A general view shows the coastline looking east towards in the port city of Odessa, on April 12, 2022. (ED JONES / AFP) ISTANBUL – The possibility of the first grain-exporting ship leaving Ukraine's ports on Monday is high, a spokesperson for President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday. "If all (details) are completed by tomorrow, […]
This handout picture released by the Moroccan Royal Place on July 13, 2022, shows Morocco's King Mohammed VI (right) chairing a council of ministers accompanied by his son Prince Moulay Hassan, at the Royal Palace in the capital Rabat. (MOROCCAN ROYAL PALACE) / AFP) RABAT – Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Saturday called for building […]
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022, US President Joe Biden coughs while delivering remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said on July 30, 2022, attributing the […]
Members of the Winchester Fire Department walk inflatable boats across flood waters over a road in Jackson, Kentucky, to pick up people stranded by the floodwaters, July 28, 2022. (TIMOTHY D. EASLEY / AP) The death toll in eastern Kentucky rose to at least 16 on Friday as flooding unleashed by "epic" torrential rainfall swept […]
Neighbors wait in line to collect water in plastic containers at a public collection point in Monterrey, Mexico on June 20, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) MONTERREY, Mexico – Mexico declared the water shortage in the northern state of Nuevo Leon a matter of "national security" on Friday as the region, home to Mexico's industrial capital, […]
A health professional prepares a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris on July 27, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / FILE / POOL VIA AP) SAO PAULO – Brazil on Friday reported the first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent in the current outbreak, shortly before Spain confirmed Europe's first […]
In this photo provided by the Tunisian Presidency, Tunisian President Kais Saied casts his vote on a new constitution at a polling station in Tunis, Tunisia, Monday, July 25, 2022. (SLIM ABID / TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY VIA AP) Tunisia's foreign ministry said on Friday it summoned an official from the US embassy after Secretary of State […]
Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on July 3, 2022. (ANDREW MEDICHINI / AP PHOTO) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis said on Saturday that his advancing age and his difficulty walking have ushered in a new, slower phase of […]
Protestors take part in a rally against gun violence and calling for Federal Background Checks on Aug 18, 2019 in New York City. (JOHANNES EISELE / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote. The legislation will prohibit the sale, manufacture, […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) poses with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meeting at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland on May 19, 2021, on the sidelines of the Arctic Council Ministerial summit. (SAUL LOEB / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) MOSCOW/ UNITED NATIONS / KYIV – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei […]
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez addresses a press conference to present his government's results since the beginning of the year, at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid, on July 29, 2022. (JAVIER SORIANO / AFP) MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez asked his ministers, public officials and private sector employees on Friday to stop wearing […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, July 28, 2022. (LEWIS JOLY / AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron was hosting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday as part of increased Western efforts to court the major oil-producing […]
Tourists pose for photographs on Westminster Bridge in London, July 19, 2022. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday. On July 19, temperatures climbed above 40C at Heathrow Airport and records were broken at […]
Migrants who where heading in a caravan to the US, travel in a truck in Nuevo Morelos, Jesus Carranza municipality, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Nov 17, 2021. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP) ACAYUCAN, Mexico – Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal […]
A handout picture released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service shows Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attending a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister at the presidential palace in the capital Cairo on July 24, 2022. (RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP) CAIRO – After nine years of sweeping crackdowns on dissent, Egypt is set […]
Migrants who where heading in a caravan to the US, travel in a truck in Nuevo Morelos, Jesus Carranza municipality, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Nov 17, 2021. (CLAUDIO CRUZ / AFP) ACAYUCAN, Mexico – Mexican authorities rescued nearly 100 migrants who escaped from a stifling trailer being driven by a people smuggler in the coastal […]
Tourists pose for photographs on Westminster Bridge in London, July 19, 2022. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – The heatwave which scorched Britain last week was made at least 10 times more likely because of climate change, scientists reported Thursday. On July 19, temperatures climbed above 40C at Heathrow Airport and records were broken at […]
Masked patrons wait to order at a food stand inside Grand Central Market on July 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP) WASHINGTON / LIMA – Newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases in the United States remain close to 130,000 daily, the highest level since February, MarketWatch reported on Wednesday. The number of cases is […]
An employee of the Romanian grain handling operator Comvex oversees the unloading of Ukrainian cereals from a barge in the Black Sea port of Constanta, Romania, June 21, 2022. (VADIM GHIRDA / AP) UNITED NATIONS – UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday he was hopeful that the first shipment of grain from a […]
Alvaro Leyca (center), the designated foreign minister of Colombia appointed by next president Gustavo Preto, delivers a speech next to Venezuelan Foreign Minister Carlos Faria (left) and Tachira Governor Freddy Bernal (right), after a meeting at the border city of San Cristobal, Venezuela, on July 28, 2022. (JOHNNY PARRA / AFP) SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela – […]