President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media after exiting Air Force One on July 20, 2022 at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Biden is returning from a trip to Somerset, Massachusetts, where he spoke about climate change. (EVAN VUCCI / AP PHOTO) SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that […]
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EU asks members to cut gas usage amid new Russian warning
This July 20, 2022 photo shows the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station of the OPAL gas pipeline, the Baltic Sea Pipeline Link, lit by the evening sun in Lubmin, Germany. (MARKUS SCHREIBER / AP) BRUSSELS/LONDON/MADRID – The European Union told member states on Wednesday to cut gas usage by 15 […]
Wildfires rage across Europe as climate alarm sounded
Residents spray water with a hose as fire burns near houses in the area of Drafi east of Athens on July 20, 2022. (THANASSIS STAVRAKIS / AP) ATHENS/LONDON – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain's hottest day that the fight […]
Italian PM Draghi looks doomed after coalition splinters
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi reacts during the debate on the government crisis following his resignation the week before, at the Senate in Rome on July 20, 2022. (ANDREAS SOLARO / AFP) ROME – Italy's government crumbled on Wednesday when three of Prime Minister Mario Draghi's main coalition partners snubbed a confidence vote he had […]
High tolerance of hate worries US homeland security head
US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a discussion of the Aspen Security Forum in Aspen, Colorado, the United States on July 19, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) ASPEN, the United States – Calling divisiveness one of the many threats facing the United States, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday blamed […]
Europe engulfed by new COVID wave, says ECDC expert
Members of the public queue outside a pharmacy to receive COVID-19 antigen tests in Paris on Jan 6, 2022, as COVID-19 cases soar in Europe. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) STOCKHOLM / VALLETTA / PARIS / LOS ANGELES – Europe is engulfed by a new COVID-19 wave as the number of new infections has tripled in […]
‘Hasta la vista, baby,’ says UK’s Johnson as he exits parliament
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he leaves from 10 Downing Street in central London on July 20, 2022 to head to the Houses of Parliament for his last weekly Prime Minister's Questions session. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bowed out of his final showpiece parliamentary appearance with […]
More EU countries consider 2nd booster jab amid COVID surge
A nurse administers a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a man in Prague, Czech Republic on July 18, 2022. (DANA KESNEROVA/XINHUA) MEXICO CITY / NICOSIA / LJUBLJANA / HARARE / MOSCOW – Slovenia has authorized the second COVID-19 vaccination booster shot to all adults after the number of new daily infections reached the highest level since […]
WMO: Extreme heat waves ‘here to stay’
A man uses cool morning hours for a run on a small road on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany on July 18, 2022. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP PHOTO) GENEVA – The World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday that Europe's heat wave could persist into the middle of next week, whereas the negative impacts of climate […]
EU tops up Ukraine military aid with 500 million euros
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on on July 18, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP) BRUSSELS-European Union foreign ministers on Monday agreed to grant Ukraine an additional 500 million euros ($507.7 million) in military aid from the bloc. […]
US CDC recommends Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults
This file photo taken on Nov 17, 2020 shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US biotech company Novavax. (JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) MEXICO CITY / NICOSIA – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended use of Novavax Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 […]
Italy faces parliamentary showdown on govt survival
Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaks during the inauguration of the Business Forum at the International Conference Center in Algiers on July 18, 2022. (AFP) ROME – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi will address the upper house Senate on Wednesday on a political crisis that could bring down his government and trigger early elections at […]
UN meeting urges bold, effective solutions to global food crisis
In this file photo dated July 3, 2022, UN Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the 43rd Heads of Government Meeting of the Caribbean Community, at Assuria High Rise in Paramaribo, Suriname. (RANU ABHELAKH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Participants in a high-level event held at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Monday called for […]
After warmest night, Britain braces for record temperature
A road sign reads "Extreme Heat, Plan your journey, Carry water", warning motorists about the heatwave forecast for July 18 and 19, on the M11 motorway north of London on July 17, 2022. (DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) LONDON – Britain was bracing for temperatures to hit 40C for the first time on Tuesday after it […]
US reports over 6m child COVID-19 cases in 2022
A healthcare worker prepares a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Times Square, New York, the United States on June 22, 2022. (MICHAEL NAGLE/XINHUA) FRANKFURT / HELSINKI / BRUSSELS / LA PAZ / LOS ANGELES – Over 6 million child COVID-19 cases have been reported in the United States in 2022, with nearly […]
UK braces for record temperatures as heatwave ripples across Europe
A road sign reads "Extreme Heat, Plan your journey, Carry water", warning motorists about the heatwave forecast for July 18 and 19, on the M11 motorway north of London on July 17, 2022. (DAMIEN MEYER / AFP) MADRID/LISBON – Britain was heading for its highest temperatures on record and firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe […]
UK govt wins confidence vote in parliament, dodges snap election
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a debate ahead of a confidence vote in the ruling Conservative government, in the House of Commons in London on July 18, 2022. (ANDY BAILEY / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON – Lawmakers in the House of Commons, the […]
EU agrees additional 500m euros in military aid for Ukraine
High representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy, Josep Borrell, speaks to the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on, July 18, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP) BRUSSELS – The foreign ministers of the European Union member states on Monday agreed to grant Ukraine an […]
Prisons agency: Thirteen killed in Ecuador prison riot
Handout photo released by the Ecuadorean Police of a police operation at the Bellavista prison in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador, on May 11, 2022. (STAFF / AFP) QUITO – Thirteen prisoners were killed at a prison in the Ecuadorean city of on Monday, Ecuador's prison agency said, the latest incident of deadly jail […]
EU reviews Pfizer COVID shot in children as young as 6 months
This file photo taken on June 11, 2021 shows the entrance of the European Medicines Agency headquarters in Amsterdam. (FRANCOIS WALSCHAERTS / AFP) FRANKFURT / HELSINKI / BRUSSELS / LA PAZ – The European Medicines Agency on Monday started reviewing a low-dose version of BioNTech and Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the age of […]