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Europe may shift back to coal as Russia turns down gas flows

Photo taken on April 28, 2022 shows the office of Russia's energy giant Gazprom in Moscow, Russia. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO JR / XINHUA) FRANKFURT/MILAN – Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that threaten an energy crisis […]

US to start COVID vaccination for children as young as 6 mths

A ten year old child high fives Pharmacist Colleen Teevan after he received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on Nov 2, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) LOS ANGELES / DUBLIN / MEXICO CITY – The United States is expected to start COVID-19 vaccination this week for children as […]

France risks gridlock after Macron handed hung parliament

A outside view of the National Assembly in Paris, on June 20, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP PHOTO) PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron faced calls for his prime minister to resign on Monday and doubt hung over his ability to rule decisively after his camp lost its parliamentary majority. Final figures showed Macron's centrist camp […]

Russia condemns Lithuania transit ban to Kaliningrad

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, on Dec 23, 2021. (PHOTO ? AP) MOSCOW – The Kremlin on Monday called Lithuania's decision to ban the transit of some goods to Russia's Kaliningrad region "unprecedented" and vowed to respond.  Lithuanian authorities banned the transit of goods which are sanctioned by the European […]

Belgium hit by protests over cost of living spike

Members of various trade unions wave flags and banners as they march during a demonstration to protest against the rising cost of living in Brussels, on June 20, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – A day of strikes in Belgium over the cost of living forced Brussels Airport to cancel all departing […]

‘Germany very confident’ of NATO, Sweden, Finland deal

A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) BERLIN – Germany is "very confident" NATO will reach an agreement with Sweden and Finland over bid for membership of the alliance but it would not be […]

Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral success

French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) leader Marine Le Pen delivers a speech after the first results of the parliamentary elections in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, on June 19, 2022. (DENIS CHARLET / AFP) PARIS – France's far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing […]

Cyprus reestablishes sea-link with outside world after 21 years

Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades speaks during a joint news conference with the Croatian Prime Minister at the Presidential Palace in Cyprus' capital Nicosia on May 11, 2022. (YIANNIS KOURTOGLOU / POOL / AFP) NICOSIA – Cyprus, an island country in the eastern Mediterranean, on Sunday re-established a regular sea-link with the outside world for the […]

Colombia elects former guerrilla Petro as first leftist president

Newly elected Colombian President Gustavo Petro celebrates at the Movistar Arena in Bogota, on June 19, 2022 after winning the presidential runoff election on June 19, 2022. (DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP) BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA – Leftist Gustavo Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla movement, who has vowed profound social and economic change, won Colombia's presidency […]

Macron faces tough battle in French parliamentary elections

A voter casts his ballot in a voting station on June 19, 2022 in Neuilly-our-Seine, outside Paris. (THOMAS PADILLA / AP) PARIS – Voting was underway in France on Sunday in a parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern with a free hand. Voting started […]

Colombians head to polls in tightest election in recent memory

Electoral authorities and soldiers approach a Colombian Air Force helicopter to transport voting material to distant areas, in Frontino, Antioquia department, Colombia, on June 16, 2022. (JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA – Colombians will head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president, choosing between a leftist former guerrilla who is pushing profound […]

Colombians head to polls in tightest election in recent memory

Electoral authorities and soldiers approach a Colombian Air Force helicopter to transport voting material to distant areas, in Frontino, Antioquia department, Colombia, on June 16, 2022. (JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) BOGOTA/BUCARAMANGA – Colombians will head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president, choosing between a leftist former guerrilla who is pushing profound […]

Out-of-control wildfire burns 19,000 hectares in Spain

A firefighter operates at the site of a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora, northern Spain, on June 18, 2022. (CESAR MANSO / AFP) MADRID – A wildfire continues to burn out of control in northwest Spain, destroying more than 19,000 hectares of land, amid an intense heatwave, the regional government of Castile and […]

Out-of-control wildfire burns 19,000 hectares in Spain

A firefighter operates at the site of a wildfire in Pumarejo de Tera near Zamora, northern Spain, on June 18, 2022. (CESAR MANSO / AFP) MADRID – A wildfire continues to burn out of control in northwest Spain, destroying more than 19,000 hectares of land, amid an intense heatwave, the regional government of Castile and […]

Biden falls after flubbing bike dismount, but uninjured

US President Joe Biden falls off his bicycle as he approaches well-wishers following a bike ride at Gordon's Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on June 18, 2022. Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle Saturday morning, but was unhurt. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware, – US President Joe […]

Biden falls after flubbing bike dismount, but uninjured

US President Joe Biden falls off his bicycle as he approaches well-wishers following a bike ride at Gordon's Pond State Park in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, on June 18, 2022. Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle Saturday morning, but was unhurt. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware, – US President Joe […]

Ecuador declares force majeure for oil, state of exception over protests

Demonstrators wave national flags as they take part in a counter protest against anti-government protesters called mainly by Indigenous organizations against the government of Guillermo Lasso, in Quito, Ecuador on June 18, 2022. (DOLORES OCHOA / AP) QUITO – Ecuador's state-owned oil company Petroecuador declared force majeure late on Saturday over the impact of protests […]

Ecuador declares force majeure for oil, state of exception over protests

Demonstrators wave national flags as they take part in a counter protest against anti-government protesters called mainly by Indigenous organizations against the government of Guillermo Lasso, in Quito, Ecuador on June 18, 2022. (DOLORES OCHOA / AP) QUITO – Ecuador's state-owned oil company Petroecuador declared force majeure late on Saturday over the impact of protests […]