Confidence in vote count for midterms shaky, poll finds, as divisions mount People walk on Times Square in New York, the United States, Nov 23, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Lindsay Cui, a financial adviser in Silicon Valley, is disappointed in the current state of the United States, and she is far from alone. "It's very […]
Italy's new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni reacts during the cabinet minister bell handover ceremony at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Oct 23, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – With Italy's newly installed government facing pressing domestic priorities, analysts do not expect immediate changes to the country's foreign policy line. Observers told Xinhua that Giorgia […]
Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng (left) enters the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, July 21, 2020, with his attorney for a hearing. (JIM MONE / AP) WASHINGTON – A former police officer of Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota on Monday pleaded guilty in the death of African American man George […]
A Russian military convoy is seen on the road toward the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry […]
An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) COPENHAGEN – Vaccination continues to be one of the most effective tools in combating both influenza and COVID-19, and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe […]
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves the campaign office in London, Oct 24, 2022. (ABERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party's leadership contest. He will replace Liz Truss as the country's new prime minister. Sunak was the […]
Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Oct 13, 2022. (CHRISTIAN CHAVEZ, FILE / AP) SAN DIEGO — A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever […]
Residents and members of the National Guard clean the streets after the arrival of Hurricane Roslyn in Sayulita community, Nayarit state, Mexico, on Oct 23, 2022. (ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Roslyn has made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast as it turns Category 3, although it is expected to weaken soon, the […]
Outgoing Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) shakes hands with new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during the handover ceremony at Chigi Palace Premier's office, in Rome on Oct 23, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP) ROME – New Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday called for unity as she symbolically took power in a country that […]
Presidential candidate Anze Logar (right) and former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa shake hands as they wait for the first official results of the presidential election, in Ljubljana, on Oct 23, 2022. (JURE MAKOVEC / AFP) LJUBLJANA – Slovenia is due to hold the second round of presidential election on Nov 13 after no candidate […]
Security forces and others walk in front of the damaged Hayat Hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Aug 21, 2022. A suicide car bomb attack targets the Tawakal Hotel in Somalia's southern town of Kismayo on Oct 23, 2022, sparking an exchange of fire between Al-Shabab terror group and security forces. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) […]
This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) KAMPALA – Uganda's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged the public to remain vigilant as […]
China's Sinopharm vaccines are seen at an airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 11, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YAOUNDE / MOSCOW – Cameroon will start the fifth phase of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination next month, according to the country's Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie. The campaign will run from Nov 18 to 27 and will target […]
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (second left) welcomes new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (center) as she arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian Government at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Oct 22, 2022. (FABIO FRUSTACI / ANSA / AFP) ROME – The new Italian government formed by appointed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was […]
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / OTTAWA / MOSCOW – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is closely tracking a wide […]
General view during a session at the National Assembly, in Caracas, on Sept 20, 2022. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS – Legislative delegations from Venezuela's National Assembly and Colombia's Congress met on Friday to set up working commissions for normalizing bilateral ties, said Venezuelan lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez. State-owned Venezolana de Television reported that 36 Colombian […]
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 outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) MANILA – "The pandemic is not yet over," a World Health Organization official warned on Friday, saying the continued emergence of subvariants "poses a […]
This handout picture taken and released by Quirinale Press Office on Oct 21, 2022 shows President of the Italian party Fratelli d'Italia and Italian Prime Minister-designate Giorgia Meloni addressing the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. (FRANCESCO AMMENDOLA / QUIRINALE PRESS OFFICE / AFP) ROME – […]
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during a press event in Budapest, Hungary, on July 29, 2022. (PHOTO BY ATTILA VOLQYI/XINHUA) BUDAPEST- The government of Hungary rejects all proposals that would damage economic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said here […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Western Military District training ground in the Ryazan region on Oct 20, 2022. (KREMLIN PRESS RELEASE) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inspected the training of the newly drafted personnel who will participate in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement. On […]