Efforts to shed light on a bitter slice of history for Asian Americans resonate amid rising racism Demonstrators condemn racism against Asians at a rally in Washington, DC, on June 25. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Editor's note: Growing racism against Asian Americans is far from a new phenomenon, as we detail with coverage of efforts to […]
This March 15, 2022, file photo provided by the Parcoy Municipality shows the path of a mudslide in Parcoy, Peru. At least 36 people were killed in Peru after a mudslide buried several communities in the province of Camana, authorities confirmed on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) LIMA – At least eight people were […]
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the US wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said on Monday it had informed […]
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service […]
Police officers stand near the bodies of alleged al Shabaab militants who have been killed after the siege at the Mogadishu Municipality Headquaters in Mogadishu on Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO – At least 34 people have been killed in clashes in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public […]
In this file photo dated Mar 17, 2020, people walk past the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. (PHOTO / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN — Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defence spending. The demonstration was organised […]
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of presidential elections, in his office in the capital Nicosia, on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the […]
This file photo shows a UN vehicle patrolling the streets before the polls open for the presidential election in Bamako, Mali, July 29, 2018. (PHOTO / REUTERS) BAMAKO – The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he […]
Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction. Francis, who made […]
People explore the Ice Castles in -17 C weather in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, on Feb 4, 2023. The northeastern US and Canada are experiencing an Arctic blast that could see some areas record their lowest ever wind chill temperatures. (PHOTO / AFP) A dangerous combination of record-setting cold temperatures and powerful winds buffeted the […]
People line up to buy guns and ammunition at the Ready Gunner gun store on Jan 10, 2021 in Orem, Utah. (PHOTO / AFP) A federal law prohibiting marijuana users from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Oklahoma has concluded, citing last year's US Supreme Court ruling that significantly expanded gun rights. US […]
A view shows the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on April 28, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) BEIJING – The implementation of further price caps for seaborne Russian petroleum products, adopted Saturday by the European Union (EU) and the Group of Seven, began Sunday, despite Russia's vow […]
Firefighters are seen during a fire in Puren, Araucania region, Chile on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least […]
JUBA – Pope Francis joined other Christian leaders and the UN on Saturday in urging the protection and advancement of women in South Sudan, where rape has been a weapon of war, child brides are common and most girls do not reach secondary education. The rights of girls and women was a recurring theme on […]
Ukrainian servicemen pose on the road as they walk toward their base near the frontline in the Donetsk region on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON – Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been freed following a latest prisoner swap, officials from both sides confirmed on Saturday. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian […]
A man puts out a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least thirteen lives and torched some 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres), authorities reported on Friday, as a summer heatwave sweeps across the southern hemisphere country. Eleven people, […]
A picture taken on September 1, 2022 from La Linea de la Concepcion shows the Rock of Gibraltar. (PHOTO / AFP) MADRID – Gibraltar on Friday accused Spain of a "gross violation of British sovereignty" after two customs officials entered the British overseas territory during an anti-smuggling operation. Early on Thursday, two Spanish customs agents […]
General view of the Peruvian Congress chamber in session in Lima on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LIMA – Peru's Congress shelved President Dina Boluarte's bill to bring elections forward to 2023 on Friday night, leaving a major demand of demonstrators whose protests have rocked the country in recent weeks up in the air. […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press-service on Feb 3, 2023, shows the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) and President of the European Council Charles Michel attending a working session during an EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv. (PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS-SERVICE / AFP) BRUSSELS / WASHINGTON […]
An internally displaced man pours wheat grains into a sack at Berley Camp, 20 kilometers from the city of Gode, Ethiopia, on Jan10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ROME – World food prices fell in January for a 10th consecutive month, and are now down some 18 percent from a record high hit last March following […]