Residents stand amid their homes that were damaged by Hurricane Fiona in the low-income neighborhood of Kosovo in Veron de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Sept 19, 2022. (RICARDO HERNANDEZ / AP) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO/SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – Residents were ordered to take shelter on the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as an […]
Nearly 1 in 10 people in the United States and almost 1 in 5 adolescents and young adults reported having depression in 2020, but most of them were not seeking help, resulting in an "escalating public health crisis" that needs urgent intervention, researchers said in a new study. Drawing data from the 2015-2020 National Survey […]
Residents stand amid their homes that were damaged by Hurricane Fiona in the low-income neighborhood of Kosovo in Veron de Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Sept 19, 2022. (RICARDO HERNANDEZ / AP) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO/SANTO DOMINGO – Hurricane Fiona was churning north on Monday evening after bringing torrential rain and powerful winds to the Dominican […]
The Royal State Hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II with the Imperial State Crown resting on top proceeds towards St. George's Chapel, Windsor on Sept 19, 2022. (JUSTIN SETTERFIELD / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) WINDSOR, England – Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest alongside her beloved husband on Monday after a day which […]
A 6 year-old child is comforted by her mother as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by a medical assistant at the Child Health Associates office in Novi, Michigan on Nov 3, 2021. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that […]
A woman receives medical care after an earthquake in Mexico City on September 19, 2022. (PEDRO PARDO / AFP) MEXICO CITY – A powerful earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least one person, damaging buildings, knocking out power and sending residents of Mexico City scrambling outside […]
Emma, the monarch's fell pony, stands as the Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrives at Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St George's Chapel, in Windsor, England, Sept. 19, 2022. (AARON CHOWN/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) WINDSOR, England – Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrived at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, on […]
A home is submerged in floodwaters caused by Hurricane Fiona in Cayey, Puerto Rico on Sept 18, 2022. (STEPHANIE ROJAS / AP) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Hurricane Fiona left most of Puerto Rico without power on Sunday, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides on the island before barreling toward the Dominican Republic, […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) German buyers of Russian natural gas resumed nominations for supply on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for the first time since the […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, close to the border with Poland, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) German buyers of Russian natural gas resumed nominations for supply on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for the first time since the […]
This handout picture released by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's twitter account shows Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Danilo Rueda (in white t-shirt) during a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Caqueta, Colombia, on Sept 17, 2022. (GUSTAVO PETRO'S OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT / AFP) Colombian government representatives have met with members […]
Tibor Navracsics, Hungarian Minister of Regional Development and Utilization of EU Funds, addresses a press conference at the ministry building on Sept 18, 2022 in Budapest. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) BUDAPEST – The Hungarian government is committed to fulfilling its promises made to the European Commission (EC) in order to gain access to billions of […]
A man closes his eyes as he receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami Beach, Florida, on Aug 4, 2021. (MARTA LAVANDIER / AP) WASHINGTON – Charles Gill, 41, a teacher in Pennsylvania, had COVID-19 a few months back. While many of his friends only had symptoms for a few days, his have lingered a […]
Floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II are seen outside Windsor Castle in Windsor, England, Sept 18, 2022. (JON SUPER / AP) LONDON – Britain, world leaders and royalty from across the globe will on Monday bid a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth, the last towering figure of her era, at a state funeral […]
Pupils pose at a window of their school in Douala, western Cameroon, on Jan 13, 2022. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his special envoy for global education, Gordon Brown, on Saturday launched a multi-billion-dollar International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd). With the first projects expected in 2023, IFFEd […]
In this March 30, 2021 photo, an Egyptian navy craft patrols as ships resume navigation in the Suez Canal, a day after a cargo vessel was dislodged from its banks. (Tarek WAJEH / AFP) CAIRO – The Suez Canal's transit tolls will increase by 15 percent for all types of vessels and 10 percent for […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 14, 2022, a girl receives the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at the Clinicas hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (NELSON ALMEIDA / AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian national health regulator Anvisa has approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech for children aged […]
Panoramic view of the city of Caracas, on Sept 12, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela "strongly" rejected a recent White House memorandum that listed it as one of the countries involved in drug production or trafficking, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. The memorandum issued on Thursday accuses more […]
This picture released by the Italian firefighters shows an aerial view of the Senigallia area after floods hit Marche region, central-east Italy, Sept 16, 2022. (ITALIAN FIREFIGHTERS – VIGILI DEL FUOCO VIA AP) CANTIANO, Italy – At least 10 people were killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, […]
An employee of a bakery holds a loaf of bread on March 23, 2020 in Rome. (TIZIANA FABI / AFP) The European Parliament has voted in favor of legislation that aims to guarantee adequate minimum wages for workers across the 27-nation bloc and strengthen their collective bargaining powers. Lawmakers in Strasbourg on Wednesday debated a […]