A picture taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris.(ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) PRAGUE – The EU's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged bickering nations to settle their differences on restricting travel for Russian citizens, saying Europe must remain united vis-a-vis […]
Military personnel catches a football while in the background a Boeing CH-47F Chinook tandem rotor helicopter (Vertol) of the US Army's 101st Airborne Division starts to take off during a demonstration drill at Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase near Constanta, Romania on July 30, 2022. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU / AFP) The US Army has temporarily grounded its fleet […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) FRANKFURT/LONDON – Russia halted gas supplies via a major pipeline to Europe on Wednesday, intensifying an economic battle between Moscow and Brussels […]
The NASA moon rocket stands on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Tuesday, Aug 30, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (BRYNN ANDERSON / AP) WASHINGTON – NASA aims to make a second attempt to launch its giant next-generation moon rocket on Saturday, Sept 3, five […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) PARIS – France accused Moscow on Tuesday of using energy supplies as a "weapon" after Russia's Gazprom cut deliveries to a major […]
In this April 23, 2020 file photo, a sign is seen by the entrance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. (TAMI CHAPPELL / AFP) MEXICO CITY/ Advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet on Thursday to vote on whether to recommend the use of two […]
This handout photo taken and released by the Ukrainian presidential press service on Aug 30, 2022, shows Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi posing prior to their meeting in Kyiv. (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday met with visiting International […]
In this Nov 8, 2018 file photo, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attends the Moscow premier of a film made by Werner Herzog and British filmmaker Andre Singer based on their conversations, in Moscow, Russia. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO / AP) MOSCOW – Former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 6, 2022, people line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Lille, northern France. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) LONDON – It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful […]
This handout photo taken and released by the World Food Programme (WFP) on Aug 30, 2022 in Djibouti shows the MV Brave Commander that reached the port of Djibouti with 30,000 MT wheat grain for the Ethiopia operation. (CLAIRE Nevill / WFP / AFP) SANAA – A ship chartered by the World Food Programme carrying […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 2, 2021 Angola's President Joao Lourenco makes a national statement on the second day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. (ADRIAN DENNIS / POOL / AFP) LISBON – Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades since independence, the […]
Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed on Aug 26, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday finished examining documents seized in the raid of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence […]
A picture shows a view of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile river at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on Nov 27, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM – Ethiopia on Monday expressed readiness to negotiate with Sudan and Egypt on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under the patronage of the African Union. The third filling […]
Activists prepare mannequins during a public campaign on violence against women, in front of the parliament building in Jakarta on Dec 8, 2020. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP) NAIROBI – Violence against women and girls has escalated in low-income countries against a backdrop of climate emergencies, COVID-19-related disruptions, and civil strife, international health campaigners said Monday. […]
This picture taken on Aug 6, 2022 shows the entrance of the building where Belgian Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, husband of German consul Uwe Herbert Hahn, died on August 5, 2022, in the apartment they shared in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The police is investigating the circumstances of his death, according to local media. (ANDRE […]
Long COVID extends pandemic's effect, with $170b in lost wages, report finds Between 2 and 4 million people in the United States can't work because of the long-term debilitating effects of COVID-19, costing the economy up to $170 billion a year in lost wages, according to a report. The report by the Brookings Institution think […]
Activists prepare mannequins during a public campaign on violence against women, in front of the parliament building in Jakarta on Dec 8, 2020. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP) NAIROBI – Violence against women and girls has escalated in low-income countries against a backdrop of climate emergencies, COVID-19-related disruptions, and civil strife, international health campaigners said Monday. […]
A sign about COVID-19 test is displayed at a testing site as people are seen inside for testing in Morton Grove, Illinois on Jan 9, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH / AP) WASHINGTON / LIMA – Starting next week, Americans will no longer be able to order free at-home COVID-19 tests from a website set up […]
Mary Ng (left), Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development speaks during a press conference with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai in Ottawa, Canada on May 5, 2022. (DAVE CHAN / AFP) OTTAWA- The Canadian federal government said on Monday that it will challenge the United States' duties […]
Editor's note: China Daily presents a series of in-depth reports to analyze how exclusive blocs create divides, conflicts and setbacks in the world, and how the greater international community works to shore up unity, peace and development. People pass by US National flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) In […]