UN confirms Inger Andersen for second term as UNEP chief

Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program attends at the opening of the plenary for the tail end of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Dec 19, 2022. (ANDREJ IVANOV / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday confirmed Inger Andersen of Denmark […]

UN chief urges ‘credible’ net-zero pledges

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on Jan 18, 2023. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) DAVOS, Switzerland – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum in Davos to follow the principles outlined by an expert group […]

Boris Pistorius named new defence minister of Germany

Then Germany Lower Saxony Interior Minister and current Germany defense minister Boris Pistorius attends a news conference in Hanover, Germany Nov 18, 2015. (Axel Schmidt / REUTERS) BERLIN – Germany's government named Boris Pistorius as defense minister on Tuesday at a time of mounting pressure on Berlin from Western allies to allow Ukraine to use […]

TASS: Russia’s newest nuclear submarine on its way to base in Arctic

This undated photo shows the nuclear-powered Kazan submarine. (PHOTO / RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / CHINADAILY.COM.CN) Russian navy's newest nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Generalissimo Suvorov is on its way to a temporary base for the Northern Fleet in the Arctic, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday, citing an unidentified defense source. "Recently, the submarine cruiser […]

Ukrainian, German presidents discuss defense issues

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier holds a video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (on the screen) on Jan 17, 2023 at the presidential Bellevue Palace in Berlin. (WOLFGANG KUMM / POOL / AFP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he discussed defense issues with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the meeting […]

Govt forces kill 21 al-Shabab militants in central Somalia

Somali soldiers walk at Sanguuni military base, about 450 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 13, 2018. (MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / AFP) MOGADISHU – Somali National Army (SNA) killed 21 al-Shabab militants and injured several others after al-Shabab militants raided a military base in central Somalia early Tuesday. Chief of Defense Forces Odowaa Yusuf Rage […]

6 dead in US shooting, including 6-month-old baby, mother

In this image released by Tulare County Sheriff's Office, detectives investigate a shooting in Goshen near Visalia, California, early morning on Jan 16, 2023. (TULARE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE VIA AP) Six people including a six-month-old baby cradled in the arms of her 17-year-old mother were shot dead at a home in California's main agricultural valley […]