Demonstrators block the Desaguadero Border Crossing Point between Bolivia and Peru during a protest following the ouster of Peru’s former president Pedro Castillo, in Desaguadero, Peru, Jan 6, 2023. (CLAUDIA MORALES / REUTERS) LIMA – Peru's top prosecutor's office on Tuesday said it has launched an inquiry into new President Dina Boluarte and members of […]
(From left to right) US President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pose for pictures after speaking to the press during the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City, on Jan 10, 2023. (NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP) MEXICO CITY – The United […]
Quarantine support members walk on an international flight arrival floor at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec 1, 2021, as Japan suspended all new flight bookings into the country in response to the Omicron COVID variant. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) COPENHAGEN/LONDON – A senior official of the World Health Organization has urged countries to take science-based […]
US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet at the National Palace during the North American leaders summit in Mexico City, Mexico Jan 9, 2023. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY – The United States, Mexico and Canada on Tuesday vowed to tighten economic ties, producing more goods regionally and boosting […]
Nordic nation, in key EU role, to pursue consultation on China investment deal A China-Europe freight train bound for Madrid of Spain, which carries two containers of medical supplies as well as other goods, departs the city of Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province, March 21, 2020. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Sweden, which has assumed the rotating […]
Rail workers that are members of the ASLEF union stand at a picket line outside Euston station while on strike, in London, Britain, Jan 5, 2023. (HENRY NICHOLLS / REUTERS) LONDON – The British government introduced legislation to parliament on Tuesday which would require key public services to maintain minimum safety levels during strike action […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 19, 2007, Constantine II of Greece leaves Westminster Abbey in London, following a service of celebration to mark the diamond wedding anniversary of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. (ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) ATHENS – Greece's former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (center), European Council President Charles Michel (left) and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (right) hold a press conference after signing a joint declaration of cooperation between EU and NATO in Brussels on Jan 10, 2023. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the […]
Mounted police watch as supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro depart their encampment outside army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil on Jan 9, 2023, the day after Bolsonaro supporters stormed government buildings in the capital. (GUSTAVO MORENO / AP) BRASILIA – A Brazilian Supreme Court judge ordered the arrest on Tuesday of the capital's most […]
A file photo taken on Sept 20, 2022, shows the Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear plant in Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP) KIEV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will send monitoring missions to nuclear power plants (NPPs) in Ukraine, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday, citing a senior official. "In the near future, […]
Copies of the new book by Prince Harry called "Spare" are placed on a shelf of a book store during a midnight opening in London on Jan 10, 2023. (ALBERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – Prince Harry's Spare became the UK's fastest selling non-fiction book ever, its publisher said on Tuesday, after days of TV […]
A family sit on a rock in front of a cargo ship anchors in the Marmara Sea awaits to access to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) KIEV — Ukraine's foodstuff exports reached 17 million metric tons since August under a deal on the export of […]
US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador meet at the National Palace during the North American leaders summit in Mexico City, Mexico Jan 9, 2023. (KEVIN LAMARQUE / REUTERS) MEXICO CITY — The United States, Mexico and Canada will take steps to promote the North American semiconductor industry, enhance cooperation to […]
Firefighters tackle a wildfire at the village of Asseiceira Pequena in Mafra on July 31, 2022. (PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA / AFP) BRUSSELS – Europe experienced its second-warmest year on record in 2022, European Union scientists said on Tuesday, as climate change unleashed record-breaking weather extremes that slashed crop yields, dried up rivers and led […]
A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk damaging a home in Sacramento, California, Jan 8, 2023. (KATHLEEN RONAYNE / AP) LOS ANGELES – US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country on Monday. According to a statement released by […]
A still image from video, released by the Russian Defense Ministry, shows what it said to be the frigate 'Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Gorshkov' during an air defense exercise in the Norwegian Sea, in an image taken from video released Jan 10, 2023. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY / REUTERS) MOSCOW – A […]
US President Joe Biden speaks about his student debt relief plan at Central New Mexico Community College, Nov 3, 2022, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (PATRICK SEMANSKY / AP) WASHINGTON – Classified documents from Joe Biden's vice-presidential days were discovered in November by the US president's personal attorneys at a Washington think tank, a White House […]
A traffic sign warns of an ozone alert as motorists head southbound on Interstate 25 into the center of downtown during evening rush-hour, July 23, 2021, in Denver. (DAVID ZALUBOWSKI / AP) NAIROBI – Recovery of the ozone layer could be realized in the next four decades amid rapid phase-out of chemicals that are responsible […]
A wounded demonstrator is ushered into the hospital's emergency room in the highland city of Juliaca, Peru, on Jan 9, 2023. (STRINGER / AFP) LIMA/JULIACA – At least 17 people were killed in clashes with police in southern Peru, the country's human rights office said on Monday, the deadliest day so far of protests demanding […]
The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North China's Hebei province. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The global carbon dioxide level has hit a record high, the China Meteorological Administration said on Monday, further demonstrating that climate change remains a global challenge. Data from the 2021 China Greenhouse Gases Bulletin said that global carbon […]