A Department of Homeland Security patrol car is pictured outside the federal building in El Paso, Texas, Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) One person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at an El Paso, Texas, shopping mall on Wednesday, police said. One suspect was in custody and police were looking for […]
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Ukrainian defense minister says to retain his position
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov (right) points to his hankerchief as European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell (left) looks on as they arrive for a meeting of the NATO alliance's defense ministers at the NATO Headquarter in Brussels on Feb 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV — Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that […]
‘Warm water melts weak spots on Antarctica’s Doomsday Glacier’
This undated photo courtesy of NASA shows Thwaites Glacier in Western Antarctica. (PHOTO / AFP) MEXICO CITY — Scientists studying Antarctica's vast Thwaites Glacier – nicknamed the Doomsday Glacier – say warm water is seeping into its weak spots, worsening melting caused by rising temperatures, two papers published in Nature journal showed on Wednesday. Thwaites, […]
‘Republicans cool on Trump, Democrats cooler on Biden’
In this file photo dated Jan 20, 2021, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden exit the east steps of the US Capitol following the inauguration in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) Democratic US voters express less support for President Joe Biden running for a second term 2024 than Republicans do for former President Donald […]
Moscow denies claim that it poses security threat to Moldova
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia does not pose a threat to Moldova's national security, and has no intention of destabilizing the situation in the country, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. "We resolutely reject insinuations regarding […]
South Africa bus crash kills 20, dozens taken to hospital
JOHANNESBURG – A head-on collision between a bus and a cash-in-transit van left 20 people dead on Monday on a major road in South Africa's northern Limpopo province, with dozens taken to hospital, transport officials and an emergency medical company said. Emergency medical care company ER24 said police were investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash […]
Three killed, 5 injured in US university shooting, suspect dead
This handout image courtesy of Michigan State Univeristy Police and Public Safety show the suspect of a shooting at their campus in East Lansing, Michigan on February 13, 2023. At least three people were killed February 13, 2023 and five others injured when a gunman opened fire on a university campus in the United States. […]
Toronto mayor resigns after admitting to affair with staffer
In this Feb 12, 2016 photo, Toronto Mayor John Tory walks the red carpet at the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario. (PHOTO / AP) Toronto Mayor John Tory resigned abruptly on Friday, shortly after the Toronto Star newspaper reported that he had an affair with a much younger staff member. […]
Biden, Lula project unity on democratic values, climate change
US President Joe Biden crosses his fingers as he meets with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb 10, 2023, in Washington. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden met on Friday with Brazilian leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a reboot […]
Nicaragua’s Ortega frees, expels political prisoners to US
Nicaraguan opposition leader Felix Maradiaga is reunited with his wife Berta Valle and daughter Alejandra, in Chantilly, Virginia on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) MANAGUA/WASHINGTON – More than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, nearly all of them prominent government critics jailed in President Daniel Ortega's […]
EU assures Ukraine of support as Zelensky visits Brussels
President of the European Council Charles Michel (right), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands following a press conference after a round-table meeting as part of a EU summit in Brussels, on Feb 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]
Kremlin says those behind Nord Stream blasts must be punished
This handout picture released on Sept 27, 2022 by the Danish Defence Command shows the gas leak at the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as it is seen from the Danish Defence's F-16 rejection response off the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm, south of Dueodde. (PHOTO / DANISH DEFENCE COMMAND/ AFP) MOSCOW – The Kremlin […]
Brazil minister: Bolsonaro destroyed cultural policies
A reveller takes part in the "Desliga da Justiça" street carnival group parade, which has superheroes as a theme, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BRASILIA — Brazil's former far-right president dismantled all government cultural programs and blocked funding for institutions and artists, the country's new Culture Minister Margareth […]
WHO: Risk to humans from bird flu is low but we must prepare
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus looks on during a press conference at the World Health Organization's headquarters in Geneva, on Dec 14, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON – The recent spread to mammals of H5N1 influenza – commonly known as bird flu – needs to be monitored, but the risk to humans remains low, the […]
Putin proposes revising Russia’s tech development strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Council for Science and Education via a video conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Feb 8, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that it is necessary to revise the country's current strategy for scientific and technological development. […]
France, Germany protest US green subsidies on Washington trip
Robert Habeck (right), German Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and Bruno Le Maire, French Minister of Finance, Economy, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, hold a joint press conference at Gallup in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – France and Germany's economy ministers found a willingness […]
At least 24 killed in second day of fighting in Somaliland
In this photo taken on May 18, 2016, a soldier of the army of Somalia's breakaway territory of Somaliland stands guard during an Independence day celebration parade in Hargeisa. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO, Somalia – At least 24 people were killed and another 53 injured in a second day of heavy fighting in Somalia's breakaway […]
State of the Union: Biden pledges to work with Republicans
US Vice-President Kamala Harris (back left) and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy listen as US President Joe Biden (front) delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden called US democracy "unbowed" […]
Venezuela govt, opp making progress on humanitarian fund
Opposers of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demonstration demanding a leveling of salaries in line with the raising inflation and the high cost of the basic family basket in Caracas on Jan 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's governing and opposition parties are making progress toward the creation of […]
Venezuela ‘making progress’ on $3.2b humanitarian fund
Opposers of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demonstration demanding a leveling of salaries in line with the raising inflation and the high cost of the basic family basket in Caracas on Jan 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's governing and opposition parties are making progress toward the creation of […]