A file picture taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris. The green transition and reinforcing the European Union (EU) single market were the focus of talks among EU competitiveness ministers on Feb 7, 2023 in Stockholm. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The green […]
A van arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on Feb 6, 2023 during the two-day sentencing of serial rapist police officer David Carrick. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — A former London police officer was jailed on Tuesday for more than 30 years for an "unrestrained campaign of rape and abuse of women" over nearly […]
In this Nov 25, 2013 file photo, a microbiologist works with tubes of bacteria samples in an antimicrobial resistance and characterization lab within the Infectious Disease Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. (PHOTO / AP) NAIROBI – The growing crisis of antimicrobial resistance presents an existential threat to the health […]
US Vice-President Kamala Harris (back left) and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy listen as US President Joe Biden (front) delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden called US democracy "unbowed" […]
A file picture taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris. The green transition and reinforcing the European Union (EU) single market were the focus of talks among EU competitiveness ministers on Feb 7, 2023 in Stockholm. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – The green […]
US Vice-President Kamala Harris (back left) and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy listen as US President Joe Biden (front) delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden called US democracy "unbowed" […]
This file photo released by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries dated Mar 5, 2019 shows the Earth during a slow spin of the spacecraft from a distance of 37,600 km. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM — The national German Aerospace Center (DLR) signed a cooperation agreement with the Israeli organization SpaceIL, which leads the Beresheet-2 lunar […]
President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol, Feb 7, 2023, in Washington. On Feb 7, 2023, the White House says it opposes legislation that would end a requirement that most foreign air travelers be vaccinated against COVID-19. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON — […]
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (center left) and newly appointed Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Grant Shapps (center right) are given a tour of the District Energy Centre in central London, Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / POOL / AP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, breaking up two […]
In this file photo dated Apr 2, 2022, Pakistani UN peacekeepers from United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo carry the remains of their comrades during a memorial service in Goma, eastern Congo. (PHOTO / AP) GOMA — The Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday blamed M23 rebels for an attack on […]
In this photo taken on Jan 18, 2023, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. Guterres on Feb 6, 2023 called on countries to take decisive action to change course before it is too late to prevent a global meltdown from occurring. (PHOTO / AFP) UNITED […]
The July 13, 2022 file photo shows a view of the Edison Angelo Bertini Hydroelectric power plant at in Cornate D'Adda, on the Adda river, northern Italy. Italy intends to use funds coming from the European Union under the so-called REPowerEU plan to completely wean itself off Russian gas and turn the country into energy […]
Protesters participate in a demonstration on the third day of nationwide rallies organized since the start of the year, against pensions overhaul in Montpellier, southern France on Feb 7, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PARIS – Public transport, schools and refinery supplies were disrupted on Tuesday in France as trade unions led a third wave of […]
Opposers of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demonstration demanding a leveling of salaries in line with the raising inflation and the high cost of the basic family basket in Caracas on Jan 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's governing and opposition parties are making progress toward the creation of […]
An aerial view of the site of the forest fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Chilean firefighters were battling to hold back forest fires on Monday as authorities said hot and dry weather would continue this week, potentially exacerbating what are already the deadliest blazes […]
This photo taken in Toulouse, southern France, shows screens displaying an age restriction warning sign and the logos of the pornographic sites Pornhub (right) and Xhamster (left), on May 24, 2022. PARIS – France will present this week a digital-certification mechanism to oblige pornography websites to effectively control the age of viewers on their sites […]
Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PRISTINA – Kosovo's prime minister Albin Kurti said on Monday he accepted a proposed European Union plan aimed at normalizing relations with Serbia despite concerns over Western demands to give more rights […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smiles during the inauguration of the Municipal Health Unit Super Centro de Saude Carioca, at the Benfica neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 6, 2023. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will this month restart the federal housing program "Minha Casa, Minha Vida" for lower […]
Efforts to shed light on a bitter slice of history for Asian Americans resonate amid rising racism Demonstrators condemn racism against Asians at a rally in Washington, DC, on June 25. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Editor's note: Growing racism against Asian Americans is far from a new phenomenon, as we detail with coverage of efforts to […]
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the US wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said on Monday it had informed […]