Pope Francis delivers his address from the window of the apostolic palace during the weekly Angelus prayer on Jan 22, 2023 in the Vatican. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to violence in Peru, where nearly 50 people have been killed during anti-government demonstrations in the […]
MOGADISHU – Two car bombs detonated by al Shabaab militants killed at least 15 people and flattened homes in central Somalia's Hiraan region on Wednesday, a resident involved in the rescue operations said. It was the latest in a string of attacks launched by al Qaeda affiliate al Shabaab since government forces and allied clan […]
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 / TUNIS / MONTEVIDEO – The United States has officially recorded more than 100 million COVID-19 […]
Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. (ANTON VAGANOV / REUTERS) MOSCOW – Russia and the United States are discussing holding talks on strategic nuclear weapons for the first time since Moscow started its special military operation in Ukraine, Russian newspaper Kommersant said on Tuesday, […]
This picture taken on Feb 22, 2017 in Bourriot-Bergonce, western France, shows ducks confined at a farm located some 10 kilometers away from the flu-hit southwestern area. (GEORGES GOBET / AFP) PARIS – The highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a duck farm in France's southwestern department of Gironde, French daily newspaper Le […]
Aerial view of a burnt area in the Amazon rainforest, near the Lago do Cunia Extractive Reserve, on the border of the states of Rondonia and Amazonas, northern Brazil, on Aug 31, 2022. (DOUGLAS MAGNO / AFP) SAO PAULO – Fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest surged in August to the highest for the month since […]