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 […]
People wait to undergo a free rapid antigen test for the coronavirus disease at a testing center in the GUM, State Department store in Moscow on Jan 31, 2022. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia recorded more than 50,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the second day running on Saturday, the government's coronavirus task […]
Oil pumping jacks, also known as "nodding donkeys", operate in an oilfield near Neftekamsk, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, on Nov 19, 2020. (ANDREY RUDAKOV / BLOOMBERG) WASHINGTON – Finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries have agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in […]
In this undated photo, customers at the Mikkeller's Warpigs, a craft brewpub in Copenhagen's former Meatpacking District show the opening page of their "Corona pass,” an app on their mobile phone that shows the result of recent antigen tests for COVID-19, as they order drinks. (TOM LITTLE / AFP) COPENHAGEN / LISBON / OTTAWA – […]
An aerial view of former US president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen, Aug 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (STEVE HELBER/AP) WASHINGTON – The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug 8 search at former US president Donald Trump's Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labeled as […]
This file photo taken on Nov 8, 2011 shows a view of the gas pipeline prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224-kilometre gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea, in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's largest gas producer Gazprom announced Friday that it had stopped […]
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO/XINHUA) VIENNA – International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said Friday that two of the agency's experts would remain permanently at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Grossi told reporters upon arriving in Vienna after a visit to the facility that […]
In this photo taken on March 30, 2007, a US Army Special Forces Ranger attends a class on combatting terrorism at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. (DON EMMERT / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US military experienced its highest recorded level of sexual assault among women last year, in findings the […]
Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner addresses supporters during a demonstration near her home, in Buenos Aires, on Aug 27, 2022. (LUIS ROBAYO / AFP) BUENOS AIRES – Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was unharmed on Thursday when a man with a loaded gun tried to shoot her but the gun did […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 Angolan opposition party National Union for the Total Independence of Angola leader and presidential candidate, Adalberto Costa Junior, gestures as he delivers a speech during the UNITA final campaign rally ahead of general elections, in Luanda. (JOHN WESSELS / AFP) LISBON – Angola's main opposition party […]