A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) LONDON / MOSCOW – If rich nations think the pandemic is over, they should help lower-income countries reach that point too, a senior World […]
Leader of Italian far-right party "Fratelli d'Italia" (Brothers of Italy) Giorgia Meloni (rear center on stage) delivers a speech on Sept 23, 2022 at the Arenile di Bagnoli beachfront location in Naples, southern Italy, during a rally closing her party's campaign for the Sept 25 general election. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Millions of […]
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo – NATO has brought in reserve troops assigned to its KFOR peacekeeping mission to Kosovo for training, one of the mission commanders said, as a deadline approaches in a spat between the Serbian minority and the government that may spark fresh unrest. KFOR's regional commander east, Colonel Christopher Samulski, told reporters the […]
Vanuatu's president, Nikenike Vurobaravu addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 23, 2022. (BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. During the annual gathering of world leaders at the United […]
This image provided by the National Hurricane Center National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a satellite view as Hurricane Fiona moves up the United States Atlantic coast, Sept 22, 2022. (PHOTO / NOAA VIA AP) HALIFAX, Nova Scotia – Eastern Canada on Saturday braced for what could become one of the most severe storms in […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 19, 2021, a nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic hosted by The Tournament of Roses in partnership with the Pasadena Public Health Department at Tournament House in Pasadena, California. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) MOSCOW / UNITED NATIONS – Updated COVID-19 boosters […]
Vanuatu's president, Nikenike Vurobaravu addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 23, 2022. (BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. During the annual gathering of world leaders at the United […]
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) foreign ministers' meeting in Bali, Indonesia, July 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Qin) Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar highlighted the importance […]
A Palestinian man Salim al-Jar, center, reacts after learning that his brother Wissam is one of those missing when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank in Syrian waters, as he waits with relatives of other victims at Arida border crossing point between Lebanon and Syria, north Lebanon, Sept 23, 2022. (BILAL HUSSEIN / AP) […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (at the podium and on the screens) speaks during the opening of the General Debate of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, Sept 20, 2022. (LI RUI / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – Political leaders on Thursday highlighted the impact of climate change […]
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng arrives in Downing Street in London, Wednesday, Sept 7, 2022 for the first cabinet meeting since Liz Truss was installed as British Prime Minister a day earlier. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – New British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng will detail close to 200 billion pounds ($225 billion) […]
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) NEW YORK / KYIV / MOSCOW – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for international efforts to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine. The […]
In this Feb 10, 2020 file photo, a policeman drives past town hall in Apaseo El Alto, Guanajuato state, Mexico. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MEXICO CITY – Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a bar in central Mexico, killing 10 people, officials said, in the latest outbreak of violence to buffet the country. "It appears it […]
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference, Sept 21, 2022, in New York. (BRITTAINY NEWMAN / AP) Former US president Donald Trump, three of his children and executives at his family business lied to banks and insurers for more than a decade about property valuations to pad his net worth by […]
Rising energy prices and expenses have driven Germany's economy to the brink of recession, and the engine of Europe losing its economic momentum means more uncertainties for the continent's economy. With energy prices through the roof, inflation in Germany could exceed 10 percent this year with the economy heading into recession, said the country's central […]
(From left) The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni, and Noi Con l'Italia's Maurizio Lupi, attend a rally of Italy's right-wing parties in Rome, Sept 22, 2022. (GREGORIO BORGIA / AP) ROME – The leaders of Italy's right-wing alliance put on a show of unity on Thursday and promised […]
This undated handout picture released by the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak's Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation (IBEC) on August 26, 2010 shows the frog Microhyla nepenthicola, Asia's smallest frog, sitting on the tip of a pencil in Kuching, Sarawak state. (INDRANEIL DAS / IBEC / AFP) NEW YORK – New commitments aimed at catalyzing biodiversity […]
This undated photo shows a general view of the Cambridge University campus. (PHOTO / VCG) LONDON – Britain's University of Cambridge said on Thursday it had benefited from the proceeds of slavery over its history, and promised to expand scholarships for Black students and fund more research into the murderous trade. Cambridge said an investigation […]
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) CHICAGO / GENEVA / SANTIAGO – People who had COVID-19 are at higher risk for a host of brain injuries a […]
French President Emmanuel Macron poses aboard a boat on his way to visit the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind farm, off the coast of the Guerande peninsula in western France on Sept 22, 2022. (STEPHANE MAHE / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed in an interview with BFM TV that France could […]