In this July 6, 2021, file photo, a patient receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 in Hammanskraal, South Africa. (ALET PRETORIUS / AP) QUITO / ROME / WASHINGTON / JOHANNESBURG – South Africa has repealed COVID-19 restrictions on mask-wearing in indoor public spaces, limits on the size of gatherings and entry requirements at […]
In this file handout photo taken on June 22, 2022 made available by the UK Health Security Agency shows a collage of monkeypox rash lesions at an undisclosed date and location. (HANDOUT / UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY / AFP) LONDON – The World Health Organization will decide on Thursday whether to declare monkeypox a global […]
Workers and members of the RMT union stand on a picket across the street from Victoria railway station in London on June 21, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP PHOTO) LONDON – Strikes crippled Britain's rail network on Thursday as union bosses, train operating firms and the government faced off over demands that workers' pay increases […]
Indigenous people march in downtown Quito, on June 22, 2022, on the tenth consecutive day of indigenous-led protests against the Ecuadorean government. (VERONICA LOMBEIDA / AFP) QUITO – Thousands of indigenous protesters held a peaceful march through Ecuador's capital, Quito, on Wednesday to demand that President Guillermo Lasso address price rises that have ignited 10 […]
A photo of a TV screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron speaking during televised address on June 22, 2022, in Paris. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday night he could not ignore the deep political divisions in the country as shown by the results of the legislative elections. In […]
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson signs the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the UK and the EU, the Brexit trade deal, at 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec 30, 2020. (LEON NEAL / POOL / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will praise the benefits of free trade between Commonwealth countries […]
This Nov 1, 2018, photo, shows the Alphabet Inc's Google logo at their offices in Granary Square, London. (Alastair Grant / AP) BRUSSELS – Alphabet reopened Google News in Spain on Wednesday, eight years after it shut down the service because of a Spanish rule forcing the company and other news aggregators to pay publishers […]
A pharmacist reconstitutes the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as she fills syringes with the vaccine for the incoming public at the UMass Memorial Health Care COVID-19 Vaccination Center in the Mercantile Center in Worcester, Massachusetts on April 22, 2021. (JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP) MEXICO CITY / LONDON / HARARE / COPENHAGEN / PARIS – Leaders of the […]
In this photo released by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) is greeted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, after their talks at the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt on June 21, 2022. (BANDAR ALJALOUD/SAUDI ROYAL PALACE VIA AP) CAIRO – Egypt and Saudi Arabia signaled their intention to strengthen economic […]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (forth left) and European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans (second left) attend a press conference with commissioners in Brussels, Belgium, on July 14, 2021. (ZHANG CHENG / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – The European Parliament will on Wednesday try again to agree on more ambitious climate change policies, after rejecting […]
A boy plays with a flower in front of a banner with images of British journalist Dom Phillips (left) and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and the word "Justice" written in Portuguese, during a rally demanding authorities conduct a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading to their deaths, and do more to protect indigenous lands against […]
People participate in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument on June 11, 2022, in Washington. (GEMUNU AMARASINGHE / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanized by […]
Marilynn Malerba stands next to a photograph of late Chief Ralph Sturges at Tribal offices in Uncasville, Connecticut, on March 4, 2010. (JESSICA HILL / FILE / AP) ROSEBUD, South Dakota – US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced his intention to appoint Mohegan Indian Tribe Lifetime Chief Marilynn Malerba as US treasurer, marking the […]
Freight cars stand on the railroad tracks of the freight station in Kaliningrad, Russia on June 21, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) UNITED NATIONS/MOSCOW – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the current tension between Lithuania and Russia over Kaliningrad, said his spokesman. "We are, obviously, following these developments very closely in […]
A sign thanks visitors for visiting, outside Tiverton in south west England, on June 10, 2022, ahead of the Tiverton and Honiton by-election on June 23. (GEOFF CADDICK / AFP) TIVERTON/WAKEFIELD, England – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could this week lose two parliamentary seats that once illustrated his broad appeal, showing his declining popularity […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (on screen) speaks during The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Meeting of States Parties at the Austria Center in Vienna, Austria, on June 21, 2022. (ALEX HALADA / AFP) VIENNA – States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons started examining the accord's implementation, reviewing its […]
Trains stand stationary on tracks by platforms in Waterloo railway station in London on June 21, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP PHOTO) LONDON – Britain's biggest rail strike in 30 years kicked off on Tuesday as tens of thousands of staff walked out in a dispute over pay and jobs that could pave the way […]
President Joe Biden reacts when asked how he was feeling as he leaves St. Edmund Roman Catholic Church in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, after attending a Mass, on June 18, 2022. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – Republicans in Texas formally rejected President Joe Biden's election in 2020 as illegitimate and voted in a […]
OTTAWA – Canada will spend $3.8 billion over six years to modernize its continental defense as part of its alliance with the United States through the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and "to protect Canadians from new and emerging threats," Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced on Monday. Canada will also establish a "Crossbow" […]
Handout picture released by the Panamanian presidency showing Panama's President Laurentino Cortizo speaking during a ceremony at the Yellow Room of Las Garzas Presidential Palace in Panama City on June 20, 2022. (PANAMANIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) PANAMA CITY – Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday he has been diagnosed with a rare blood disorder […]
