This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Sept 30, 2022, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky leading a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council in Kiev. (HANDOUT / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday outlined the key challenges for Ukraine […]
European Union leaders pose for a group photo during an EU Summit at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Oct 7, 2022. The EU leaders converged on Prague Castle Friday to try to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and the Russia-Ukraine conflict fuels a major energy crisis. Front […]
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Edinburgh on Dec 13, 2019. (ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) LONDON – The battle to hold a second Scottish independence referendum moves to Britain's top court next week when it hears arguments for allowing a secession vote in a year's time without approval […]
People fill up the shopping streets in Cologne, Germany, Nov 17, 2021. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) The number of Europeans reporting "bad" or "very bad" mental health soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, even beyond the end of lockdowns, new polling showed on Thursday. READ MORE: Improving mental health amid pandemic European Union agency Eurofound's surveys of […]
A woman crosses a bridge in front of the Kremlin in central Moscow on Oct 4, 2022. (YURI KADOBNOV / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Union (EU) on Thursday adopted a new package of sanctions aimed at stepping up and reinforcing restrictive measures against Russia, the Council of the EU said in a statement. The […]
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on lowering costs and creating jobs in the Hudson Valley, at IBM in Poughkeepsie, New York, on Oct 6, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden didn't rule out the possibility of easing sanctions on Venezuela, telling reporters on Thursday his administration has "a lot […]
Wave of virus has led to depopulation or euthanasia of more than 47 million birds A caregiver holds a chicken at Farm Sanctuary in Acton, California, on Wednesday. Farm Sanctuary is home to rescued chickens, turkeys, cows, pigs and other farm animals. (MARIO TAMA / AFP) An "unprecedented" wave of avian flu has hit Southern […]
(From left to right) Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, and Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata arrive ahead of the launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew5 Dragon, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct 5, 2022. (JIM WATSON / AFP) A four-member SpaceX Crew […]
An OPEC flag is seen on the day of OPEC+ meeting in Vienna, Austria October 5, 2022. (PHTOT / REUTERS) The US reacted angrily to the OPEC+ decision on Wednesday to make its sharpest cuts to oil production in two years despite pressure from Washington to increase production, especially during the sensitive period as midterm […]
A woman walks past a pharmacy advertising in its window, "Here vaccine test COVID without appointment" on Aug 1, 2022 in Nîmes in the south of France. (PASCAL GUYOT / AFP) LOS ANGELES – A new COVID-19 wave appears to be brewing in Europe as cooler weather arrives, with public health experts warning that vaccine […]
US President Joe Biden speaks from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington on Sept 30, 2022. (SUSAN WALSH / AP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden took steps to overhaul US policy on marijuana on Thursday by pardoning thousands of people with federal offenses for simple marijuana possession and initiating a review of […]
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 6, 2022. (PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE VIA AP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday met with visiting […]
This file photo taken in Guadalajara on December 5, 2019 shows French writer Annie Ernaux. (ULISES RUIZ / AFP) STOCKHOLM – French author Annie Ernaux won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for "the courage and clinical acuity" in her largely autobiographical books examining personal memory and social inequality. In explaining its choice, […]
In this file photo taken on May 10, 2016, a woman and children walk through the Senegalese-Gambia border town of Karango. (SEYLLOU / AFP) The deaths of dozens of young children in Gambia from acute kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug manufacturer, the World Health […]
A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France, Jan 13, 2022. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP) LONDON – More than 300,000 members of Britain's largest nursing union will begin voting on Thursday over a strike to demand a pay rise that keeps up with soaring […]
This undated image released by Merced County Sheriff's Office shows a person of interest, where the person is similar in appearance to the surveillance photo from the original kidnapping scene where four members of a family, including an 8-month-old child, were taken against their will at gunpoint from a business in the city of Merced, […]
This handout picture released by Venezuelan Presidency shows Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro delivering a speech to National Constituent Assembly (ANC) members at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas on Dec 18, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (JHONANDER GAMARRA / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) WASHINGTON – The United States has no plans to change its Venezuela […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (right) talk during a press conference after their bilateral meeting at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Dec 16, 2021. (JOHN THYS / AFP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday he held a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia has declared the charge d'affaires of Lithuania in Russia, Virginija Umbrasiene, "persona non grata," the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. An employee from the Lithuanian Embassy was summoned to the […]
Migrants sit on the deck of a coast guard vessel upon their arrival at Mytilene port, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece on June 22, 2022. (PANAGIOTIS BALASKAS / AP) ATHENS – At least 15 people died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in the central Aegean Sea […]
