Turkish-flagged ship Polarnet carrying tons of grain from Ukraine sails along the Bosphorus Strait past Istanbul on Aug 7, 2022, after being officially inspected. ISTANBUL – The first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a UN-brokered deal arrived in Istanbul on Sunday, the Joint Coordination Centre based in the Turkish city said. The […]
Hadi Matar, 24 (center) arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York on Aug 13, 2022. (GENE J. PUSKAR / AP) Salman Rushdie, the acclaimed author who was stabbed repeatedly at a public appearance in New York state on Friday, 33 years after Iran's then-supreme leader called for him to […]
Pedestrians walk in a street next to a billboard of Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and presidential candidate for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Kenya Kwanza political coalition, in Eldoret, on Aug 13, 2022. (SIMON MAINA / AFP) NAIROBI – Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto has edged ahead in a tight presidential race, according […]
JK Rowling poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore" in London on March 29, 2022. (SCOTT GARFITT / AP) LONDON – Scotland's police said on Sunday they are investigating a report of an "online threat" made to the author JK Rowling after she tweeted […]
Egyptian mourners react during the funeral of victims killed in Cairo Coptic church fire, at the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Giza Governorate on Aug 14, 2022. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) CAIRO – An electrical fire swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during Mass on Sunday, causing a stampede and killing […]
Katherine Sofoluke holding her dog George in her garden in Beckenham, Greater London, Aug 13, 2019. (NATASHA LIVINGSTONE / AP) LONDON – Stood on her hind legs to greet any prospective owner who might approach her glass-doored kennel, Harriet is a black English cocker spaniel abandoned as a deepening cost-of-living crisis pushes growing numbers of […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 7, 2022, a man takes a picture as the Glory bulk carrier makes its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine. According to Ukraine's Ministry of Infrastructure, the ship under the Marshall Islands' flag is carrying 66 thousand tons of Ukrainian corn. (NINA LYASHONOK / AP) ODESA, Ukraine […]
In this file photo taken on Feb 20, 2022 A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia. (AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP) ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia announced the successful completion of the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile. "It is with great pleasure, I announce the successful completion […]
This file photo taken on Aug 2, 2018 shows a German soldier from the parachutists detachment of the MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) searching for IED (improvised explosive device) during a patrol on the route from Gao to Gossi, Mali. (SEYLLOU / AFP) DAKAR – Troop rotations by the UN peacekeeping […]
Recently elected MPs and governors from Azimio party, led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga, gather at their campaign headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 13, 2022. (MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP) NAIROBI – Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya's presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William Ruto into second place. With […]
Hadi Matar, 24, center, listens to his public defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, addresses the judge while being arraigned in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY, Aug 13, 2022. (GENE PUSKAR / AP) Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized on Saturday with serious injuries a day after he was repeatedly stabbed at a public […]
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the self-defense committees, the so called "peasant patrols" who act as law-and-order enforcers in parts of rural Peru, at the Government Palace in Lima on Aug 10, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA – The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia […]
A pedestrian, wearing a mask with the italian flag on it, stands in a street of Rome on Dec 23, 2021. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) ROME – Italy is emerging as a hotspot in Europe for the new outbreak of the West Nile virus, as the death toll on Friday has reached 11 in the […]
A pharmacist administers a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus, at a pharmacy in Lille, northern France, on Aug 10, 2022. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) GENEVA – The World Health Organization has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in circulation. This is to avoid […]
This photograph taken on July 31, 2022 shows a grain combine harvester collecting wheat near Novoazovsk, Ukraine. (PHOTO/AFP) KYIV – The first Africa-bound grain ship since the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February docked in Pivdennyi port on Friday, Ukraine's infrastructure minister said. ALSO READ: Refused by buyer, first Ukraine grain vessel docks in Türkiye "The cargo […]
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio arrives for an EU Africa summit at the European Council building in Brussels on Feb 17, 2022. (JOHN THYS / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) FREETOWN – Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week's anti-government protests, which led to the deaths of six police officers […]
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during a joint press conference offered with his Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele (out of frame) at the Presidential House in San Salvador on May 6, 2022. (MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) MEXICO CITY – President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is facing a flood of criticism after Mexico's navy lent […]
A healthcare worker dons a bouffant cap as staff treat patients suffering from coronavirus disease at Humber River Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 29, 2021. (COLE BURSTON / AFP) OTTAWA – The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday confirmed 25,204 new COVID-19 cases for the week of July 31 […]
A healthcare worker dons a bouffant cap as staff treat patients suffering from coronavirus disease at Humber River Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 29, 2021. (COLE BURSTON / AFP) OTTAWA – The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday confirmed 25,204 new COVID-19 cases for the week of July 31 […]
Emergency service personnel stand by near the scene of a shooting in Cetinje, in Montenegro, on Aug 12, 2022. (SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP) CETINJE, Montenegro – Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a state prosecutor told Vijesti TV […]