Cubans drive past the US embassy during a rally calling for the end of the US blockade against Cuba, in Havana, March 28, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) HAVANA – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Wednesday called on the US government to lift its decades-long trade embargo, or blockade, against the country. US trade sanctions, […]
The silhouette of US engineer and NASA astronaut Megan McArthur is seen past the NASA logo in the Webb Auditorium at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) LOS ANGELES – For the first time, astronomers have measured and mapped polarized X-rays from the remains of an exploded star, […]
Saudis made scapegoats for energy policy shortcomings, analysts say File photo shows the White House and a stop sign in Washington DC, the United States. (PHOTO / XINHUA) The United States should stop the blame game over energy supplies and instead take a hard look at its own policies in the sector, analysts say in […]
A registered nurse inoculates a man with a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, California, Aug 28, 2021. (JAE C HONG / AP) GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that COVID-19 is still a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the […]
File photo of Suella Braverman taken in London, Britain, Sept 15, 2020, when she was serving as Britain's attorney general. (RAY TANG / XINHUA) LONDON – Suella Braverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom, resigned on Wednesday after breaching a security rule. However, she also noted her "serious concerns" about the direction of Prime Minister […]
A man wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 looks at an information board at train station in Paris on June 30, 2022. (MICHEL EULER / AP) ROME / MOSCOW / GENEVA – A fresh autumn wave of COVID-19 infections has begun in many European countries, and experts are calling for strengthened vaccination efforts […]
A woman stands in front of a destroyed house, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Sept 12, 2022. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday, declaring martial law in Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson from Thursday. "It (the decree) will immediately be sent for approval to the Federation Council," […]
In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2022, British Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) and then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, Kent, Britain. (DYLAN MARTINEZ / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom, on Wednesday defied calls to resign after almost all the […]
In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Oct 10, 2022, a Russian air force pilot is seen in the cockpit of his Su-25 as it flies on a mission in Ukraine. (RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) MOSCOW – The situation in the zone of […]
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 / NEW YORK / MOSCOW – Over 14.8 million children in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to […]
Acting Prime Minister of Mali Abdoulaye Maiga addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 24, 2022. (BRYAN R SMITH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The top UN envoy for Mali, El-Ghassim Wane, said on Tuesday that progress has been made in the transition […]
Sweden's newly elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (center) walks next to ministers of the new government, after the change of government council at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, on Oct 18, 2022. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The new government of Sweden was announced on Tuesday, composed of freshly-elected Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference on a new package of measures to address high energy prices and ensure security of supply, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on Oct 18, 2022. (FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission has proposed […]
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. (HANDOUT / DANISH DEFENCE COMMAND/ AFP) COPENHAGEN – Preliminary investigations […]
This picture taken on Dec 11, 2019, shows a view of a refinery at the Jubail Industrial City, about 95 kilometers north of Dammam in Saudi Arabia's eastern province overlooking the Gulf. (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) The United States should stop the blame game and instead take a hard look at its own energy policies, […]
Doctors walk inside the Ebola isolation section of Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, in Mubende, Uganda, Sept 29, 2022. In this remote Ugandan community facing its first Ebola outbreak, testing trouble has added to the challenges with symptoms of the Sudan strain of Ebola now circulating being similar to malaria. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – […]
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 […]
This photo taken on Feb 25, 2022 shows an empty street in Kiev, capital of Ukraine. (LU JINBO / XINHUA) KIEV/MOSCOW – At least four people were killed in a wave of drone strikes at a residential building and power facilities in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. […]
Photo taken on June 13, 2022 shows the Security Council meeting on the situation in Mali at UN Headquarters in New York. (LOEY FELIPE / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on UN peacekeepers in Mali, which killed three peacekeepers from Chad […]
Medical workers treat patients in the COVID-19 ward at the US Department of Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare system campus and medical center in West Roxbury, Massachusetts on Jan 11, 2022. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) WASHINGTON – A US congressional panel released a new report on Monday detailing efforts by the Trump administration to politicize federal […]
