Lawmakers gather at the National Assembly in Paris, Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PARIS – President Emmanuel Macron and his government on Tuesday braced for a third wave of nationwide strikes and protests against plans to make the French work longer before retirement, as the bill started its bumpy passage through parliament. Rail services […]
Opposers of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demonstration demanding a leveling of salaries in line with the raising inflation and the high cost of the basic family basket in Caracas on Jan 23, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) CARACAS – Venezuela's governing and opposition parties are making progress toward the creation of […]
An aerial view of the site of the forest fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Chilean firefighters were battling to hold back forest fires on Monday as authorities said hot and dry weather would continue this week, potentially exacerbating what are already the deadliest blazes […]
This photo taken in Toulouse, southern France, shows screens displaying an age restriction warning sign and the logos of the pornographic sites Pornhub (right) and Xhamster (left), on May 24, 2022. PARIS – France will present this week a digital-certification mechanism to oblige pornography websites to effectively control the age of viewers on their sites […]
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons, in London, on Feb 1, 2023. Sunak may announce a mini reshuffle of his Cabinet on Feb 7, 2023, a source familiar with the discussions said on […]
Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in capital Pristina, Kosovo, Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) PRISTINA – Kosovo's prime minister Albin Kurti said on Monday he accepted a proposed European Union plan aimed at normalizing relations with Serbia despite concerns over Western demands to give more rights […]
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva smiles during the inauguration of the Municipal Health Unit Super Centro de Saude Carioca, at the Benfica neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Feb 6, 2023. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will this month restart the federal housing program "Minha Casa, Minha Vida" for lower […]
Efforts to shed light on a bitter slice of history for Asian Americans resonate amid rising racism Demonstrators condemn racism against Asians at a rally in Washington, DC, on June 25. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Editor's note: Growing racism against Asian Americans is far from a new phenomenon, as we detail with coverage of efforts to […]
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the US wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – The Mexican government said on Monday it is opposed to […]
This March 15, 2022, file photo provided by the Parcoy Municipality shows the path of a mudslide in Parcoy, Peru. At least 36 people were killed in Peru after a mudslide buried several communities in the province of Camana, authorities confirmed on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) LIMA – At least eight people were […]
Police officers stand near the bodies of alleged al Shabaab militants who have been killed after the siege at the Mogadishu Municipality Headquaters in Mogadishu on Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO – At least 34 people have been killed in clashes in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public […]
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service […]
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, on Feb 1, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON — Health workers in Britain began their largest strike on Monday, as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance workers walk out in an escalating pay dispute, putting further strain on the state-run National Health Service […]
In this file photo dated Mar 17, 2020, people walk past the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. (PHOTO / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN — Thousands of people gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday to protest a bill put forward by the government to scrap a public holiday to help finance increased defense spending. The demonstration was organised […]
Former Cypriot foreign minister and presidential candidate Nikos Christodoulides, gestures as he gives a statement to the media, following the results of the exit poles of the first round of presidential elections, in his office in the capital Nicosia, on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA — Former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides took the […]
This file photo shows a UN vehicle patrolling the streets before the polls open for the presidential election in Bamako, Mali, July 29, 2018. (PHOTO / REUTERS) BAMAKO – The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the UN peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he […]
Pope Francis arrives to address the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome on Feb 5, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said on Sunday that laws criminalising LGBT people are a sin and an injustice because God loves and accompanies people with same-sex attraction. Francis, who made […]
People explore the Ice Castles in -1F (-17C) weather in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, on Feb 4, 2023. The northeastern US and Canada are experiencing an Arctic blast that could see some areas record their lowest ever wind chill temperatures. (PHOTO / AFP) A dangerous combination of record-setting cold temperatures and powerful winds buffeted the […]
(Lelft to right) Cypriot Parliament Speaker Annita Demetriou, President Nikos Anastasiades, and head of the ruling Democratic Rally (DISY) and presidential candidate Averof Neofytou, attend a campaign rally in the southern coastal city of Larnaca on Jan 27, 2023, ahead of the country's presidential vote. (PHOTO / AFP) NICOSIA – Cyprus votes on Sunday for […]
Firefighters are seen during a fire in Puren, Araucania region, Chile on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least […]