Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers and civilians work to recover body of a victim of a mudslide which resulted due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy during an MDF and Malawi Police Service rescue operation at Manje informal settlement up the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on March 17, 2023. (PHOTO […]
A protesters holds a placard that reads "Live Yes! Survive No!" during a demonstration near Place d'Italie in Paris, on March 18, 2023, against the French Government after it enacted article 49.3 of the Constitution to allow the adoption of it's pension reform without a vote, except in case of censure, on March 16, 2023. […]
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrives for his speech after meetings as part of Kosovo-Serbia talks, in Ohrid on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) OHRID, North Macedonia – Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on implementing a European Union-backed deal to normalize ties, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on Saturday, though […]
Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England, on March 6, 2023, after having been picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. (PHOTO / AFP) KIGALI – Suella Braverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a […]
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – Former US president Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he will be arrested next week. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, wrote that "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan District […]
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin leaves after talks on Black Sea Grain Initiative at the United Nations in Geneva on March 13, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ANKARA/UNITED NATIONS – A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain was renewed on Saturday for at least 60 days – half the intended period […]
Destroyed buildings are seen after an earthquake in the city of Machala, Ecuador on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) QUITO – At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, causing structural damage to multiple homes, schools and medical centers. The […]
People hold a banner reading: "No to capitulation" as they march during a protest against the Serbian authorities and French-German plan for the resolution of Kosovo in Belgrade, Serbia, March 17, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BELGRADE – Several thousand people gathered in Belgrade to protest against a Western-backed deal to normalize ties between Kosovo and […]
A fire burns during a demonstration on Place de la Concorde in Paris on March 17, 2023, the day after the French government pushed a pensions reform using the article 49.3 of the constitution. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS – Riot police clashed with protesters on Friday evening in Paris as a new demonstration took place […]
This illustration photo show the Facebook page of former US president Donald Trump on a smartphone screen in Los Angeles, March 17, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) Former US president Donald Trump posted to YouTube and Facebook on Friday, in a return to the tech platforms he used to power his political rise until he was […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Finland's President Sauli Niinisto speak to the media during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Ankara, Türkiye, March 17, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) ANKARA – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed Friday to ask the parliament to vote on Finland's NATO membership bid, but delayed […]
Garbage is set on fire by protesters after a demonstration near Concorde square, in Paris, March 16, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday faced the gravest challenge to his authority since the so-called Yellow Vest protests after his decision to push through a contested pension overhaul without a vote […]
Prince Harry (right) and Meghan Markle, Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the track and field event at the Invictus Games in The Hague, Netherlands, April 17, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON – Prince Harry will on Friday seek to win his libel claim against publisher Associated Newspapers without the case going to trial, his […]
Planes of German airline Lufthansa are seen parked during a strike at Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on Feb 17, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BERLIN — Strikes at four German airports led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Friday in the latest bout of industrial action to disrupt travel plans […]
People receive food at a displacement center in Blantyre, southern Malawi on March 16, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BLANTYRE – The last thing Lukia Akimu remembers is the surge of floodwater that hit her village near Mount Soche this week when Tropical Cyclone Freddy tore through southern Malawi. The next thing she knew, she woke […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 12, 2022, people pose for photos in front the Congress in Bogota, Colombia. (PHOTO / AP) BOGOTA – Colombia's government presented a labor reform bill to Congress on Thursday that would reduce working hours and boost overtime pay, but critics say the measures could hurt job creation. The […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 12, 2022, people pose for photos in front the Congress in Bogota, Colombia. (PHOTO / AP) BOGOTA – Colombia's government presented a labor reform bill to Congress on Thursday that would reduce working hours and boost overtime pay, but critics say the measures could hurt job creation. The […]
The UN-chartered vessel MV Valsamitis is loaded to deliver 25,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat to Kenya and 5,000 tonnes to Ethiopia, at the port of Chornomorsk, east of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, on February 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations backed Türkiye and Ukraine on Thursday by calling […]
French President Emmanuel Macron reacts during the National Roundtable on Diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on Mar 16, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne used a special procedure to push an unpopular pensions bill through the National Assembly without a vote on Thursday, triggering boos and shouts of […]
An aerial view of the site where rescuers try to reach miners trapped after an explosion at a coal mine in Sutatausa municipality in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia on March 15, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BOGOTA – Ten miners reported missing after an explosion caused by accumulated gas in coal mines in central Colombia […]