Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliament debate in Athens, Aug 26, 2020. (PHOTO / AP) ATHENS – A motion of censure against the Greek government over allegations of extensive wiretapping was outvoted on Friday, Greek national broadcaster ERT has reported. The motion was tabled by the main opposition party, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, over […]
Protesters demonstrate in front of the Consulate General of Sweden after Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish far-right political party Hard Line and who also has Swedish citizenship burned a copy of the Koran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan 21, 2023. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Protests in Stockholm […]
This Sept 6, 2022 photo shows the city view of Vladivostok, Russia. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO JR / XINHUA) MOSCOW — The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had initiated a criminal case against a US citizen over espionage. "The Russian Federal Security Service initiated a criminal case against a US citizen on the grounds […]
Member of European Parliament and outgoing Junts per Catalunya party president Carles Puigdemont applauds with supporters during the Catalan seperatist party Junts per Catalunya (Together for Catalonia) congress in Argeles-sur-Mer, southern France, on June 4, 2022. (RAYMOND ROIG / AFP) MADRID – Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday dropped sedition charges against the leader of Catalonia's […]
The building of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court is seen in Bellinzona, southern Switzerland, on March 7, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) BELLINZONA, Switzerland – A Liberian man convicted of 22 counts of war crimes including rape, murder and an act of cannibalism is seeking to overturn the judgment at an appeal trial opening in […]
The top prosecutor in the US Virgin Islands has been fired less than a week after she filed a lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase of ignoring Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking operation. Attorney General Denise George filed the lawsuit in Manhattan on Dec 27 alleging that the New York-headquartered financial services giant "provided and pulled the levers through […]
Local residents carry their belongings as they leave their home ruined in a rocket attack in Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine on Jan 1, 2023. (ANDRIY ANDRIYENKO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV/TEHRAN – Ukrainian troops fired rockets on the temporary deployment facility of the Russian troops in the city of Makiivka in Donetsk, killing at least 63 Russian servicemen, the Russian […]
A local resident, living in a modular town after her house has been destroyed, sits in a tent for warmth, in Borodyanka, near Kiev on Dec 4, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) MOSCOW/KIEV – The West has been using Ukraine as a launchpad to carry out cyberattacks against Russia and test new cyber warfare technologies, RIA […]
Flags of the European Union flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on March 10, 2021. (ARMANDO BABANI / AFP) BRUSSELS – European leaders on Thursday gave their seal of approval to the ninth package of sanctions against Russia following a summit here. The European […]
A man walks along a bridge over the Moskva river in front of the Kremlin's Spasskaya tower in downtown Moscow on Sept 29, 2022. (YURI KADOBNOV / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Wednesday proposed the ninth package of sanctions against Russia that will include almost 200 individuals and entities and cut Russia's access […]
Soldiers stand guard during an operation against gang members in Soyapango, El Salvador, on December 3, 2022. (MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) SAN SALVADOR – El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced Saturday the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador known to be a stronghold for gangs. The move is the latest […]
Hand out photo released by the Peruvian Presidency press office of President Pedro Castillo, announcing in a televised statement his decision to "reshuffle" his ministerial cabinet in Lima on Feb 4, 2022. (ALDAIR MEJIA / PERUVIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) LIMA — Peru opposition legislators on Tuesday presented another impeachment motion against President Pedro Castillo, the […]
An areal view shows people protesting against the electoral reform proposed by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and in support of the National Electoral Institute (INE), in Monterrey, Mexico, November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president on Monday shrugged off a major demonstration against his plan to overhaul the country's […]
This photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, Bivalent, at AltaMed Medical clinic in Los Angeles, California, on Oct 6, 2022. (RINGO CHIU / AFP) MOSCOW – Moderna Inc said on Monday its Omicron-tailored vaccines produced a better immune response against the BA.4/5 sub variants in a mid-to-late stage study, when given as […]
Signage is seen outside of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) headquarters in White Oak, Maryland, US, Aug 29, 2020. (ANDREW KELLY / REUTERS) NEW YORK / LONDON / MOSCOW – A panel of outside advisers to the US health regulator on Wednesday voted against authorizing Veru Inc's drug for treating high-risk patients hospitalized with COVID-19, citing multiple concerns […]
People opposing the government of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo hold a demonstration to demand his resignation in Lima, on Nov 5, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – Thousands of people took to the streets across Peru on Saturday to demand the resignation of embattled President Pedro Castillo, a leftist whose government is under investigation […]
A health worker administers a dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Janssen) against COVID-19, on Aug 5, 2021 at the Ambreck pharmacy, in Milan. (MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) MILAN / CHICAGO / MOSCOW – Italian doctors and nurses suspended from work because they are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will soon be reinstated, new Health Minister […]
People pass by a house with a Cuban flag hanged on its balcony in Havana, on Oct 24, 2022. (YAMIL LAGE / AFP) HAVANA – For Sandra Cruz, a civil engineer from the Havana district of Marianao, the intensification of the US trade embargo has led to a rising cost of living. "The US unilateral […]
People pass by a house with a Cuban flag hanged on its balcony in Havana, on Oct 24, 2022. (YAMIL LAGE / AFP) HAVANA – For Sandra Cruz, a civil engineer from the Havana district of Marianao, the intensification of the US trade embargo has led to a rising cost of living. "The US unilateral […]
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / OTTAWA / MOSCOW – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is closely tracking a wide […]