A campaign poster reading "Emmanuel Macron with you" is displayed during a local meeting for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in Lyon, central France on June 7, 2022. (LAURENT CIPRIANI / FILE / AP) PARIS – France votes on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority […]
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout for US kids close after CDC vote
A sign is seen by the entrance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 2020. (TAMI CHAPPELL / AFP) WASHINGTON / NEW YORK / RABAT / JOHANNESBURG – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months, […]
COVID-19 vaccine rollout for US kids close after CDC vote
A sign is seen by the entrance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia on April 23, 2020. (TAMI CHAPPELL / AFP) WASHINGTON / NEW YORK / RABAT / JOHANNESBURG – The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months, […]
DRC welcomes deployment of regional military force
Congolese policemen are seen at the border between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo on June 17, 2022 after a shootout was reported between soldiers on the two sides of the border. (GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) KINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of the Congo said it welcomes the deployment of a new regional military force […]
DRC welcomes deployment of regional military force
Congolese policemen are seen at the border between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo on June 17, 2022 after a shootout was reported between soldiers on the two sides of the border. (GUERCHOM NDEBO / AFP) KINSHASA – The Democratic Republic of the Congo said it welcomes the deployment of a new regional military force […]
WHO panel backs Omicron-adapted vaccine as booster dose
A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) BERLIN / LOS ANGELES / ROME / WASHINGTON – A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a […]
WHO panel backs Omicron-adapted vaccine as booster dose
A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) BERLIN / LOS ANGELES / ROME / WASHINGTON – A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a […]
Zelensky, Johnson meet on defense, security issues
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press-Service on June 17, 2022, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) welcoming Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, before talks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. (STR / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS-SERVICE / AFP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on […]
Zelensky, Johnson meet on defense, security issues
This handout picture taken and released by Ukrainian Presidential Press-Service on June 17, 2022, shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) welcoming Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, before talks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. (STR / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS-SERVICE / AFP) KYIV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on […]
UNICEF: 36.5m children displaced in 2021, most since WWII
In this file photo taken on Jan 11, 2022, children warm by a fire at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Yemen's third city of Taez. (AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the […]
UNICEF: 36.5m children displaced in 2021, most since WWII
In this file photo taken on Jan 11, 2022, children warm by a fire at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Yemen's third city of Taez. (AHMAD AL-BASHA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the […]
EU backs membership bids of Ukraine, Moldova
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 17, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission recommended that Ukraine and Moldova should be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union, Commission […]
EU backs membership bids of Ukraine, Moldova
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 17, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission recommended that Ukraine and Moldova should be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union, Commission […]
UK gives go-ahead to US extradition of Julian Assange
A supporter of Julian Assange, with a poster of the WikiLeaks founder, joins other protesters to block a major road in front of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, May 2, 2019. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to the United […]
UK gives go-ahead to US extradition of Julian Assange
A supporter of Julian Assange, with a poster of the WikiLeaks founder, joins other protesters to block a major road in front of Westminster Magistrates Court in London, May 2, 2019. (FRANK AUGSTEIN / AP) LONDON – British interior minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to the United […]
Egypt lifts all COVID-19-related entry restrictions
An Egyptian medical worker checks people's temperatures on the first day of vaccination against COVID-19 in Egypt, on March 4, 2021 in Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) LONDON / ZURICH / RABAT / CAIRO / NAIROBI / COPENHAGEN – Egypt on Thursday lifted all COVID-19-related entry restrictions for all travelers, whether Egyptians or foreigners. The decision was made […]
Egypt lifts all COVID-19-related entry restrictions
An Egyptian medical worker checks people's temperatures on the first day of vaccination against COVID-19 in Egypt, on March 4, 2021 in Cairo. (KHALED DESOUKI / AFP) LONDON / ZURICH / RABAT / CAIRO / NAIROBI / COPENHAGEN – Egypt on Thursday lifted all COVID-19-related entry restrictions for all travelers, whether Egyptians or foreigners. The decision was made […]
Trump pressed, threatened Pence to overturn election, panel hears
An image of former President Donald Trump is displayed during the third hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2022. (DREW ANGERER / POOL / AFP) WASHINGTON – Former president Donald Trump pressured his vice president, […]
Trump pressed, threatened Pence to overturn election, panel hears
An image of former President Donald Trump is displayed during the third hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2022. (DREW ANGERER / POOL / AFP) WASHINGTON – Former president Donald Trump pressured his vice president, […]
EU leaders in Kyiv warned off arming Ukraine
Evacuees from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions board a train in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. They are heading for the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. (ANATOLII STEPANOV / AFP) KYIV/MOSCOW-The Kremlin on Thursday warned against new Western weapon supplies to Ukraine as leaders of France, Germany and Italy visited Kyiv. It came a day after […]