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 […]
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Ruto sworn in as fifth president of Kenya
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 […]
WFP plans food relief for 3.8m Zimbabweans
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 […]
Ukraine evacuates 73,000 from conflict-hit areas in past month
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. […]
Report: West manipulates media to cast its influence
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 — […]
Biden touts crackdown on airlines over passenger treatment
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 […]
EU backs Pfizer/BioNTech BA.4/5-adapted COVID booster
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 […]
King Charles, siblings hold silent vigil to late mother
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 […]
King Charles to join procession of queen’s coffin in Scotland
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 […]
UN report: Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty
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 […]
Putin, Macron hold phone talks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
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 […]
Greece says to keep open communication channels with Türkiye
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 […]
Tigrayan forces say ready to accept peace process in Ethiopia
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 […]
Tigrayan forces say ready to accept an AU-led peace process in Ethiopia
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 […]
King Charles to join somber procession of queen’s coffin in Scotland
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 […]
Opposition bloc leads in Swedish parliamentary elections
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 […]
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin begins slow journey to Edinburgh
Members of the public line the streets in Ballater, Scotland, as the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II passes through as it makes its journey to Edinburgh from Balmoral in Scotland on Sept 11, 2022. (SCOTT HEPPELL / AP) BALMORAL, Scotland – Queen Elizabeth's coffin began a six-hour journey from her home in […]
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant halts operations
This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies released on Aug 19, 2022, shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (HANDOUT / SATELLITE IMAGE ©2022 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES / AFP) Operations at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine have been fully stopped as a safety measure, Energoatom, the state agency in charge of the plant, said on […]
East African bloc, DRC sign agreement on joint regional force
In this May 24, 2022 photo, people walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu. (MOSES SAWASAWA / AP) DAR ES SALAAM – The East African Community and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday signed […]
Canada’s Conservatives pick populist in bid to oust Trudeau’s Liberals
Canada's Conservative Party newly elected leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during the Conservative Party Convention at the Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Canada on Sept 10, 2022. (DAVE CHAN / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada's Conservatives on Saturday picked Pierre Poilievre, a veteran parliamentarian who has promoted bitcoin as way to fight inflation, to spearhead the party's bid to […]