A mother holds her child while taking part in a breast feeding class set up to help new mothers with infants suffering from malnutrition at the Danwagaag Mother and Child Health centre in Baidoa, Somalia on Nov 9, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) NAIROBI – Somalia's ongoing record drought killed as many as 43,000 people last […]
About: hk_news
Posts by hk_news:
UN chief: ‘Climate time bomb ticking’, cut emissions sooner
In this photo taken on March 15, 2023, smoke billows from a brick factory chimney on the outskirts of Prayagraj, India. (PHOTO / AFP) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the "climate time bomb is ticking" as he urged rich nations on Monday to slash emissions sooner after a new assessment from scientists said […]
NY braces for Trump indictment after ex-president urges protests
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (PHOTO / AP) NEW YORK – Workers erected barricades around a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as New York City braced for a possible indictment of Donald Trump over an alleged hush-money […]
UN envoy says solution ‘closest’ to end political crisis in Sudan
UN Special Representative for Sudan Volker Perthes speaks following the signing of an initial deal between military and civilian leaders aimed at ending a deep crisis caused by last year's military coup, in the capital Khartoum on Dec 5, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – The top UN envoy for Sudan said on Monday […]
Protests continue as Macron barely wins no-confidence vote
Far-left lawmakers react as they hold papers reading: "64 years. It is no", "appointment in the street", "we are continuing", at the National Assembly in Paris at the National Assembly in Paris, March 20, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – Protesters set piles of rubbish on fire in central Paris on Monday after President Emmanuel […]
Vaccine makers prepare bird flu shot for humans ‘just in case’
A health worker in protective gear fumigates a motorcycle near a poultry farm during a health alert due to a bird flu outbreak in Sacaba, Bolivia, Jan 31, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) LONDON – Some of the world's leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for […]
Report: Kremlin told officials to stop using iPhones
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) listens to Sergei Kiriyenko, the Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff in charge of domestic politics during a meeting on the development of local self-government in Kirov, Russia on Aug 5, 2017. At a Kremlin-organized seminar for officials involved in domestic politics, Kiriyenko told Russian officials involved in preparations for Russia's 2024 presidential […]
East Congo militants kill at least 22 in string of attacks
Democratic Republic of Congo Defense Forces gather in the North Kivu province village of Mukondi, March 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Suspected militants killed at least 22 people in a string of attacks across the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern Ituri and North Kivu provinces overnight Saturday, officials and […]
Cyclone Freddy teaches deadly lessons on storm warnings, city sprawl
Clothes are hung out to dry on called electrical power lines caused by heavy rains caused by Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Phalombe, southern Malawi, March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) BLANTYRE/MAPUTO – Days before Cyclone Freddy struck Mozambique on March 11 for the second time, cars with loudhailers moved through the streets of the port […]
Ecuador, Peru govts assess damage after quake killed at least 15
A house that collapsed on the water after an earthquake is seen in Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador on March 19, 2023. Ecuadorian and Peruvian authorities worked on the same day to address the damage caused by the strong earthquake that shook the region the previous day, leaving at least 15 dead and hundreds injured. (PHOTO / […]
Sudan factions agree to form transitional govt on April 11
Demonstrators march during an anti-government demonstration in the Sharoni area in the north of Sudan's capital Khartoum on March 14, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CAIRO – Sudan's political factions have agreed to form a new transitional government on April 11, Khalid Omar Yousif, the spokesperson for the signatories to the political settlement, said on Sunday. […]
Putin makes surprise trip to Mariupol
This handout video grab released by Russian Presidential Press Office on March 19, 2023, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Mariupol. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin toured the city of Mariupol, Russian state news reported on Sunday, in what would be the Kremlin leader's first trip to the Donbas region since […]
Macron faces no-confidence vote over pension reform
Protesters hold a banner with Emmanuel Macron's face during a protest in Paris, March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – President Emanuel Macron faces a critical moment on Monday when the French National Assembly is due to vote on no-confidence motions filed after his government bypassed parliament on Thursday to push through an unpopular […]
Montenegro president headed for run-off election
Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic speaks in his headquarters in Montenegro's capital Podgorica, March 19, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PODGORICA – Montenegro's veteran president, Milo Djukanovic, will face a run-off on April 2 against a pro-Western former economy minister, after no candidate secured a 50 percent majority in a first- round election on Sunday, according to […]
Montenegro votes in presidential election
Pedestrians walk in front of a pre-election billboard featuring an image of Montenegrin President Milo Djukanovic, reading "European statesman, our President Milo. Who else?", in Podgorica on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) PODGORICA – Montenegrins began voting on Sunday in a presidential election that will influence the outcome of a parliamentary vote in June […]
Cyclone Freddy death toll hits 447 in Malawi, over 362,000 displaced
Malawi Defence Force, (MDF) soldiers and civilians work to recover body of a victim of a mudslide which resulted due to heavy rains resulting from cyclone Freddy during an MDF and Malawi Police Service rescue operation at Manje informal settlement up the slopes of Soche Hill in Blantyre, southern Malawi, on March 17, 2023. (PHOTO […]
Paris police, protesters clash for third night over pension reform
A protesters holds a placard that reads "Live Yes! Survive No!" during a demonstration near Place d'Italie in Paris, on March 18, 2023, against the French Government after it enacted article 49.3 of the Constitution to allow the adoption of it's pension reform without a vote, except in case of censure, on March 16, 2023. […]
Serbia, Kosovo agree to implement deal normalizing ties
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic arrives for his speech after meetings as part of Kosovo-Serbia talks, in Ohrid on March 18, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) OHRID, North Macedonia – Kosovo and Serbia have reached an agreement on implementing a European Union-backed deal to normalize ties, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said late on Saturday, though […]
UK home secretary visits Rwanda to discuss migration deal
Migrants are escorted ashore from the UK Border Force vessel 'BF Ranger' in Dover, southeast England, on March 6, 2023, after having been picked up at sea while attempting to cross the English Channel. (PHOTO / AFP) KIGALI – Suella Braverman, home secretary of the United Kingdom (UK), arrived in Rwanda on Saturday for a […]
Trump suggests he will be arrested next week
Former US president Donald Trump speaks at a 2024 election campaign event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Jan 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – Former US president Donald Trump suggested on Saturday that he will be arrested next week. Trump, in a post on Truth Social, wrote that "illegal leaks" from the Manhattan District […]