In this file photo taken on June 30, 2022 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures ahead of a meeting of The North Atlantic Council during the NATO summit at the Ifema congress center in Madrid. (GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was clinging to power on Wednesday, gravely wounded by […]
A man counts a wad of the new Zimbabwean ten-dollar notes received from an ATM outside a bank in Harare on May 20, 2020. (JEKESAI NJIKIZANA / AFP) HARARE – Zimbabwe's central bank said it would start selling gold coins this month as a store of value to tame runaway inflation, which has considerably weakened […]
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, left, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son shake hands during their meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 6, 2022. (RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) HANOI – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday called on all parties in […]
Medical workers wearing protective gear take swab samples to test for COVID-19 at a drive-through for people returning from Croatia, Spain, Malta and Greece, at the San Carlo hospital, in Milan, Italy, Aug 25, 2020. (LUCA BRUNO / AP) PARIS / BERLIN / DUBLIN / MEXICO CITY / ROME / MADRID / LJUBLJANA – Italy reported 132,274 COVID-19 […]
A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada became the first country to formally ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in an accelerated process completed shortly after member nations signed off […]
European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton speaks during a signature ceremony regarding the Chips Act at EU headquarters in Brussels on Feb 8, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, […]
European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton speaks during a signature ceremony regarding the Chips Act at EU headquarters in Brussels on Feb 8, 2022. (VIRGINIA MAYO / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, […]
People holds placards as they attend a RMT union train strike rally outside King's Cross railway station, in London, June 25, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP) Britain's summer of strikes could be on the verge of becoming even bigger and harder-hitting after train drivers warned that the results of a ballot on possible industrial action […]
In this file image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk on the square where damaged Russian military vehicles are displayed in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 17, 2022. (UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE VIA AP) KIEV/MOSCOW – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked British Prime Minister […]
A picture taken on Nov 20, 2019 shows a NATO flag at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, during a NATO Foreign Affairs ministers' summit. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) OTTAWA – Canada became the first country to formally ratify Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO in an accelerated process completed shortly after member nations signed off […]
People queue outside the Stade de France stadium, which has been converted into a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, April 6, 2021. (THOMAS SAMSON / POOL VIA AP) PARIS / BERLIN / DUBLIN / MEXICO CITY / ROME / MADRID – France on Tuesday reported 206,554 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. […]
Law enforcement search after a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in downtown Highland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, on July 4, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH / AP PHOTO) HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. – The man accused of opening fire with a rifle from a rooftop onto a crowd of people […]
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at a cabinet meeting, in Downing Street, London, July 5, 2022. (JUSTIN TALLIS/POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face questions in parliament followed by a grilling by senior lawmakers on Wednesday, with his premiership on the brink after a slew of resignations from ministers […]
Mozambican women and expecting mothers await to receive medical care at the Murrupelane Maternity ward on July 5, 2018 in Nacala, Nampula province, Mozambique. The United Nations Population Fund is supporting Mozambique's effort and commitment to improve the reproductive health and general well being of its citizens. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – Nearly […]
Flags of the European Union fly outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 21, 2021. (ZHENG HUANSONG / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – The EU's plan to label investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly faces a final vote on Wednesday when European lawmakers decide whether to accept or reject proposals that have divided […]
Flags of the European Union fly outside the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 21, 2021. (ZHENG HUANSONG / XINHUA) BRUSSELS – The EU's plan to label investments in gas and nuclear power plants as climate-friendly faces a final vote on Wednesday when European lawmakers decide whether to accept or reject proposals that have divided […]
French President Emmanuel Macron, center, poses with ministers in the gardens of the Elysee Palace in Paris on July 4, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN, POOL VIA AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron reshuffled his government on Monday for the second time in six weeks, the Elysee (office of the president) announced. The new government has […]
A fisherman stands on dry sands at the confluence between the Ticino and Po River at Ponte della Becca, near Linarolo, south of Pavia on June 17, 2022. (PIERO CRUCIATTI / AFP) ROME – Italy on Monday declared a state of emergency for areas surrounding the river Po, which accounts for roughly a third of […]
A competitor dives in the Seine river near the Eiffel Tower as part of the Red Bull Cliff Diving event, June 18, 2022 in Paris. (THOMAS PADILLA / AP) PARIS – The Eiffel Tower is riddled with rust and in need of full repairs, but instead it is being given a cosmetic 60 million euro […]
Police investigator Dannie Rise talks to the media in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday, July 4, 2022. (SERGEI GRITS / AP PHOTO) COPENHAGEN – The man accused of killing three people in a shooting in a Danish shopping mall was ordered on Monday to be held in a closed psychiatric ward, and authorities said they did not […]