A woman receives a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary inoculation center at the Tate Modern in central London on July 16, 2021. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) WASHINGTON / PRAGUE / LOS ANGELES / FRANKFURT – A European health emergency official on Wednesday said adapted versions of established mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that […]
In this Oct 30, 2009 file photo, a mother holds her baby receiving a new malaria vaccine as part of a trial at the Walter Reed Project Research Center in Kombewa in Western Kenya. (KAREL PRINSLOO / FILE / AP) LONDON / KISUMU, Kenya – After decades of work, the World Health Organization endorsed the […]
A boy gets tested for COVID-19 after vaccinated family members tested positive for the coronavirus, in North Miami, Florida on Aug 9, 2021. (MARTA LAVANDIER / AP) WASHINGTON / PRAGUE / LOS ANGELES – The newer and most contagious Omicron subvariants, known as BA.4 and BA.5, now make up over 80 percent of COVID-19 infections […]
In this Sept 30, 2019 file photo, former US national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. (PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / AP) WASHINGTON – John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that […]
Apartment buildings damaged during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces stand in Severodonetsk, in the territory which is under control of the Government of the Luhansk People's Republic, in eastern Ukraine, July 12, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) KYIV – Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which coordinates technological cooperation […]
Former US President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2022 in Orlando, Florida, on Feb 26, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) WASHINGTON – US lawmakers on Tuesday accused Donald Trump of inciting a mob of followers to attack the US Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, in a last-ditch bid to remain in […]
In this Sept 30, 2019 file photo, former US national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. (PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS / AP) WASHINGTON – John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said on Tuesday that […]
British Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rishi Sunak launches his campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London on July 12, 2022. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP PHOTO) LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) – Eight Conservatives will fight it out to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister after winning enough nominations from their […]
This picture taken on April 15, 2020 shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (PHOTO / AFP) GENEVA – The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is "nowhere near over" as the number of new cases worldwide has risen by 30 percent in the […]
A healthcare professional prepares a dose of COVID-19 vaccine for health and social care workers at the Life Science Centre at the International Centre for Life in Newcastle upon Tyne, northeast England, on Jan 9, 2021. (OWEN HUMPHREYS / POOL / AFP) WASHINGTON / PRAGUE – Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc escalated its patent fight with Pfizer […]
OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann speaks during a ministerial meeting at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development at the OECD headquarters in Paris on June 9, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) PARIS – The biggest overhaul of cross-border tax rules in a generation is now on course to take effect in 2024, the […]
First Lady Jill Biden watches as Marine One carrying US President Joe Biden lands on the South Lawn of the White House upon Biden's return to Washington, DC on June 30, 2022. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) US first lady Jill Biden's attempt to compliment Latinos flopped on Monday when she said they were as unique […]
A handout photograph taken and released on Sept 29, 2021 by the Turkish Presidential Press service shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) speaking with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their meeting at the Russian Official Residence of Presidency in Sochi. (MUSTAFA KAMACI / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP) MOSCOW/ROME – Russian President Vladimir […]
This file photo taken on June 4, 2021 shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Paris, France. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) ROME / TUNIS – Moderna Inc said on Monday it was advancing two Omicron vaccine candidates for the fall, one designed against the BA.1 variant and another against […]
France's Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne speaks during a debate on a motion of censure filed by the New Popular Ecological and Social Union party at the French national assembly in Paris on July 11, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) PARIS – French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday comfortably survived a motion of no-confidence brought […]
A Union Flag flies in front of the clock face on Elizabeth Tower, commonly known by the name of the bell Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster on Jan 5, 2022. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDON – Britain's new prime minister will be announced on Sept 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating […]
Children wait to be vaccinated against polio in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on May 18, 2022. (HERMAN EMMANUEL / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on Nov 15, with India projected to surpass China as the most populous country in 2023, the United Nations said Monday, World Population […]
Dozens of people queue outside a pharmacy for a COVID-19 antigenic test on Jan 19, 2022 in Savenay, western France, as COVID-19 cases soar in Europe. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP) The European Union's population shrank for a second year running last year, the bloc's statistics office said on Monday, as the region reels from over […]
Vessels are parked along the anchorage near Pasir Panjang terminal port in Singapore on June 6, 2022. (ROSLAN RAHMAN / AFP) LONDON – If shipping is the beating heart of global trade, its pulse is about to get slower. Faced with uncertainty about which fuels to use in the long term to cut greenhouse gas […]
A view taken from a rescue helicopter of the Punta Rocca glacier near Canazei, in the Italian Alps in northern Italy, Tuesday, July 5, 2022, two days after a huge chunk of the glacier broke loose, sending an avalanche of ice, snow, and rocks onto hikers. (LUCA BRUNO / AP PHOTO) It is hard to […]