Pedestrians walk past a signs hanging outside Pfizer headquarters in New York and one hanging at a bus stop encouraging the COVID-19 booster, May 23, 2022. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) NEW YORK / WASHINGTON – Hospitals across the United States are overwhelmed, with the combination of a swarm of respiratory illnesses (RSV, coronavirus, flu), staffing […]
A registered nurse inoculates a man with a COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, California, Aug 28, 2021. (JAE C HONG / AP) LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – New Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 accounted for nearly half of new COVID-19 cases in the United States […]
David Walchesky (left), judge of elections, and Evelyn Cain, majority inspector, prepare the ballot scanner at a polling place inside a private resident’s garage for the US midterm election in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Nov 8, 2022. (REBECCA DROKE / AFP) WASHINGTON – Concerned voters across the United States are going to the polls to cast […]
Hundreds of young people participate in a rally against US embargo in Havana, Cuba, Aug 5, 2021. (JOAQUIN HERNANDEZ / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution to demand an end to the decades-old US embargo on Cuba.The resolution was adopted with 185 votes in favor, 2 against, and 2 […]
An elderly man sits at the "Viktualienmarkt" daily food market, during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Munich, Germany, March 18, 2020. (ANDREAS GEBERT / REUTERS) STOCKHOLM / MOSCOW / LOS ANGELES – Individuals who are severely affected by COVID-19 may be at higher risk of post-infection symptoms, the European Centre for Disease […]
This photo taken Oct 30, 2022 shows a destroyed cars after an car bombing targeted the education ministry in Mogadishu on Oct 29, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia's education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, […]
US President Joe Biden, with his granddaughter Natalie Biden, speaks to the press after voting early in Wilmington, Delaware, on Oct 29, 2022. Natalie Biden is a first-time voter and daughter of the late Beau Biden. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden voted early in this year's polarized midterm elections on […]
A woman holds a dead fish at the Kalambari refugee camp 30km near N'Djamena on July 14, 2022. (AURELIE BAZZARA-KIBANGULA / AFP) N'DJAMENA – Severe drought followed by the worst floods in 30 years have led to rocketing food prices and left a record 2.1 million people in Chad acutely hungry, according to United Nations […]
A woman stands in front of a damaged house, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on Sept 12, 2022. (JUAN BARRETO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt a draft resolution, which "condemns" the referendums held in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control from Sept 23 to 27. READ MORE: Kremlin […]
The first UN-chartered vessel MV Brave Commander loads more than 23,000 tonnes of grain to export to Ethiopia, in Yuzhne, east of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, on Aug 14, 2022. (OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) LONDON/UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is trying to broker a resumption of Russian ammonia exports through Ukraine, a […]
The first UN-chartered vessel MV Brave Commander loads more than 23,000 tonnes of grain to export to Ethiopia, in Yuzhne, east of Odessa on the Black Sea coast, on Aug 14, 2022. (OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) LONDON/UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations is trying to broker a resumption of Russian ammonia exports through Ukraine, a […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 7, 2022, a man takes a picture as the Glory bulk carrier makes its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine. According to Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure, the ship under the Marshall Islands' flag is carrying 66 thousand tons of Ukrainian corn. (NINA LYASHONOK / AP) ODESA, Ukraine […]
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov attends the 12th East Asia Summit foreign ministers' meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Aug 5, 2022. (RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS VIA AP) Russia and the United States said on Friday they were ready to discuss a prisoner swap, a […]
TOKYO, Aug 4, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group has signed a sponsorship agreement with Muangthong United Football Club, a Thai League 1 professional football club based in Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand. This agreement, part of MHI Group’s social contribution program, will support the team’s activities and […]
Masked patrons wait to order at a food stand inside Grand Central Market on July 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP) LOS ANGELES / BERLIN / WARSAW – The latest and most transmissible COVID-19 variant has been driving another surge of infections in the United States as the country's total caseload topped […]
A mural of Australia's Julian Assange is seen in a laneway in Melbourne on Jan 5, 2021. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON – WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange has appealed to the High Court in London to block his extradition to the United States to face criminal charges, his brother said on Friday, the latest step in […]
The United Nations Security Council meets on threats to international peace and security, June 8, 2022 at United Nations headquarters. (MARY ALTAFFER / AP) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday renewed the sanctions imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Adopting resolution 2641 by a vote of 10 in favor […]