United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for making mental health a global priority and urged actions to promote universal quality […]
Austria's Green Minister of Climate and Environment Leonore Gewessler answers journalists' questions during an Environment ministers council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on Dec 20, 2021. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BERLIN/BRUSSELS – Austria said on Monday it was seeking to enlist other European Union countries to support its legal action against Brussels for […]
In this file photo taken on June 02, 2015 Former US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the World Business Forum in Hong Kong. The Nobel Economics Prize was on October 10, 2022 awarded to a US trio for their contributions on explaining the role of banks in the economy. Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond […]
This file photo taken on June 12, 2009 shows journalists reporting the first wreckage pieces and objects of the Air France A330 aircraft, flight AF447, lost in midflight over the Atlantic ocean and recovered from the sea, at the airbase hangar, in Recife, northeastern Brazil. There were 228 people of 32 nationalities – including 58 […]
(From left) Heads of the independent Expert Commission on Gas and Heat, Chemical and Energy Trade Union Michael Vassiliadis, Federation of German Industries (BDI) President Siegfried Russwurm, economist Veronika Grimm and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner pose for a group photo with the […]
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi attends a press conference on the UNHCR annual global trends report on forced displacement at the United Nations offices in Geneva on June 13, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA – The UN refugee agency will have to make "severe cuts", increasing the hardships of those who […]
A pedestrian wearing a hat walks on a street in London on July 11, 2022 on what is expected to be one of the hottest days of the year so far in the capital. (CARLOS JASSO / AFP) LONDON – Plans by European companies to hike wages and pay one-off bonuses to help staff cope […]
Patients with cholera symptoms sit in an observation center at a cholera clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct 7, 2022. (ODELYN JOSEPH / AP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help Haiti's police remove a threat […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias (left) and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, hold a joint press conference, at the foreign ministry headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Oct 9, 2022. (NARIMAN EL-MOFTY / AP) CAIRO – Foreign ministers of Egypt and Greece held talks in Cairo on Sunday, following recent oil and gas exploration deals signed between […]
Photo taken on Sept 30, 2022 shows screens displaying Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech in Moscow, Russia. (CAO YANG / XINHUA) MOSCOW – The explosion on the Crimean Bridge was no doubt a terrorist act aimed at destroying Russia's critical civilian infrastructure, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday. Ukraine's special services were the […]
A man stands next to a tree broken by the winds of Hurricane Julia in Bluefields, Nicaragua on Oct 8, 2022. (INTI OCON / AP) MEXICO CITY – Tropical storm Julia emerged over the Eastern Pacific on Sunday evening after pummeling Nicaragua with rain and winds that damaged hundreds of homes but left no reported […]
(From left to right) The co-leader of the Greens Party Omid Nouripour, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Finance Minister and Free Democrats Party (FDP) leader Christian Lindner and Germany's Social Democratic SPD party co-leader Saskia Esken address a press conference on the government coalition's relief plan to cope with soaring energy costs, on Sept 4, 2022 […]
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen (center) celebrates with supporters after hearing first results of the Austrian Presidential election in Vienna, Austria, Oct 9, 2022. (MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP) VIENNA – Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen secured a second six-year term in office on Sunday by winning a clear majority of votes in an […]
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is seen as Britain's King Charles III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, arrive at Edinburgh Airport on Sept 12, 2022. (ROBERT PERRY / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is confident a second referendum on Scottish independence could take place in October next year, she […]
Lower Saxony's State Premier Stephan Weil gives a press conference following a meeting with the State Premiers of the country's federal states, in Berlin, on Oct 4, 2022. (MICHELE TANTUSSI / AFP) BERLIN – A vote in the German state of Lower Saxony on Sunday will provide a test of support for the crisis management […]
Emergency services attend the scene following an explosion in Creeslough, in the north west of Ireland on Oct 8, 2022. (PAUL FAITH/AFP) CREESLOUGH, Ireland – Ten people, including two teenagers and a younger girl, were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, police said on Saturday, adding that […]
This handout satellite image provided by CIRA/CSU & NOAA on Oct 8, 2022 and captured at 14:30 UTC on Oct 7 shows Tropical Storm Julia off the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia. (CIRA/CSU / NOAA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Julia slammed into Nicaragua on Sunday carrying top winds of up to 85 miles per […]
This handout satellite image provided by CIRA/CSU & NOAA on Oct 8, 2022 and captured at 14:30 UTC on Oct 7 shows Tropical Storm Julia off the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia. (CIRA/CSU / NOAA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – Tropical storm Julia turned into a hurricane on Saturday evening as it passed the Colombian island […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states at the Konstantin Palace presidential residence in Strelna, outside Saint Petersburg, on Oct 7, 2022. (ALEXEY DANICHEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday to strengthen measures for protecting transport crossing […]
Patients wait to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at a mobile vaccination station on 59th Street below Central Park on Dec 2, 2021, in New York. (JOHN MINCHILLO / AP) WASHINGTON / MOSCOW – The White House expects the rate of vaccination in its fall booster campaign to pick up over the coming weeks, […]