People participate in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument on June 11, 2022, in Washington. (GEMUNU AMARASINGHE / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanized by […]
A boy plays with a flower in front of a banner with images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and the word "Justice" written in Portuguese, during a rally demanding authorities conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to their deaths, and do more to protect indigenous lands against […]
Marilynn Malerba stands next to a photograph of late Chief Ralph Sturges at Tribal offices in Uncasville, Connecticut, on March 4, 2010. (JESSICA HILL / FILE / AP) ROSEBUD, South Dakota – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to appoint Mohegan Indian Tribe Lifetime Chief Marilynn Malerba as US treasurer, marking the […]
A nurse from the Mexican Social Security Institute gives a dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine to a local resident, as part of a campaign to reach out to people in low-income neighborhoods, in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on April 24, 2022. (ULISES RUIZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY / LONDON – Mexico has seen a progressive […]
Freight cars stand on the railroad tracks of the freight station in Kaliningrad, Russia on June 21, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the current tension between Lithuania and Russia over Kaliningrad, said his spokesman. "We are, obviously, following these developments very closely in […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (on screen) speaks during The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Meeting of States Parties at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 21, 2022. (ALEX HALADA / AFP) VIENNA – States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons started examining the accord's implementation, reviewing its […]
Trains stand stationary on tracks by platforms in Waterloo railway station in London on June 21, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP PHOTO) LONDON – Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way […]
A sign thanks visitors for visiting, outside Tiverton in south west England, on June 10, 2022, ahead of the Tiverton and Honiton by-election on June 23. (GEOFF CADDICK / AFP) TIVERTON/WAKEFIELD, England – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could this week lose two parliamentary seats that once illustrated his broad appeal, showing his declining popularity […]
OTTAWA – Canada will spend $3.8 billion over six years to modernize its continental defense as part of its alliance with the United States through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and "to protect Canadians from new and emerging threats," Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday. Canada will also establish a "Crossbow" […]
Handout picture released by the Panamanian presidency showing Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo speaking during a ceremony at the Yellow Room of Las Garzas Presidential Palace in Panama City on June 20, 2022. (PANAMANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) PANAMA CITY – Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday he has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder […]
President Joe Biden reacts when asked how he was feeling as he leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after attending a Mass, on June 18, 2022. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jefferson da Silva Lima, a third suspect in the killing of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenist Bruno Pereira, is escorted as he arrives for a hearing in Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas state, Brazil, on June 18, 2022. (JOAO LAET / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazilian federal police on Sunday said that five more suspects […]
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 […]
