In this file photo taken on Aug 6, 2022, people line up to receive the monkeypox vaccine in Lille, northern France. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) LONDON – It is possible to eliminate the monkeypox outbreak in Europe, World Health Organization officials said on Tuesday, highlighting evidence that case counts are slowing in a handful […]
This handout photo taken and released by the World Food Programme (WFP) on Aug 30, 2022 in Djibouti shows the MV Brave Commander that reached the port of Djibouti with 30,000 MT wheat grain for the Ethiopia operation. (CLAIRE Nevill / WFP / AFP) SANAA – A ship chartered by the World Food Programme carrying […]
In this file photo taken on Nov 2, 2021 Angola's President Joao Lourenco makes a national statement on the second day of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. (ADRIAN DENNIS / POOL / AFP) LISBON – Angola's electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades since independence, the […]
Pages from the affidavit by the FBI in support of obtaining a search warrant for former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate are photographed on Aug 26, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday finished examining documents seized in the raid of former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence […]
A picture shows a view of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile river at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on Nov 27, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM – Ethiopia on Monday expressed readiness to negotiate with Sudan and Egypt on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under the patronage of the African Union. The third filling […]
A picture shows a view of the Roseires Dam on the Blue Nile river at al-Damazin in southeastern Sudan, on Nov 27, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM – Ethiopia on Monday expressed readiness to negotiate with Sudan and Egypt on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam under the patronage of the African Union. The third filling […]
Activists prepare mannequins during a public campaign on violence against women, in front of the parliament building in Jakarta on Dec 8, 2020. (BAY ISMOYO / AFP) NAIROBI – Violence against women and girls has escalated in low-income countries against a backdrop of climate emergencies, COVID-19-related disruptions, and civil strife, international health campaigners said Monday. […]
This picture taken on Aug 6, 2022 shows the entrance of the building where Belgian Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, husband of German consul Uwe Herbert Hahn, died on August 5, 2022, in the apartment they shared in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The police is investigating the circumstances of his death, according to local media. (ANDRE […]
Long COVID extends pandemic's effect, with $170b in lost wages, report finds Between 2 and 4 million people in the United States can't work because of the long-term debilitating effects of COVID-19, costing the economy up to $170 billion a year in lost wages, according to a report. The report by the Brookings Institution think […]
A sign about COVID-19 test is displayed at a testing site as people are seen inside for testing in Morton Grove, Illinois on Jan 9, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH / AP) WASHINGTON / LIMA – Starting next week, Americans will no longer be able to order free at-home COVID-19 tests from a website set up […]
Mary Ng (left), Canadian Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development speaks during a press conference with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai in Ottawa, Canada on May 5, 2022. (DAVE CHAN / AFP) OTTAWA- The Canadian federal government said on Monday that it will challenge the United States' duties […]
Editor's note: China Daily presents a series of in-depth reports to analyze how exclusive blocs create divides, conflicts and setbacks in the world, and how the greater international community works to shore up unity, peace and development. People pass by US National flags in Washington, DC on Jan 9, 2021. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) In […]
The NASA moon rocket stands ready at sunrise on Pad 39B before the Artemis 1 mission to orbit the moon at the Kennedy Space Center, Aug 29, 2022, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (JOEL KOWSKY/NASA VIA AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – An engine problem forced NASA on Monday to postpone for at least four days the […]
Right-wing party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni addresses a rally as she starts her political campaign ahead of Sept 25 general elections, in Ancona, Italy, on Aug 23, 2022. (DOMENICO STINELLIS / AP) ROME – In her teens, Giorgia Meloni used to sneak out at the dead of night and help plaster her Rome […]
This file photo taken on April 20, 2021 shows Moderna vials on a table at a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut. MOGADISHU / BERLIN – Swiss drugs regulator Swissmedic said on Monday that it has approved the first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine in the country. Moderna's Spikevax vaccine, which contains mRNA against two coronavirus variants, […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (center) delivers a speech at the Charles University on Aug 29, 2022 in Prague, Czech Republic. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Monday for an enlargement of the European Union to eventually include Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, and said a gradual transition to majority voting […]
The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Aug 28, 2022, ahead of its expected launch on Aug 29. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – NASA's colossal next-generation rocketship was set for its long-awaited debut launch on Monday on an […]
This file photo dated May 1, 2022, shows a Russian soldier guarding an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine. (PHOTO / AP) KYIV – An International Atomic Energy Agency mission will visit the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine this week, agency chief Rafael Grossi said […]
In this file photo dated June 25, 2022, Josep Borell, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy speaks during a joint press conference with the Iranian Foreign Minister at the foreign ministry headquarters in Iran's capital Tehran. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) VIENNA / PRAGUE – European Union foreign ministers […]
The NASA Artemis rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard stands on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, March 18, 2022. (JOHN RAOUX / AP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Launch teams at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida spent a final full day of preparations ahead of Monday’s planned liftoff of […]