This handout photo taken on Sept 28, 2022 from an aircraft of the Swedish Coast Guard (Kustbevakningen) shows the release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea. (HANDOUT / SWEDISH COAST GUARD / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The Swedish Navy said […]
Water steam rises from the cooling towers of the coal-fired power station of German energy giant RWE in Neurath, western Germany, on March 15, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission on Wednesday adopted three proposals aimed at improving air, water and wastewater quality in the European Union (EU). According to the proposal, […]
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 […]
In this handout photo taken from video released by the Roscosmos State Space Corporation on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, the Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with the Progress MS-21 spacecraft blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan on Oct 26, 2022. (ROSCOSMOS STATE SPACE CORPORATION VIA AP) VLADIVOSTOK – Russia's Soyuz-2.1a rocket has […]
Ukraine's Minister of Communities and Territories Development Oleksiy Chernyshov addresses a breakout session during the Ukraine Recovery Conference URC in Lugano on July 4, 2022. (ALESSANDRO DELLA VALLE / POOL / AFP) KIEV / MOSCOW – Ukraine needs 4 billion euros (about $3.97 billion) to go through the winter cold season, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency […]
This handout picture released by the Rapanui Municipality shows Moais – stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture – affected by a fire at the Rapa Nui National Park in Easter Island, Chile, on Oct 6, 2022. (RAPANUI MUNICIPALITY / AFP) SANTIAGO – A forest fire on Chile's Easter Island in early October damaged at […]
People make their way through Times Square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Manhattan, New York City, US, May 07, 2021. (EDUARDO MUNOZ / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / WASHINGTON / NEW YORK – Respiratory viruses are spreading at high levels in the United States as temperatures begin to drop, causing the surge of pediatric […]
Italy's new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni gestures as she adresses the parliament, ahead of a confidence vote at Montecitirio palace in Rome on October 25, 2022. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) ROME – The new Italian cabinet led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni won the confidence of the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, with 235 […]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi speaks at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Oct 25, 2022. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) GENEVA – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Tuesday called on world leaders to spare no efforts in assisting countries in the Horn of Africa to break the cycle […]
Children play in the water of a fountain, as the air temperature exceed 42 degrees Celsius, in Nantes, France on July 18, 2022. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Hot weather has become a health risk for many nations, but new data shows that almost every child on earth will be affected by heatwaves […]
A Student runs on the verandah of the classrooms block on day one of opening schools in Kampala, Uganda on Jan 10, 2022. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) KAMPALA- Eleven children were killed Tuesday in a school fire outbreak in the central Ugandan district of Mukono, police said. A police statement issued here said the tragic […]
Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak waves as he poses outside to door to 10 Downing Street in central London, on Oct 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON – Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday pledged to "fix the mistakes" made by the Truss […]
In this Jan 24 file photo, medical staff carry out from an ambulance a person at the COVID-19 infected patients section at the Pokrovskaya hospital in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia registered 7,329 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 21,380,264, the official monitoring […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal (back right) attend the German-Ukraine economic forum with the motto "Rebuild Ukraine" in Berlin on Oct 24, 2022 to discuss the post-conflict reconstruction of Ukraine. (MICHAEL KAPPELER / POOL / AFP) BERLIN / JERUSALEM / BUCHAREST – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday […]
Confidence in vote count for midterms shaky, poll finds, as divisions mount People walk on Times Square in New York, the United States, Nov 23, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Lindsay Cui, a financial adviser in Silicon Valley, is disappointed in the current state of the United States, and she is far from alone. "It's very […]
Italy's new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni reacts during the cabinet minister bell handover ceremony at Palazzo Chigi in Rome on Oct 23, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – With Italy's newly installed government facing pressing domestic priorities, analysts do not expect immediate changes to the country's foreign policy line. Observers told Xinhua that Giorgia […]
Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng (left) enters the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, July 21, 2020, with his attorney for a hearing. (JIM MONE / AP) WASHINGTON – A former police officer of Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota on Monday pleaded guilty in the death of African American man George […]
An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) COPENHAGEN – Vaccination continues to be one of the most effective tools in combating both influenza and COVID-19, and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe […]
A Russian military convoy is seen on the road toward the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station, in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine, on May 1, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON/MOSCOW – Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday for the second time in three days and held a flurry […]
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves the campaign office in London, Oct 24, 2022. (ABERTO PEZZALI / AP) LONDON – Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom, on Monday won the ruling Conservative Party's leadership contest. He will replace Liz Truss as the country's new prime minister. Sunak was the […]
