In this Oct 8, 2022 file photo, a helicopter drops water to stop fire on the Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV/WASHINGTON – The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian military was responsible for a recent […]
Cargo vessels are seen at the Port of Durban harbor in Cape Town on July 27, 2021. (RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP) Staff shortages caused by an ongoing strike over wages are impacting container and car terminals at South Africa's Durban port, one of the busiest on the continent, a unit of state-owned logistics company Transnet […]
A vaccinator draws a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pediatric vaccine in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, US, Dec 5, 2021. (HANNAH BEIER / REUTERS) MOSCOW / LOS ANGELES – US health regulators authorized the use of Omicron-tailored COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc in children as young as five, a move that will expand the government's fall […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a plenary session of the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow on Oct 12, 2022. (ALEXEY MAISHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW / PRAGUE – Russia is ready to deliver additional volumes of natural gas to the European Union in the autumn-winter period, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. One of […]
A woman holds a dead fish at the Kalambari refugee camp 30km near N'Djamena on July 14, 2022. (AURELIE BAZZARA-KIBANGULA / AFP) N'DJAMENA – Severe drought followed by the worst floods in 30 years have led to rocketing food prices and left a record 2.1 million people in Chad acutely hungry, according to United Nations […]
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO / XINHUA) KIEV – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) has lost external power for the second time in five days, the Ukrainian government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Wednesday. The report cited International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi, who described […]
Representatives from various countries and universities arrive in the Svalbard's global seed vault with new seeds, in Longyearbyen, Norway, Feb 25, 2020. (NTB SCANPIX/LISE ASERUD VIA REUTERS) OSLO – A vault built on an Arctic island to preserve the world's crop seeds from war, disease and other catastrophes will receive new deposits on Wednesday, including […]
A no-gun sticker is displayed on a doorway at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Aug 25, 2022, in Oak Park, ILLINOIS. (MARTHA IRVINE / AP) NEW YORK – Murders and suicides involving guns have reached an all-time high in the United States, a recent report from the US Centers for Disease Control […]
A member of the SSNPS (South Sudan National Police Service) police gestures as they gather ahead of patrolling the streets of Juba, South Sudan on April 9, 2020. (ALEX MCBRIDE / AFP) UBA – At least 25 people have been killed in South Sudan, officials said, after youths from two neighboring communities in the country's […]
Gasoline and diesel prices are displayed near a gas station in Rome, Italy, June 23, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – The question of how, when and whether to cap gas prices is set to dominate another meeting of European Union countries on Wednesday, as they pursue a joint plan to target high gas prices […]
Washington's hand cited by Lavrov, who says Moscow open to peace talks Investigators examine a destroyed bus following a missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Monday. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the United States has long been involved in the conflict in Ukraine. The US has for […]
LIMA – Governors and representatives of nearly 40 regional governments around the world are gathering in Peru for a global meeting on climate, the Amazon and tropical forests. Under the banner "Exchange of Experiences," the Oct 10-13 gathering has drawn governors and specialists from countries including Brazil, Colombia, the United States and Indonesia to discuss […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a session of the Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, to approve laws on annexing the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions into Russia, in Moscow, Russia Oct 3, 2022. (RUSSIAN STATE DUMA/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS/FILE PHOTO) LONDON/WASHINGTON – Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that […]
Former French prime minister and mayor of Le Havre Edouard Philippe arrives for the inauguration ceremony of French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee palace in Paris, France on May 7, 2022. (LEWIS JOLY / AP) PARIS / THE HAGUE / MOSCOW – Former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe will appear before the Court of […]
This handout picture obtained by the Italian Space Agency 's LICIACube shows the NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission just before its closest approach to the Dimorphos asteroid, on Sept 26, 2022. (HANDOUT/ ASI/NASA / AFP) LOS ANGELES – NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission has successfully changed the orbit of the asteroid […]
Chile's Sub Secretary of International Economics Relations Jose Miguel Ahumada shakes hands with Senator Ivan Moreira after the final discussion to vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership at the National Congress in Valparaiso, Chile Oct 11, 2022. (RODRIGO GARRIDO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO – Chile's congress voted to approve the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership […]
King Charles III arrives to thank emergency service workers for their work and support ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at the Metropolitan Police Service Special Operations Room in London, Sept 17, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP) LONDON – Britain's King Charles III will be crowned at London's Westminster Abbey next May in […]
Chad's Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke arrives at the start of the Chad Peace Negotiations in Qatar's capital Doha, on March 13, 2022. (KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) N'DJAMENA – Chad's Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke has resigned in order to pave the way for a new government after the Central African country decided to push […]
GP5PHDJSC5KLTO5PTHUPVCKZ5U.jpg LAS TEJERIAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans in the town of Las Tejerias, in the country's Aragua state, on Monday waited amid a rising death toll as rescuers searched for the more than 50 missing persons who were swept away on Saturday by devastating floods following heavy rain. READ MORE: UN names special envoy to handle […]
Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge in Kerch, Crimea on Oct 8, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Ukraine on Monday that there would be a harsh response if there were any further attacks such as that on the Crimean Bridge. Forensic and other data, as well as operational information, […]