French Minister for the Economy and Finances Bruno Le Maire addresses Members of Parliament during a session of questions to the government at The National Assembly in Paris on July 19, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP) PARIS / WASHINGTON / MEXICO CITY – The French Parliament adopted on Tuesday a bill ending the state of health emergency and […]
In this photo provided by NASA, backdropped against clouds over Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two orbital spacecraft accomplish their relative separation on March 7, 2011. (NASA VIA AP, FILE) WASHINGTON – Russia's new space chief announced on Tuesday his country plans to withdraw from the International […]
A general view shows the coastline looking east towards in the port city of Odessa, on April 12, 2022. (ED JONES / AFP) KYIV/MOSCOW – Ukraine is preparing to start grain exports via the Black Sea ports this week under the grain deal signed last week in Türkiye, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Speaking at […]
People listen to Pope Francis issue a historic apology for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "catastrophic" policy of Indigenous residential schools in Maskwacis, near Edmonton, Canada on July 25, 2022. (TED SHAFFREY / AP PHOTO) MASKWACIS – Pope Francis apologized on Monday to Canada's native people on their land for the Church's role in […]
US President Joe Biden attends an event on fighting "ghost guns" crimes at the White House in Washington, DC April 11, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) WASHINGTON / LOS ANGELES – US President Joe Biden on Monday said he was "feeling great," as he recovers from COVID-19, and that he expected to end his isolation and return to […]
The shootings in Langley, British Columbia on July 25, 2022 morning prompted the authorities to send emergency alerts to cellphones in the area. (DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP) LANGLEY, British Columbia – Three people including the suspected gunman were killed in a series of shootings early on Monday in the Canadian province […]
A handout picture released by the BBC, taken and received on July 25, 2022, shows Conservative politicians and candidates to be the Leader of the Conservative Party, and Britain's next Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak (left) and Liss Truss (center), as they appear on the BBC's 'The UK's Next Prime Minister: The Debate', in Victoria Hall […]
Migrants line up as they wait to be processed by US Border Patrol after illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in Yuma, Arizona in the early morning of July 11, 2022. Every year, tens of thousands of migrants fleeing violence or poverty in Central and South America attempt to cross the border into the United States. […]
A view of a grain elevator in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, on July 14, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine. (OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia and Ukraine separately signed a deal in Istanbul on Friday with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments from Ukrainian ports to international […]
European Union Ccmmissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides speaks during a joint press conference after the College meeting focused on the Nature Restoration Law and the Commission’s proposal to halve the use of pesticides by 2030 at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 22, 2022. (JOHN THYS / AFP) WASHINGTON / NICOSIA – EU member […]
OSLO – Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency. The approval comes just one day after the World Health Organization issued a high-level alert declaring the rapidly spreading monkeypox […]
In this photo provided by the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, survivors sit on a capsized boat as they are about to be rescued near New Providence in the Bahamas, early Sunday, July 24, 2022. (ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENSE FORCE VIA AP) NASSAU – Seventeen people died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants capsized off […]
Pope Francis (right) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) take part in a welcoming ceremony for the Pope at Edmonton International Airport in Alberta Province, Canada on July 24, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) EDMONTON, Alberta – Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a week-long trip that will center […]
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to supporters during a rally to launch his reelection bid, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2022. (BRUNA PRAD / AP PHOTO) RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kicked off his candidacy for re-election at a party event in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday with a […]
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gestures to supporters during a rally to launch his reelection bid, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 24, 2022. (BRUNA PRAD / AP PHOTO) According to the latest data released by Datafolha poll in June, Lula takes the lead with 47 percent of the vote, followed by Bolsonaro with 28 […]
US President Joe Biden speaks on COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 at the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2022. (NICHOLAS KAMM / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden's condition since contracting COVID-19 has improved considerably and his greatest symptom now is a sore throat, his physician […]
Judges gather on the steps of the Palace of Justice during a protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied in Tunis, Tunisia, June 23, 2022. (HASSENE DRIDI / AP) TUNIS – Tunisians vote on Monday in a referendum on a new constitution that critics of President Kais Saied fear will maul the democracy that emerged from […]
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on July 3, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP PHOTO) EDMONTON, Alberta – Pope Francis is scheduled to land in Canada on Sunday on what he has called a "pilgrimage of penance" to apologize for the […]
A picture taken on July 23, 2022 shows fire burning trees near houses at Vatera coastal resort on the eastern island of Lesbos. Residents were evacuated as the wilfire threatened properties. (MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS / AFP) ATHENS – A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on the Greek island of Lesbos near Türkiye on Saturday burned […]
A picture taken on July 23, 2022 shows fire burning trees near houses at Vatera coastal resort on the eastern island of Lesbos. Residents were evacuated as the wilfire threatened properties. (MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS / AFP) ATHENS – A wildfire that started in mountainous forests on the Greek island of Lesbos near Türkiye on Saturday burned […]