seen after an earthquake in the city of Machala, Ecuador on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) QUITO – At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centers. The […]

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin leaves after talks on Black Sea Grain Initiative at the United Nations in Geneva on March 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ANKARA/UNITED NATIONS – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain was renewed on Saturday for at least 60 days – half the intended period […]