A rain storm is seen over a corn field in Oskaloosa, Iowa on August 15, 2019. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON – The new US agriculture trade chief on Thursday told Reuters that he has given Mexico until Feb 14 to respond to a US request to explain the science behind Mexico's planned bans on genetically […]
In this file photo dated Jan 21, 2022, Dr. Christa Sinclair-Mills (left) of House Calls, a mobile healthcare unit for homebound seniors, visits with Geraldine Anderson to administer her COVID-19 booster shot in her Toronto apartment in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (PHOTO / AFP) OTTAWA — Canada's federal government said Tuesday it will provide an additional […]
In this file photo dated Apr 2, 2022, Pakistani UN peacekeepers from United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo carry the remains of their comrades during a memorial service in Goma, eastern Congo. (PHOTO / AP) GOMA — The Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday blamed M23 rebels for an attack on […]
This Sept 6, 2022 photo shows the city view of Vladivostok, Russia. (ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO JR / XINHUA) MOSCOW — The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday it had initiated a criminal case against a US citizen over espionage. "The Russian Federal Security Service initiated a criminal case against a US citizen on the grounds […]
(From left) President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau participate in a news conference at the 10th North American Leaders' Summit at the National Palace in Mexico City on Jan 10, 2023. (ANDREW HARNIK / AP) MEXICO CITY – US President Joe Biden and his Mexican counterpart […]
Ski centre on mountain Jahorina is seen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina Jan 4, 2023. (KIRSTEN DONOVAN / REUTERS) LONDON/BRUSSELS — Record-high winter temperatures swept across parts of Europe over the new year, bringing calls from activists for faster action against climate change while offering short-term respite to governments struggling with high gas prices. Hundreds […]
In this handout photograph taken and released by European Parliament on Dec 7, 2022, Greek politician and European Parliament vice-president Eva Kaili speaks during the European Book Prize award ceremony in Brussels. (ERIC VIDAL / EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / AFP) STRASBOURG – The European Parliament stripped Greek lawmaker Eva Kaili of her senior assembly post on […]
People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, Jan 10, 2022. (MIKE BLAKE / REUTERS) LOS ANGELES / ROME / MEXICO CITY / MOSCOW – Another COVID-19 winter surge is brewing in […]
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People wait to surrender their weapons to the gendarmerie, in Ustaritz, southwestern France, Dec 1, 2022. (BOB EDME / AP) NICE, France – French gun owners were handing over their weapons at police collection points across the country this week as part of a campaign to round up unlicensed firearms, often heirlooms lying in attics […]
This photo shows the Bugey nuclear plant in Saint-Vulbas, around Lyon, central France on Oct 13, 2022. (LAURENT CIPRIANI / AP) PARIS – French power giant EDF is looking to recruit a new generation of welders, pipe-fitters and boiler makers to fix its ageing nuclear reactors and build more of them, as Europe's energy crisis […]
A demonstrator holds up a placard reading 'How can they give us what is ours' during a march to protest against COVID-19 restrictions in Denmark, in Copenhagen on Jan 9, 2022, marking the first anniversary of the anti-vaccination movement 'Men in Black'. (THIBAULT SAVARY / AFP) COPENHAGEN / MOSCOW – A decrease in new hospitalizations […]
Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema (center) attends the 33rd Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit, at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, on Feb 10, 2020. (MICHAEL TEWELDE / AFP) DAKAR – Equatorial Guinea votes on Sunday in a general election in which President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the world's longest-standing president, is expected to […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 1, 2014, Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 plane, near the village of Hrabove, Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. (DMITRY LOVETSKY / AP) Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it would "examine" the opinion of a Dutch court which said that […]
This handout file photo obtained from the twitter account @GollyItsMollie on Nov 12, 2022, shows smoke rising from the crash after two planes collided mid-air during the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport, in Dallas, Texas. (HANDOUT / @GOLLYITSMOLLIE / AFP) HOUSTON – Six people were killed after two World War II aircraft […]
Voting precinct signs are stored at the Leon County Supervisor of Elections office prior to the midterm election in Tallahassee, Florida, US, Oct 5, 2022. (Colin Hackley / Reuters) PHOENIX – Two days after Americans went to the polls, the political world remained on tenterhooks on Thursday, with both chambers of the US Congress up […]
A road sign reads "Extreme Heat, Plan your journey, Carry water", warning motorists about the heatwave forecast for July 18 and 19, on the M11 motorway north of London on July 17, 2022. (DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) LONDON – Europe has warmed more than twice as much as the rest of the world over the […]
People queue outside tents set up for either COVID-19 positive or in quarantine voters to cast their vote in Zejtun on March 26, 2022 during Malta's general election. (PHOTO / AFP) VALLETTA / MOSCOW – Malta has spent more than 1.6 billion euros (US$1.58 billion) on support measures since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in 2020, […]
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 […]
The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is pictured on the facade of the WHO headquarters on Oct 24, 2017 in Geneva. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook […]