US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration had cracked down on US airlines to improve treatment […]
This file photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows the entrance of the European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam. (FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS / AFP) JERUSALEM / ATHENS -The European Medicines Agency on Monday recommended a COVID-19 booster designed to combat the currently circulating Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants, days after endorsing a pair of boosters tailored to target […]
Members of the public file past as Britain's King Charles III, Britain's Princess Anne, Princess Royal, Britain's Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and Britain's Prince Andrew, Duke of York attend a Vigil at St Giles' Cathedral, in Edinburgh, on Sept 12, 2022, where the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II lies at rest. (JANE BARLOW […]
Pedestrians walk past a portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in London on Sept11, 2022. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP) EDINBURGH – Britain's King Charles will fly to Edinburgh to join his siblings on Monday when the coffin of his mother Queen Elizabeth is taken in a solemn procession from one of her Scottish palaces to […]
A former worker of Japanese company Furukawa takes pafrt in a protest against alleged modern slavery outside the Ombudsman Office in Quito, Ecuador on Dec 2, 2021, on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. (RODRIGO BUENDIA / AFP) GENEVA – The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their […]
In this file photo taken on December 09, 2019, French President Emmanuel Macron (right) welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace to attend a summit on Ukraine in the French capital Paris. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, held […]
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a press conference at the Thessaloniki International Fair in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Sept 11, 2022. (SAKIS MITROLIDIS / AFP) ATHENS – Greece will always seek to keep open channels of communication with Türkiye, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. The prime minister made the remarks […]
Men walk next to a convoy of trucks part of the World Food Programme (WFP) on their way to Tigray in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) NAIROBI – Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on […]
Pedestrians walk past a portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in London on Sept11, 2022. (LOIC VENANCE / AFP) EDINBURGH – Britain's King Charles will fly to Edinburgh to join his siblings on Monday when the coffin of his mother Queen Elizabeth is taken in a solemn procession from one of her Scottish palaces to […]
Supporters of the Sweden Democrats cheer during the Party's election night in Nacka, near Stockholm after exit polls were released during the general elections in Sweden on Sept 11, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Preliminary results of the 2022 Swedish parliamentary elections showed early Monday morning that the opposition blue bloc gained 49.7 […]
Members of the public line the streets in Ballater, Scotland, as the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II passes through as it makes its journey to Edinburgh from Balmoral in Scotland on Sept 11, 2022. (SCOTT HEPPELL / AP) BALMORAL, Scotland – Queen Elizabeth's coffin began a six-hour journey from her home in […]
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies released on Aug 19, 2022, shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (HANDOUT / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) Operations at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine have been fully stopped as a safety measure, Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on […]
In this May 24, 2022 photo, people walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) DAR ES SALAAM – The East African Community and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday signed […]
Canada's Conservative Party newly elected leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during the Conservative Party Convention at the Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada on Sept 10, 2022. (DAVE CHAN / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada's Conservatives on Saturday picked Pierre Poilievre, a veteran parliamentarian who has promoted bitcoin as way to fight inflation, to spearhead the party's bid to […]
Leader of the Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson speaks during an election rally on Sept 10, 2022, in Stockholm, ahead of the general elections on Sept 11, 2022, (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Swedes vote on Sunday in an election pitting the incumbent centre-left Social Democrats against a right-wing bloc that has embraced the anti-immigration […]
This handout photo taken on Sept 1, 2022 and obtained from the International Atomic Energy Agency on Sept 7, 2022 shows a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during an IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Enerhodar, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine. (HANDOUT / IAEA) VIENNA – The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
This July 20, 2022 photo shows the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany. (MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP) PRAGUE – Finance and economy ministers of the European Union member states discussed in Prague on […]
Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (left) and her husband Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 25, 2022. (DOMINIC LIPINSKI / POOL / AFP) LONDON – Britain's King Charles on Friday bestowed on his eldest son William and daughter-in-law Kate the titles of Prince […]
Britain's King Charles III delivers his address to the nation and the Commonwealth from Buckingham Palace, London, Sept 9, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II the day before. (YUI MOK / POOL VIA AP) LONDON – Britain's King Charles paid a heartfelt tribute on Friday to his late "darling mama" Queen Elizabeth, and […]
This picture taken Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris.(ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) PRAGUE – The Council of the European Union on Friday adopted a decision on the full suspension of a visa facilitation agreement with Russia. The decision "will result in […]
