Russia scraps remaining COVID-19 restrictions

A woman has her body temperature checked as she waits in line to receive an injection of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination point in a public services office in Moscow, Russia, on Feb 10, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) ROME / HELSINKI / JUBA / BERLIN / COPENHAGEN – Russia said on Friday it was […]

US Supreme Court limits federal power to curb carbon emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 29, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court on Thursday imposed limits on the federal government's authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a ruling that undermines President Joe Biden's plans to tackle climate change […]

Russian, Indonesian presidents discuss Ukraine, food supplies

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Indonesian President Joko Widodo shake hands after a joint news conference after their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on June 30, 2022. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO, POOL / AP PHOTO) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Thursday discussed the current situation in […]

Expert: France’s new COVID wave expected to peak end-July

People queue outside the Stade de France stadium, which has been converted into a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, April 6, 2021. (THOMAS SAMSON / POOL VIA AP) BRUSSELS / SAO PAULO / COPENHAGEN / OTTAWA / SAN SALVADOR / BELGRADE / ADDIS ABABA / WINDHOEK / PARIS – A new wave in France of COVID-19 infections fuelled by […]

UK watchdog investigates Captain Tom charity

100-year-old WWII veteran Captain Tom Moore poses with his medal after being made a Knight Bachelor during an investiture at Windsor Castle in Windsor, west of London on July 17, 2020. (CHRIS JACKSON / POOL / AFP) LONDON – Britain's charity watchdog said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into the foundation set up […]

BioNTech, Pfizer to start testing universal COVID-19 vaccine

In this file photo taken on January 10, 2022, a health worker shows a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Santiago. (JAVIER TORRES / AFP) BRUSSELS / SAO PAULO / COPENHAGEN / OTTAWA / SAN SALVADOR / BELGRADE / ADDIS ABABA / WINDHOEK – Germany's BioNTech, Pfizer's partner in COVID-19 vaccines, said the […]

NATO summit opens amid controversy, internal discord

(from right) French President Emmanuel Macron, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and his wife Linda Rama visit the Prado Museum in Madrid on June 29, 2022. (BERTRAND GUAY, POOL VIA AP) MADRID – The 2022 Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization opened here on Wednesday amid mounting criticisms of […]