In this April 23, 2020 file photo, a sign is seen by the entrance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. (TAMI CHAPPELL / AFP) LOS ANGELES – The United States now joins a list of about 30 other countries with circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) identified by the World Health Organization, […]
This July 3, 2020 photo, shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva, amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) COPENHAGEN – At least 17 million people in the World Health Organization European Region experienced the post-COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, in the […]
The hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Buckingham Palace, London, Sept 13, 2022, from where it will rest overnight in the Bow Room. (GARETH FULLER / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON / BELFAST – King Charles and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth at […]
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva speaks during the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting in Nusa Dua on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on July 15, 2022. (SONNY TUMBELAKA / POOL / AFP) WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday confirmed that it is moving toward expanding emergency financing for countries hit by […]
Somali children displaced by drought and showing symptoms of Kwashiorkor, a severe protein malnutrition causing swelling and skin lesions, sit with their mothers at a malnutrition stabilization center in Mogadishu, Somalia, June 5, 2022. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) GENEVA – The number of young children in Somalia facing severe acute malnutrition has increased to […]
President-elect William Ruto, middle, with his wife Rachel Ruto is being sworn in as fifth president of the Republic of Kenya at Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept 13, 2022. (SAYYID ABDUL AZIM / AP) NAIROBI – Kenya's newly elected President William Ruto was sworn in as the country's fifth president at a ceremony in […]
People are seen at a busy market in a poor township on the outskirts of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, Nov 15, 2021. (TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI / AP) HARARE – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is planning a food relief program targeting 3.8 million people in Zimbabwe from October as the effects of a poor […]
A woman stands in front of a destroyed house, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Sept 12, 2022. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) KIEV – More than 73,000 people have been evacuated from the conflict-affected eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the past month, Ukraine's Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories said on Monday. […]
This photo dated Sept 4, 2019 shows logos of US social networking websites Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, displayed on smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France. DENIS CHARLET / AFP) A recent report has shed some light on Western media influence operations mainly aimed at Central Asia and the Middle East. The Aug 24 report — […]
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 […]
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 […]