Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP) SAO PAULO / FRANKFURT / BERLIN / YAOUNDE – Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE for millions of […]
Kenya's President Uuru Kenyatta gives an address when he attends commemorations of Kenya's Madaraka (self-rule) Day at the Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on June 01, 2022. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP) KINSHASA – Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence […]
Internally displaced people from Rutshuru territory in troubled DR Congo's North Kivu province lining up for lunch at the Nyakabande Holding area in Kisoro, Uganda, June 7, 2022 after being resettled by the government of Uganda following deadly fights between M23 rebels and DRC troops. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) GENEVA – A food security crisis […]
Steam comes out of the chimney of the coal-fired power station Neurath, Germany, Oct 24, 2021. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) BRUSSELS – Germany, Denmark, Slovenia and seven other European Union countries on Wednesday warned of attempts to weaken the bloc's climate change policies, which they said are pushing negotiators towards deals that could thwart the […]
President of Peru Pedro Castillo speaks at the IV CEO Summit of the Americas on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) LIMA – A video of a dancing Brazilian stripper interrupted a virtual public hearing of Peruvian President Pedro […]
EU commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic gives a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 15, 2022. The European Commission launched new legal action against Britain on Wednesday, accusing London of threatening peace in Northern Ireland by trying to overhaul the post-Brexit trade deal. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 15, 2022. (OLIVIER MATTHYS / AP) BRUSSELS – Specific forces could be pre-assigned to specific countries on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to reinforce the alliance's deterrence and defense in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, […]
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) OTTAWA – Canada and Denmark reached an agreement on Tuesday to resolve the long-standing boundary disputes over the sovereignty of an Arctic island […]
A Ryanair plane parks at the airport in Weeze, Germany, Sept 12, 2018. (MARTIN MEISSNER / FILE / AP) DUBLIN – Ryanair has dropped a requirement for South African passengers to prove their nationality before traveling by completing a test in Afrikaans, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said after the policy drew a backlash among South […]
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov speaks during a joint press conference with European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean and Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciuca (not in picture) in Bucharest, Romania, April 29, 2022. (VADIM GHIRDA / AP) SOFIA – Bulgaria's main opposition party filed a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov […]
This aerial photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road, of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, on June 13, 2022. (JACOB W. FRANK / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VIA AP) CODY, Wyoming – Emergency crews scrambled on Tuesday to reopen roads and restore utilities in rural communities of Montana […]
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie (left) hold a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 14, 2022. (RUSSELL CHEYNE / POOL / AFP) LONDON – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday said she was nearly ready […]
In this file photo taken on April 04, 2020, commercial planes of low cost airline EasyJet and Lufthansa's subsidiary Swiss airline are seen parked due to flight interruption amid the spread of COVID-19 at Geneva Airport. Switzerland closed its airspace on June 15, 2022 after a computer glitch with the air traffic control system grounded […]
An elderly couple wearing protective face masks against COVID-19 walks past the Pfizer Inc headquarters on Dec 9, 2020 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP) GENEVA / BRUSSELS / MEXICO CITY / BERLIN / THE HAGUE / ROME / OTTAWA / ADDIS ABABA – European Union governments are intensifying pressure on Pfizer and other COVID-19 vaccine makers to […]
People walk past the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 5, 2022. (ALEXANDER NEMENOV / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia has imposed personal sanctions against 29 media representatives and 20 defense figures of the United Kingdom in a retaliatory move, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The media representatives, including journalists working for The […]
Employees of the National Indigenous Foundation (FUNAI) and members of Social Movements protest outside the Ministry of Justice in Brasília, on June 14, 2022 over missing British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous affairs specialist Bruno Pereira. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil – Brazilian police on Tuesday arrested a second suspect in […]
A placard left outside the High Court where the ruling on Rwanda deportation flights is taking place, in London on June 13, 2022. (ALASTAIR GRANT / AP PHOTO) LONDON/BOSCOMBE DOWN, England – Britain's first flight to take asylum seekers to Rwanda did not take off as scheduled on Tuesday after the European human rights court […]
People use their phones in Yamato, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan on July 1, 2020. (BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP) A growing number of people are selectively avoiding important news stories such as the coronavirus pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, and the cost-of-living crisis, according to a report released on Tuesday. While the majority of people surveyed consume […]
In this photo taken on March 30, 2022, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Qu Dongyu (right) speaks during the opening ceremony of the 37th FAO Regional Conference in Quito. (RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP) ROME – The Council of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Tuesday formally […]
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 […]
