In this Dec 18, 2012 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks up and waves to members of staff of The Foreign and Commonwealth Office as she ends an official visit which is part of her Jubilee celebrations in London. (ALASTAIR GRANT / POOL / AP) LONDON – The crowning achievement of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, […]
Tough measures adopted to safeguard students and teachers A man and a boy visit a memorial to victims of a shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 29. (JAE C. HONG / AP) As schools reopen across the United States after the summer vacation, the mass shooting at an elementary school in […]
Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, March 9, 2020. (KRISTY WIGGLESWORTH/AP) LONDON – With the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, Prince Charles has finally become king of the United Kingdom and 14 other […]
People gather outside Buckingham Palace in London, Sept 9, 2022, after the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was announced. (CHRISTOPHE ENA / AP) LONDON – As world leaders paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth on her death aged 96 on Thursday, ordinary people in Britain and around the globe paid their own respects to a […]
Russia said on Thursday it was ordering a Romanian diplomat to leave the country in response to the expulsion of one of its diplomats from Bucharest. ALSO READ: Russia: Diplomat expulsion would mean US embassy closure Romania, like other European Union member states, was designated an "unfriendly country" by Moscow after it imposed sanctions in retaliation […]
In this file photo taken on Feb 29, 2012, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II opens the newly re-furbished Somerset House East Wing, King's College, London. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday. (EDDIE MULHOLLAND / POOL / AFP) BALMORAL, Scotland – Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's […]
A boy gets tested for COVID-19 after vaccinated family members tested positive for the coronavirus, in North Miami, Florida on Aug 9, 2021. (MARTA LAVANDIER / AP) LONDON / CHICAGO – Top scientists from leading academic centers are banding together to answer a key question about the root cause of long COVID-19 – whether fragments […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish Defense Ministry press office on Aug 3, 2022 shows an inspection delegation member inspecting the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine, off the coast of north-west Istanbul. (TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTRY / AFP) ISTANBUL – A drop in global wheat prices […]
A customer shops at a supermarket in Millbrae, California, the United States, Aug 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Economic wager driven by anti-China policies leaves no winners, experts say The US government's policies toward China are putting the country on the wrong track, according to China watchers who stress that a decoupling of the top […]
People attend a rally calling for abortion rights in Washington, D.C., the United States, July 9, 2022. (LIU JIE / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations reported Wednesday that it may take close to 300 years to achieve full gender equality at the current rate of progress, revealing some shocking facts worth paying attention […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Turkish Defense Ministry press office on Aug 3, 2022 shows an inspection delegation member inspecting the Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni carrying 26,000 tonnes of corn from Ukraine, off the coast of north-west Istanbul. (TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTRY / AFP) ISTANBUL – A drop in global wheat prices […]
The gas storage plant Reckrod is pictured near Eiterfeld, central Germany, July 14, 2022, after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut down due to maintenance. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP, FILE) BRUSSELS / PRAGUE / VLADIVOSTOK – The Czech Republic, which currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union, wants to […]
This handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking during her first weekly Prime Minister's Questions session at the House of Commons, in London, on Sept 7, 2022. (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON/WASHINGTON – British Prime Minister Liz Truss said on Wednesday that she hopes to […]
Patients wear personal protective equipment while maintaining social distancing as they wait in line for a COVID-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New York. (JOHN MINCHILLO / AP) LONDON – New York state on Wednesday ended a 28-month-old COVID-19 mandate requiring masks on trains, buses and other modes of public […]
A firefighter watches as a wildfire burns in a hillside, Sept 6, 2022, near Hemet, California. (RINGO H.W. CHIU / AP) GENEVA – Severe, long-lasting heatwaves and more frequent wildfires could lead to even worse air quality, an additional "climate penalty" for hundreds of millions of people, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Wednesday. According […]
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama speaks during the Wine Vision fair, part of the "Open Balkan" economic forum for regional cooperation in Belgrade, Serbia, Sept 1, 2022. (DARKO VOJINOVIC / AP) TIRANA – Albania has decided to terminate diplomatic ties with Iran after authorities found that Iran was behind the July 15 cyberattack on Albania's […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking during a plenary session at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept 7, 2022. (STANISLAV KRASILNIKOV/TASS NEWS AGENCY HOST POOL PHOTO VIA AP) KYIV – President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he wanted to discuss reopening a UN-brokered deal that allows Ukraine to export its grain via […]
People pass by shops destroyed by legal decision for safety reasons on july 25, 2022, in Yaounde. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) YAOUNDE – At least six civilians were killed and eight injured when separatists in southwest Cameroon opened fire on a public bus on Tuesday, officials and the head of a regional hospital said. Separatists […]
Chile's President Gabriel Boric (center) speaks during a ceremony introducing new cabinet members, at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile on Sept 6, 2022. (LUIS HIDALGO / AP) SANTIAGO – Chile's President Gabriel Boric announced a major overhaul of his cabinet Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly rejected a new constitution that was key to his […]
Somali children who fled drought-stricken areas stand by their makeshift shelters at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Sept 3, 2022. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) GENEVA/MOGADISHU – Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after […]