A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) ROME / MOSCOW / GENEVA – A fresh autumn wave of COVID-19 infections has begun in many European countries, and experts are calling for strengthened vaccination efforts […]
A woman stands in front of a destroyed house, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Sept 12, 2022. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, declaring martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson from Thursday. "It (the decree) will immediately be sent for approval to the Federation Council," […]
In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2022, British Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) and then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, Kent, Britain. (DYLAN MARTINEZ / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom, on Wednesday defied calls to resign after almost all the […]
In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Oct 10, 2022, a Russian air force pilot is seen in the cockpit of his Su-25 as it flies on a mission in Ukraine. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) MOSCOW – The situation in the zone of […]
Acting Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 24, 2022. (BRYAN R SMITH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The top UN envoy for Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, said on Tuesday that progress has been made in the transition […]
People make their way through Times Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 07, 2021. (EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / NEW YORK / MOSCOW – Over 14.8 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to […]
Sweden's newly elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (center) walks next to ministers of the new government, after the change of government council at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, on Oct 18, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The new government of Sweden was announced on Tuesday, composed of freshly-elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on a new package of measures to address high energy prices and ensure security of supply, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Oct 18, 2022. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed […]
This handout picture released on Sept 27, 2022 by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. (HANDOUT / DANISH DEFENCE COMMAND/ AFP) COPENHAGEN – Preliminary investigations […]
Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda, Sept 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – […]
This picture taken on Dec 11, 2019, shows a view of a refinery at the Jubail Industrial City, about 95 kilometers north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) The United States should stop the blame game and instead take a hard look at its own energy policies, […]
The wreckage of a Russian Su-34 military jet lie at the crash site in the courtyard of a residential area in the town of Yeysk in southwestern Russia on Oct 17, 2022. (STRINGER / AFP) MOSCOW – The death toll caused by the crash of a Russian Su-34 fighter jet in the city of Yeysk […]
Photo taken on June 13, 2022 shows the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali at UN Headquarters in New York. (LOEY FELIPE / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which killed three peacekeepers from Chad […]
This photo taken on Feb 25, 2022 shows an empty street in Kiev, capital of Ukraine. (LU JINBO / XINHUA) KIEV/MOSCOW – At least four people were killed in a wave of drone strikes at a residential building and power facilities in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. […]
This file photo dated Nov 27, 2019 shows Interpol Secretary-General Jurgen Stock giving a speech at the headquarters of Interpol in Lyon. (ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP) NEW DELHI – Incidents of cybercrime and online child abuse are significantly underreported, and the global cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10.5 trillion by 2025, said Interpol […]
Beach-goers enjoy the surf at Smith Point County Park, July 15, 2022, in Shirley, New York. (JOHN MINCHILLO / AP) WELLINGTON – A new comprehensive review of global ocean temperature data has allowed researchers to paint a clear picture of ocean warming since the 1950s, and predict future warming scenarios. Researchers found that the rate […]
Medical workers treat patients in the COVID-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on Jan 11, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) WASHINGTON – A US congressional panel released a new report on Monday detailing efforts by the Trump administration to politicize federal […]
A United States-bound passenger walks in Toronto Pearson Airport's Terminal 3, days before new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing protocols to enter the US come into effect, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Dec 3, 2021. (CHRIS HELGREN / REUTERS) OTTAWA / MOSCOW / NEW YORK – About 1.4 million Canadian adults indicated they had symptoms at least […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct 17, 2022. (XIE E / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for urgent global action to reverse the negative trend in poverty eradication. "As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, […]
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrives at the EU Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (Gymnich) in Prague, Czech Republic on Aug 30, 2022. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) BUDAPEST – Hungary was the only European Union member state not to back the proposal for the European Union to start a training mission for Ukrainian military […]
