Health workers screen passengers arriving from abroad for monkeypox symptoms at Anna International Airport terminal in Chennai on June 03, 2022. (ARUN SANKAR / AFP) GENEVA – The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it will convene a meeting next week to assess whether the current monkeypox outbreak outside of the traditional endemic areas […]
In this Aug 13, 2002 file photo, the crew of Danish warship Vedderen perform a flag raising ceremony on the uninhabited Hans Island off northwestern Greenland. (PHOTO / POLFOTO, VEDDEREN VIA AP) COPENHAGEN – Denmark and Canada will divide the small, uninhabited island in the Arctic known as Hans Island, ending an almost 50-year-long ownership […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during an plenary session at the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov 11, 2021. (PAUL ELLIS / AFP) BRUSSELS – Rich countries have made a dangerous dash for fossil fuels, the UN secretary-general said on Tuesday, warning that new investments being made in coal, oil […]
This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions (left) and spherical immature virions (right) obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. (CYNTHIA S GOLDSMITH, RUSSELL REGNER /CDC VIA AP) BRUSSELS – The European Union signed on […]
A woman over 60 years old receives her booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at Discovery vaccination site in Sandton, Johannesburg on Dec 15, 2021. (LUCA SOLA / AFP) FRANKFURT / OTTAWA / WASHINGTON / TUNIS / LOS ANGELES – The World Bank has approved a loan of 454.4 million euros ($474.4 million) to help South […]
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss speaking to MPs during a statement on the Northern Ireland Protocol, at the House of Commons, in London, on May 17, 2022. (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON – Britain told the European Union on Tuesday there was no […]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg chairs a foreign ministers' meeting of the bloc in Brussels, Belgium, April 7, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) STOCKHOLM – Contrary to previous assertions that the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization would be a quick process, the military alliance's Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Monday that […]
Interest rate hikes expected in June, July as analysts warn of economic recession Shoppers shop at a retail store in Niles, US on Feb 19, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH, FILE / AP) The latest US inflation numbers have come in high again, and the Federal Reserve Bank, which is forecast to raise interest rates this […]
Villager Caroline is seen in a withered corn crops field in Kidemu sub-location in Kilifi County, Kenya, on March 23, 2022. (DONG JIANG HUI / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The Horn of Africa drought has thrust at least 18.4 million people, including more than 7.1 million acutely malnourished children, into severe food insecurity, UN humanitarians […]
A bus drives past a board indicating exchange currencies between the sterling and the US dollar and euro, in central London on April 22, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON – Britain published plans on Monday to override some post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland by scrapping checks and challenging the role played by the […]
This Oct 30, 2018 photo shows Burkinabe gendarmes sitting on their vehicle in the city of Ouhigouya in the north of the country. (ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) OUGADOUGOU – Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso over the weekend, a local and a security source said on […]
Britain's Prince Andrew appears at the Royal Chapel at Windsor, following the death announcement of his father Prince Philip, April 11, 2021, in England. (STEVE PARSONS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP, FILE) LONDON – Britain's Prince Andrew will not attend some parts of a royal ceremony later on Monday after a "family decision" was taken, effectively keeping […]
In this file grab made from a handout video footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on April 20, 2022 shows the launching of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at Plesetsk testing field, Russia. (HANDOUT / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The global nuclear arsenal is expected to grow in the coming years […]
