A Russian serviceman guards a grain elevator in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, on July 14, 2022, amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. (OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) ANKARA – An agreement to resume grain shipment from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea will be signed in Türkiye on Friday in a bid to resolve a global food crisis, […]
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Biden says he is ‘doing well,’ working after COVID infection
In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on the phone from the Treaty Room in the residence of the White House on July 21, 2022, in Washington. Biden says he's "doing great" after testing positive for COVID-19. (ADAM SCHULTZ / THE WHITE HOUSE VIA AP) […]
Trump watched Capitol riot unfold on TV, ignored pleas for peace
A video of then president Donald Trump recording a statement on Jan 7, 2021, is played, as the House select committee investigating the Jan 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2022. (AL DRAGO / POOL VIA AP) WASHINGTON – Donald Trump sat for hours […]
BA.5 fuels another COVID-19 wave as US cases top 90 million
Masked patrons wait to order at a food stand inside Grand Central Market on July 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP) LOS ANGELES / BERLIN / WARSAW – The latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant has been driving another surge of infections in the United States as the country's total caseload topped […]
Biden tests positive for COVID-19
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive […]
UK’s top court to hear Scottish independence case in Oct
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon delivers a speech during a press conference to launch a second independence paper, at the Bute House, in Edinburgh, on July 14, 2022. The paper is titled "Renewing Democracy Through Independence" and will set out the Scottish Government's view that people living in Scotland have the right to choose how […]
US, Canada demand trade dispute talks over Mexican policies
This file photo shows an aerial view of the Mexican oil company PEMEX oil complex, located adjacent to the Tula power plant belonging to national power company Commission Federal de Electricidad, or CFE, in Tula, Hidalgo state, Mexico, on January 11, 2018. (PEDRO PARDO / AFP) WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY – The United States and Canada on […]
Mario Draghi resigns, plunging Italy into political turmoil
In this file photo taken on June 16, 2022 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi holds a press conference with the heads of state of Ukraine, France, Romania and Germany at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) ROME – Italian President Sergio Mattarella dissolved parliament on Thursday, clearing the way for an early election […]
Biden almost declares climate emergency, acts on wind power
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media after exiting Air Force One on July 20, 2022 at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Biden is returning from a trip to Somerset, Massachusetts, where he spoke about climate change. (EVAN VUCCI / AP PHOTO) SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that […]
EU asks members to cut gas usage amid new Russian warning
This July 20, 2022 photo shows the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany. (MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP) BRUSSELS/LONDON/MADRID – The European Union told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15 […]
Italian PM Draghi looks doomed after coalition splinters
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi reacts during the debate on the government crisis following his resignation the week before, at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Italy's government crumbled on Wednesday when three of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's main coalition partners snubbed a confidence vote he had […]
Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded
Residents spray water with a hose as fire burns near houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on July 20, 2022. (THANASSIS STAVRAKIS / AP) ATHENS/LONDON – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day that the fight […]
Europe engulfed by new COVID wave, says ECDC expert
Members of the public queue outside a pharmacy to receive COVID-19 antigen tests in Paris on Jan 6, 2022, as COVID-19 cases soar in Europe. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) STOCKHOLM / VALLETTA / PARIS / LOS ANGELES – Europe is engulfed by a new COVID-19 wave as the number of new infections has tripled in […]
High tolerance of hate worries US homeland security head
US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a discussion of the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado, the United States on July 19, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) ASPEN, the United States – Calling divisiveness one of the many threats facing the United States, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday blamed […]
‘Hasta la vista, baby,’ says UK’s Johnson as he exits parliament
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on July 20, 2022 to head to the Houses of Parliament for his last weekly Prime Minister's Questions session. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final showpiece parliamentary appearance with […]
More EU countries consider 2nd booster jab amid COVID surge
A nurse administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a man in Prague, Czech Republic on July 18, 2022. (DANA KESNEROVA/XINHUA) MEXICO CITY / NICOSIA / LJUBLJANA / HARARE / MOSCOW – Slovenia has authorized the second COVID-19 vaccination booster shot to all adults after the number of new daily infections reached the highest level since […]
WMO: Extreme heat waves ‘here to stay’
A man uses cool morning hours for a run on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany on July 18, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP PHOTO) GENEVA – The World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday that Europe's heat wave could persist into the middle of next week, whereas the negative impacts of climate […]
EU tops up Ukraine military aid with 500 million euros
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on on July 18, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP) BRUSSELS-European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to grant Ukraine an additional 500 million euros ($507.7 million) in military aid from the bloc. […]
US CDC recommends Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults
This file photo taken on Nov 17, 2020 shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US biotech company Novavax. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) MEXICO CITY / NICOSIA – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 […]
Italy faces parliamentary showdown on govt survival
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during the inauguration of the Business Forum at the International Conference Center in Algiers on July 18, 2022. (AFP) ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will address the upper house Senate on Wednesday on a political crisis that could bring down his government and trigger early elections at […]