Security forces and others walk in front of the damaged Hayat Hotel in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia on Aug 21, 2022. A suicide car bomb attack targets the Tawakal Hotel in Somalia's southern town of Kismayo on Oct 23, 2022, sparking an exchange of fire between Al-Shabab terror group and security forces. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) […]
Presidential candidate Anze Logar (right) and former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa shake hands as they wait for the first official results of the presidential election, in Ljubljana, on Oct 23, 2022. (JURE MAKOVEC / AFP) LJUBLJANA – Slovenia is due to hold the second round of presidential election on Nov 13 after no candidate […]
This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) obtained March 24, 2014 from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, reveals some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion. (HANDOUT / CDC / CYNTHIA GOLDSMITH / AFP) KAMPALA – Uganda's Ministry of Health on Sunday urged the public to remain vigilant as […]
China's Sinopharm vaccines are seen at an airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, April 11, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) YAOUNDE / MOSCOW – Cameroon will start the fifth phase of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination next month, according to the country's Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie. The campaign will run from Nov 18 to 27 and will target […]
Italian President Sergio Mattarella (second left) welcomes new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (center) as she arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of the new Italian Government at the Quirinal Palace in Rome on Oct 22, 2022. (FABIO FRUSTACI / ANSA / AFP) ROME – The new Italian government formed by appointed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was […]
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / OTTAWA / MOSCOW – The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention is closely tracking a wide […]
General view during a session at the National Assembly, in Caracas, on Sept 20, 2022. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS – Legislative delegations from Venezuela's National Assembly and Colombia's Congress met on Friday to set up working commissions for normalizing bilateral ties, said Venezuelan lawmaker Jorge Rodriguez. State-owned Venezolana de Television reported that 36 Colombian […]
This handout picture taken and released by Quirinale Press Office on Oct 21, 2022 shows President of the Italian party Fratelli d'Italia and Italian Prime Minister-designate Giorgia Meloni addressing the media after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Palace in Rome. (FRANCESCO AMMENDOLA / QUIRINALE PRESS OFFICE / AFP) ROME – […]
A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) MANILA – "The pandemic is not yet over," a World Health Organization official warned on Friday, saying the continued emergence of subvariants "poses a […]
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during a press event in Budapest, Hungary, on July 29, 2022. (PHOTO BY ATTILA VOLQYI/XINHUA) BUDAPEST- The government of Hungary rejects all proposals that would damage economic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said here […]
Ireland's Prime Minister Michael Martin speaks to members of the media during his visit to Terminal 10, the largest state facility in Dublin Port, in Dublin on Nov 23, 2020. (JULIEN BEHAL / POOL / AFP) DUBLIN – Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin on Thursday called on the British government to work together to support […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin visits the Western Military District training ground in the Ryazan region on Oct 20, 2022. (KREMLIN PRESS RELEASE) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inspected the training of the newly drafted personnel who will participate in the special military operation in Ukraine, the Kremlin said in a statement. On […]
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies during a US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on stopping the spread of Monkeypox, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Sept 14, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) LONDON – Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, warned against prematurely declaring […]
A school security guard measures the temperature of the pupils at the entrance of Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda on Jan 10, 2022. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – Uganda is grappling with double-digit inflation as spillover effects of the global economic decline filter through the domestic economy, the country's central bank, Bank of […]
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss reacts as she delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON – United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office and thus became the shortest-serving […]
A school security guard measures the temperature of the pupils at the entrance of Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda on Jan 10, 2022. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – Uganda is grappling with double-digit inflation as spillover effects of the global economic decline filter through the domestic economy, the country's central bank, Bank of […]
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss reacts as she delivers a speech outside of 10 Downing Street in central London on Oct 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. (DANIEL LEAL / AFP) LONDON – United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned on Thursday after just a little over six weeks in office and thus became the shortest-serving […]
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 […]