Pope Francis (center) attends a meeting with Bishops at the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KINSHASA – Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and […]
This photo taken on Dec 14, 2022 shows an outdoor view of the crisis unit at the Orano la Hague reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, with the Orano logo on a facade. (PHOTO / AFP) LA HAGUE, France – At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a […]
Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades and Cyprus presidential candidate Averof Neophytou, head of the governing right-wing Democratic Rally party, wave to supporters during a pre-election rally in Nicosia, Cyprus Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) NICOSIA – Cypriots vote on Sunday in a presidential election which has split the political right and is unlikely to produce […]
A firefighter works, as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Quillon, Chile, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO — Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853 acres) of forest in Chile, destroying houses and threatening farms and forests as the South American nation faces a summer heatwave across southern and central […]
The United Nations logo is seen inside the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) TEGUCIGALPA — Honduras and the United Nations launched on Thursday a humanitarian aid plan aiming to reach more than 2 million of the Central American country's most vulnerable people, the groups said. The […]
Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (right) and his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez hold a joint press conference following the 12th session of the Morocco-Spain High Level Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rabat on Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) RABAT — Morocco and Spain on Thursday signed 20 agreements to advance their […]
This aerial photo taken on Feb 1, 2023 shows the view of Beidagang Wetland in north China's Tianjin. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GENEVA — The rapid loss of the world's wetlands must urgently be reversed by restoring vital ecosystems, the head of the Convention on Wetlands said here on Thursday. Awareness on the issue must also […]
In this file photo dated to Feb 7, 2022, German Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire (not seen) at the Bercy Ministry in Paris, France. Germany's Economy Minister Robert Habeck and French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speak after a joint press conference after talks in Kiev on Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday discussed cooperation and Kiev's European integration, Zelensky's […]
French leftist party La France Insoumise Euro Deputy Manon Aubry uses her mobile phone as she takes part in a vote on a request for waiver of the immunity of MPs Marc Tarabella of Belgium and Italian Andrea Cozzolino's as part of a probe into alleged bribery by Qatar and Morocco during a session at […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of public patriotic and youth organizations at the Battle of Stalingrad Museum and Panorama in Volgograd on Feb 2, 2023, during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW / KIEV – Russia's response […]
Austrian lawyer Manfred Arbacher-Stoeger gives an interview to the media outside the courtroom as the verdict for six men accused of providing various degrees of help to a jihadist who killed four people in a shooting rampage in Vienna in November 2020 is expected, in Vienna, Austria, Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) VIENNA – […]
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, Somalia, on Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) MOGADISHU – Top leaders of Djibouti, Ethiopia and Kenya on Wednesday agreed to begin "search and destroy" operations to push al Shabaab militants […]
Morocco's Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (right) speaks alongside his Spanish counterpart Pedro Sanchez during the Morocco-Spain summit in Rabat, on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) RABAT – Spain and Morocco will hold their first bilateral summit in eight years on Thursday as they seek to strengthen economic ties and build on a diplomatic truce […]
A health worker prepares a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a health center in Jakarta on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON / GENEVA – Governments may have to reserve drugs and vaccines for the World Health Organization to distribute in poorer countries to avoid a repeat of the "catastrophic failure" during […]
In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2013, flags flap in the breeze at the United Nations Office in Vienna, capital of Austria. (PHOTO / AFP) VIENNA — Austria is expelling four Russian diplomats for behaving in a manner inconsistent with international agreements, a reason often invoked in spying cases, the Austrian Foreign Ministry said […]
This Jan 9, 2008, file photo shows Pallbearers carrying the casket of John Granville, the American diplomat killed in Sudan, at his funeral at St John Vianney RC Church in Orchard Park, New York. Washington is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the […]
This Sept 22, 2022, photo shows Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. Holness on Jan 31, 2023 told lawmakers that Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti. (PHOTO / AP) KINGSTON – Jamaica would be […]
President of Brazil's Federal Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco, gestures during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Brazilian senate at the Federal Senate plenary in Brasilia on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA – Brazil's Congress on Wednesday re-elected the leaders of both chambers who were backed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a […]
People observe a bee hotel at the San Ramon park in Alajuela, Costa Rica on Nov 8, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) SAN JOSE — Costa Rica's Congress on Wednesday blocked the country's ratification of a UN-backed environmental treaty named after one of the Central American country's municipalities, after it lost support from the administration. The […]