In this file photo taken on Aug 24, 2014, bricks and rubble cover the sidewalk in front of a heavily damaged building following an earthquake in Napa, Calif. (ERIC RISBERG / AP) A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of northern California on Tuesday rocked people awake, damaged a bridge, caused gas leaks […]
The wreckage of a Russian Su-34 military jet lie at the crash site in the courtyard of a residential area in the town of Yeysk in southwestern Russia on Oct 17, 2022. (STRINGER / AFP) MOSCOW – The death toll caused by the crash of a Russian Su-34 fighter jet in the city of Yeysk […]
People fill up the shopping streets in Cologne, Germany, Nov 17, 2021. (MARTIN MEISSNER / AP) The number of Europeans reporting "bad" or "very bad" mental health soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, even beyond the end of lockdowns, new polling showed on Thursday. READ MORE: Improving mental health amid pandemic European Union agency Eurofound's surveys of […]
A patient shows his hand with a sore caused by an infection of the monkeypox virus, in the isolation area for monkeypox patients at the Arzobispo Loayza hospital, in Lima on Aug 16, 2022. Nearly 28,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide in the last three months and the first deaths are starting to be recorded. […]
Washington urged to stop interfering in other countries' affairs Active and retired public workers, including teachers, protest for better salaries and the rest of their vacation bonus which they say was paid partially, as they march to the Labor Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Aug 2, 2022. (ARIANA CUBILLOS / AP) Constant meddling by the United […]
An activist from the agricultural union ELB (Euskal Laborarien Batasuna-Union of Basque Farmers) holds a placard reading "Farmer common sense versus health nonsense" as ducks are going to be slaughtered due to the avian flu outbreak that began in late November at a farm in Lohitzun-Oyhercq, southwestern France on Jan 27, 2022. (GAIZKA IROZ / […]
Members of the public queue outside a pharmacy to receive COVID-19 antigen tests in Paris on Jan 6, 2022, as COVID-19 cases soar in Europe. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) STOCKHOLM / VALLETTA / PARIS / LOS ANGELES – Europe is engulfed by a new COVID-19 wave as the number of new infections has tripled in […]
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 […]