An employee wearing a face mask and gloves disinfects samples of cosmetics in a shopping center in Moscow, Russia, on June 2, 2020. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO JR / XINHUA) The law authorizes the Russian government to determine the list of goods that are subject to the new legislation MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a […]
In this file photo taken on Dec 13, 2019 Scottish National Party (SNP) leader and Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks in Edinburgh. (ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP) LONDON – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday that a fresh referendum on Scotland's independence from the United Kingdom will be held on Oct 19, 2023. The […]
Cars with combustion engines are stored at a container terminal at the harbor in Hamburg, Germany on March 18, 2022. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP PHOTO) LUXEMBOURG – EU countries clinched deals on proposed laws to combat climate change early Wednesday, backing a 2035 phase-out of new fossil fuel car sales and a multibillion-euro fund to […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 15, 2022. (OLIVIER MATTHYS / AP) NATO will dramatically increase the ranks of its high-readiness forces from 40,000 to 300,000 as part of the biggest overhaul of its collective deterrence and defense since the Cold War, the trans-Atlantic alliance's […]
Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP) BELGRADE / MEXICO CITY – Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended a change in the design of COVID-19 booster shots this fall in order to combat more recently circulating variants of the […]
The Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) mission launches on Rocket Lab's Electron rocket from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand, on June 28, 2022. (ROCKET LAB) LOS ANGELES – NASA launched a new mission codenamed CAPSTONE on Tuesday to test a new type of lunar orbit, […]
Children belonging to Afghan refugees living in Pakistan fetch water from a tap on the outskirts of Lahore on June 19, 2022, on the eve of "World Refugee Day". (ARIF ALI / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Between 2005 and 2020, the United Nations verified over 266,000 grave violations against children in more than 30 situations […]
Photographers take pictures as (left-right) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi wait to start a meeting of five G7 leaders on June 28, 2022 at Elmau Castle, southern Germany, on the last day of the G7 Summit. (LUDOVIC […]
A migrant looks on as he stands inside Moria detention center in Mytilene on April 15, 2016. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for international protection, a third more than in 2020, its asylum agency EUAA said on Tuesday, with Syrians and Afghans the main groups of […]
People wade through a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfall in Companiganj on June 26, 2022. (MAMUN HOSSAIN / AFP) LONDON – Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy downpours – have caused widespread upheaval across the globe this year, with thousands of people killed and millions more displaced. In the last […]
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a walk up vaccination site in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (DAVID PAUL MORRIS / BLOOMBERG) PARIS / LOS ANGELES / ADDIS ABABA / WASHINGTON – A US appeals court panel said on Monday it would convene a full panel to […]
The East African Community on Friday unveiled its Regional Bioeconomy Strategy at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The strategy is aimed at making use of the region's abundant natural resources to develop the bioeconomy. The strategy will offer an opportunity for partner states to achieve their individual aspirations, making use of the region's underutilized […]
Police walk in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC on June 27, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate of decisions expanding religious liberty, ruled on Monday that a Washington state public school district violated the rights of a Christian high school […]
Police and other first responders work at the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer containing suspected migrants was found on June 27, 2022, in San Antonio. (ERIC GAY / AP PHOTO) SAN ANTONIO – The bodies of […]
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking upon his arrival at the Simon Bolivar international airport in La Guaira, Venezuela on June 18, 2022. (ZURIMAR CAMPOS / VENEZUELAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that the country’s head of congress met a United States delegation […]
French Health and Prevention Minister Brigitte Bourguignon receives a second booster vaccination dose against COVID-19 in a pharmacy in Paris, on June 23, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) PARIS / LOS ANGELES / ADDIS ABABA – French people should start wearing masks again in crowded areas, especially in public transport, as France has to deal with […]
Police work at the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio on June 27, 2022. (ERIC GAY / AP PHOTO) At least 40 people were found dead inside a tractor-traileron Monday in San Antonio, Texas, according to a law enforcement official briefed on […]
Police patrol outside the international media center during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 26, 2022. (GUO CHEN / XINHUA) ELMAU, Germany – A series of major Western diplomatic gatherings began with the Group of Seven (G7) leaders' meeting in the German mountain resort of Schloss Elmau on Sunday, while thousands […]
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region transport building materials using a donkey-pulled cart, at Umm Rakuba camp in eastern Sudan's Gedaref State, on Aug 11, 2021. (ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP) Sudan's military accused Ethiopia's army of executing seven Sudanese soldiers and a civilian who were captives, the Sudanese armed forces said […]
People stroll on Red Square in front of the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in downtown Moscow on June 7, 2022. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) LONDON – Russia defaulted on its foreign sovereign bonds for the first time since the Bolshevik revolution, as sweeping sanctions cut the country off from the global financial system […]