Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo speaks after casting his ballot at the polling station of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Malabo during Equatorial Guinea's presidential, legislative and municipal elections on Nov 20, 2022. (SAMUEL OBIANG / AFP) DAKAR – Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema has won reelection with 95 percent […]
A local resident walks past a damaged vehicle on the island of Ischia on Nov 26, 2022, following heavy rains that caused a landslide. (CIRO FUSCO / ANSA / AFP) ROME – At least one person died and several others went missing on the island of Ischia in southern Italy on Saturday, after heavy rains […]
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro speaks during a meeting with Belize's Prime Minister Johnny Briceño (out of frame), at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, on Nov 25, 2022. (PEDRO RANCES MATTEY / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Venezuela's government and opposition have asked the United Nations to manage a fund for billions of dollars now held in […]
Kenyan forces drive through Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo Friday Nov 25, 2022. (JEROME DELAY / AP) KINSHASA – Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group on Friday said it wants to talk directly with the government after Congo's president and other African leaders signed a ceasefire deal aimed at stopping attacks by the militia. […]
This Nov 18, 2021 photo shows a general view of the Prime Minister's office of Sao Tome and Principe in Sao Tome. (ADRIEN MAROTTE / AFP) SAO TOME – A coup attempt was thwarted in Sao Tome and Principe, a small Gulf of Guinea island country late Thursday, the country’s prime minister, Patrice Trovoada, announced […]
People enter a pharmacy next to a sign promoting flu shots in New York, Jan 10, 2013. (ANDREW KELLY / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) An experimental vaccine provided broad protection against all 20 known influenza A and B virus subtypes in initial tests in mice and ferrets, potentially opening a pathway to a universal flu […]
A woman covers her head with a bag as she walks at Puerta del Sol square during a hot day as Spain braces for a heatwave in Madrid, Spain, June 10, 2022. (SUSANA VERA / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) Summer heatwaves in France, Germany, Spain and Britain led to more than 20,000 "excess" deaths, a […]
Ukrainian servicemen clean mortar shells during training in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, July 19, 2022. (EVGENIY MALOLETKA / AP) PRAGUE/WARSAW – Eastern Europe's arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at a pace not seen since the Cold War as governments in the region lead efforts to aid Ukraine in its conflict […]
A father is reunited with his two children in Katsina, Nigeria, Dec 18, 2020. More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrate their release. (SUNDAY ALAMBA / AP) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Nigerian gunmen kidnapped at least 60 people […]
Soldiers from the Mexican Army and the National Guard perform security exercises during a presentation to the media at a training center in Santa Gertrudis, Chuihuahua state, Mexico, Oct 22, 2022. (MARCO UGARTE / AP) MEXICO CITY — The head of Mexico's National Guard in the state of Zacatecas was killed on Thursday in a […]
Peru's President Pedro Castillo (right) talks with then prime minister Anibal Torres as they attend a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Lima, Peru, Oct 11, 2022. (MARTIN MEJIA / AP) LIMA – Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has accepted the resignation of his prime minister and will reshuffle his Cabinet once again, he said […]
A man receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Babington Hospital in Belper on Dec 16, 2021. (OLI SCARFF / AFP) GOSPORT, England/LONDON – Chukwudubem Ifeajuna, a nurse in the south of England, loves his job, but next month will walk out for two days as part of British nurses' biggest ever strike […]
Former US President Donald Trump announces that he will once again run for US president in the 2024 US presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US Nov 15, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST / FILE PHOTO / REUTERS) NEW YORK – Donald Trump was sued for defamation a second time […]
A medical worker runs past a burning car after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct 10, 2022 after Russian missiles rained down on cities across Ukraine. (ROMAN HRYTSYNA / AP) Russia slammed the European Parliament's resolution on Thursday, calling the resolution absurd. It also called the agency "a sponsor of idiocy". The European Union's […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks to the media prior to the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award ceremony, in Geneva on Oct 10, 2022. (STEFAN WERMUTH / POOL / AFP) GENEVA – The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday called on the European Union (EU) to put safety […]
Cage-free chickens are shown inside a facility at Hilliker's Ranch Fresh Eggs in Lakeside, California, US, April 19, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) CHICAGO – Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country's deadliest outbreak in history, US Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday. […]
An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) COPENHAGEN / MOSCOW / THE HAGUE – The EU's medicines regulator on Thursday urged Europe to prepare for a new wave of COVID-19 as "cold winter months" […]
Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Aug 27, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / FILE / AP) VATICAN CITY – A court at a Vatican corruption trial on Thursday heard a secretly recorded telephone call between the main defendant, embattled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and Pope Francis. Reporters were asked […]
Tens of thousands of workers fired at large companies People walk outside Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, Nov 4, 2022 as employees braced for widespread layoffs at Twitter with new owner Elon Musk overhauling the social platform. (JEFF CHIU / AP) The COVID-19 pandemic moved much of the world online and led to a boom, […]
Members of the Ugandan Medical staff of the Ebola Treatment Unit stand inside the ward in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) at Mubende Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda on Sept 24, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA – Uganda has recorded a drop in the number of new Ebola cases, with some districts going for at […]
