Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO/XINHUA) KIEV – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday called for the establishment of a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in southern Ukraine. "The IAEA is ready to start immediately the consultations leading […]
Standing outside 10 Downing Street, Britain's newly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss poses for photographers with her husband Hugh O'Leary, after delivering her first speech as Prime Minister in central London, on Sept 6, 2022. (ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) LONDON – The new British Prime Minister Liz Truss has selected a cabinet where for the […]
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, left, welcomes Liz Truss during an audience at Balmoral, Scotland, where she invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative party to become Prime Minister and form a new government, Sept 6, 2022. (JANE BARLOW / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – Liz Truss took over as British prime minister on Tuesday, […]
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO/XINHUA) VIENNA – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine is disconnected from its backup power line Monday but continues to receive the electricity it needs for safety from its sole operating reactor, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said, citing information from […]
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) holds talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the energy crisis via video link, at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on Sept 5, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that France and Germany will help each other through the […]
Investigators examine the crime scene near a memorial of flowers outside the home of Wes Petterson in Weldon, Saskatchewan, on Sept 5, 2022. (ROBERT BUMSTED / AP) Saskatchewan – Canadian police on Monday found one of the suspects in a mass stabbing spree dead while the other suspect, his brother, was still on the run […]
A man receives a COVID-19 shot in Waterbury, Vermont, the United States, on June 17, 2021. (WILSON RING / AP) NEW YORK / BRUSSELS – Long COVID is keeping as many as 4 million people out of work in the United States, with lost wages estimated at least US$170 billion a year, a significant economic burden […]
British lawmaker Liz Truss speaks after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in London, Sept 5, 2022. Truss will become Britain's new Prime Minister after an audience with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – Liz Truss will become Britain's next prime minister after […]
Supporters of William Ruto celebrate on the street in Nairobi, Kenya on Sept 5, 2022 after the contry’s Supreme Court unanimously rejected challenges to the official results of the presidential election and upholding Ruto’s narrow win in the presidential election. (BRIAN INGANGA / AP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Supreme Court on Monday dismissed petitions challenging William […]
Pipe systems are seen at the industrial plant of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline, Lubmin, northeastern Germany, on Aug 30, 2022. (ODD ANDERSEN / AFP) LONDON/OSLO – European gas prices surged, share prices slid and the euro sank on Monday after Russia stopped pumping gas to Europe via a major supply route, sending […]
The Panama-flagged cargo ship Lady Zehma, carrying tons of grain from Ukraine, anchors in the Marmara Sea in Istanbul, Turkey, on Sept 2, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) Ukraine said it had dispatched its biggest convoy of grain vessels under a UN-brokered deal so far after 13 ships set sail from its ports on Sunday […]
This handout conbination of photos released on Sept 4, 2022 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Saskatchewan shows Damien Sanderson and Myles Sanderson, the two suspects in the stabbings in the Saskatchewan province in Canada. (HANDOUT / ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE SASKATCHEWAN / AFP) WELDON, Saskatchewan – Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a […]
An opponent of the new constitution celebrates in the streets the results of a plebiscite on whether the new constitution will replace the current Magna Carta imposed 41 years ago, in Santiago, Chile, Sept 4, 2022. (MATIAS BASUALDO / AP) SANTIAGO – Chileans overwhelmingly voted against a proposed new constitution on Sunday, rejecting what would […]
This photo taken on Aug 31, 2022 shows towers and cathedrals of the Kremlin in Moscow. (KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) MOSCOW – Moscow will take serious retaliatory measures if the EU formally introduces visa restrictions on Russian citizens, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday. The decision, which has yet to be legalized, will significantly reduce […]
Liz Truss waves on stage after a Conservative leadership election hustings at Wembley Arena in London on Aug 31, 2022. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP) LONDON – Liz Truss is expected to be named leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain's next prime minister on Monday, poised to take power at a time when the […]
Kenya's Supreme Court judges led by Chief Justice Martha Koome (centre) flanked by her deputy, Philomena Mwilu (second left) and judges (from left) Isaac Lenaola, Smokin Wanjala, Mohamed Ibrahim, Njoki Ndung'u and William Ouko arrive to begin hearing the day's submissions from counsel representing president-elect William Ruto at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi […]
A picture shows a woman walking in front of the hospital in Gao, Mali on Oct 14, 2020. (MICHELE CATTANI / UNOCHA) BAMAKO/ABIDJAN – Three women, who were among 49 Ivorian soldiers detained in Mali, were released on Saturday, state television said, around seven weeks since the arrest of the troops sparked a diplomatic spat […]
In this file photo dated Jan 9, 2022, demonstrators march with a dog on their shoulder and the Czech national flag as they take part in a protest against compulsory vaccination against the COVID-19 in Prague. (MICHAL CIZEK / AFP) PRAGUE – An estimated 70,000 people participated in a rally in Prague, the capital of […]
The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on Sept 2, 2022. (CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla – For the second time in a week, NASA on Saturday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a stubborn fuel leak that the space […]
In this May 1, 2022 file pohoto, a Russian serviceman guards in an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine. (PHOTO / AP) VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has once again lost connection […]