From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign the treaties for the four regions […]
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft rests at launch pad 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-5 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct 4, 2022. CAPE CANAVERAL – Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration crew of the International […]
A European Union flag flies in Gibraltar on March 28, 2017. The EU has urged Facebook, Twitter and Google in June to improve their proposed changes to user terms by the end of September. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP) BRUSSELS – The ministers of finance and economic affairs of the European Union member states, meeting in […]
Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, who leads the Ugandan army's land forces, looks on during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda May 7, 2022. (ABUBAKER LUBOWA / REUTERS) President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as commander of Uganda's land forces, the military said on Tuesday, after […]
In this file photo, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador presents his fourth year government report at the National Palace in Mexico City, Sept 1, 2022. (MARCO UGARTE / AP) MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied on Tuesday that his administration spied on journalists or opponents after a report that the […]
A European Union flag flies in Gibraltar on March 28, 2017. The EU has urged Facebook, Twitter and Google in June to improve their proposed changes to user terms by the end of September. (Jorge Guerrero / AFP) BRUSSELS – The ministers of finance and economic affairs of the European Union member states, meeting in […]
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the second meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Oct 4, 2022. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and top White House officials announced new guidelines and grants to […]
People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON – A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would get to the truth, and […]
Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Hans Ellegren, Eva Olsson and Thors Hans Hansson, members of the Nobel Committee for Physics, announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics Alain Aspect, John F Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, during a news conference at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, […]
Healthcare workers leave on the METRORail following a shift change as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to spread through the country in Houston, Texas, US, on Dec 29, 2021. (CALLAGHAN O'HARE / REUTERS) WASHINGTON / PARIS – The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge by Missouri and nine other […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct 3, 2022. (XIE E / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all countries to make climate action the global priority. The UN chief told journalists at the UN headquarters in New York that all […]
Japan Prize 2020 laureate Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo poses with his trophy during the Japan Prize presentation ceremony in Tokyo, Japan April 13, 2022. Japan Prize this year awarded the winners including the years of 2020 and 2021. (EUGENE HOSHIKO, POOL VIA AP) STOCKHOLM/LONDON – Swedish geneticist Svante Paabo won the 2022 Nobel Prize in […]
In this handout photo released by the State Duma, the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Press Service, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, foreground center, addresses deputies during a session at the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, in Moscow, Russia, Oct 3, 2022. (THE STATE DUMA, THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE RUSSIAN […]
French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti arrives at the Elysee Palace for the first cabinet meeting since French President Emmanuel Macron's reelection, May 23, 2022 in Paris. (MICHEL SPINGLER / AP) PARIS – France's justice minister will stand trial before a special judicial body for suspected conflict of interest in two cases, a court spokeswoman said […]
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng (left) and Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attend the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham, central England, on Oct 2, 2022. (OLI SCARFF / AFP) LONDON – The government of British Prime Minister Liz Truss was forced on Monday into a humiliating U-turn, reversing […]
Transition President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno (second left) gestures during the opening ceremony of the national dialogue at the Jan 15 Palace in N'Djamena, on Aug 20, 2022. (AURELIE BAZZARA-KIBANGULA / AFP) N'DJAMENA – Chad has adopted resolutions that push back elections by two years and allow interim leader Mahamat Idriss Deby to stay in […]
A letter from acting archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall to former President Donald Trump's legal team is photographed on Aug 23, 2022. (JON ELSWICK / AP) WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department on whether […]
A catamaran rests atop a dock in Getaway Marina, which was destroyed during the passage of Hurricane Ian, most of its boats left scattered on the road or stuck in the mangroves, on San Carlos Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach, Florida, Oct 2, 2022. (REBECCA BLACKWELL / AP) MIAMI – The death toll from Hurricane […]
New pipeline in region comes amid Nord Stream sabotage concerns A Ukrainian soldier walks on a collapsed bridge over the Donets River in the Donetsk region on Saturday. (VLADYSLAV MUSIIENKO / REUTERS) BRUSSELS/BERLIN — European nations are intensifying efforts to secure energy supplies, with the weekend opening of a gas pipeline in the region's southeast […]
Voters wait to cast their ballots at a polling station during Bulgaria's parliamentary elections in Sofia, Bulgaria on Oct 2, 2022. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) SOFIA – GERB-UDF coalition leads in Bulgaria's early parliamentary elections, according to exit polls reported by the Bulgarian National TV on Sunday. GERB-UDF coalition is expected to have 25.5 percent […]