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 […]
(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 […]
Ukrainian servicemen pose on the road as they walk toward their base near the frontline in the Donetsk region on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV/MOSCOW/WASHINGTON – Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have been freed following a latest prisoner swap, officials from both sides confirmed on Saturday. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian […]
A man puts out a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least thirteen lives and torched some 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres), authorities reported on Friday, as a summer heatwave sweeps across the southern hemisphere country. Eleven people, […]
This handout picture taken and released by the Ukrainian Presidential press-service on Feb 3, 2023, shows the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (left) and President of the European Council Charles Michel attending a working session during an EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv. (PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS-SERVICE / AFP) BRUSSELS / WASHINGTON […]
Pope Francis (center) attends a meeting with Bishops at the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) KINSHASA – Pope Francis on Thursday urged young people in Democratic Republic of Congo to forge a new future without the ethnic rivalry, corruption and […]
This photo taken on Dec 14, 2022 shows an outdoor view of the crisis unit at the Orano la Hague reprocessing plant, in La Hague, northwestern France, with the Orano logo on a facade. (PHOTO / AFP) LA HAGUE, France – At a nuclear waste site in Normandy, robotic arms guided by technicians behind a […]
NEW YORK, NY, Feb 2, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Zuber Lawler is representing entities who received investments from Alameda Research and FTX Ventures. Alameda Research and several other FTX-related entities have filed bankruptcy proceedings in Delaware. These multiple filings are all being administered under one matter, In re FTX Trading, USBC Case […]
This Jan 9, 2008, file photo shows Pallbearers carrying the casket of John Granville, the American diplomat killed in Sudan, at his funeral at St John Vianney RC Church in Orchard Park, New York. Washington is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the […]
Prices have risen on almost 1,000 drugs in the United States in the first three weeks of January, the most increases in January since at least 2011, according to a nonprofit organization that tracks drug prices. The price increases on 985 drugs ranged from 1 to 26 percent, with median increases of 5 percent, data […]
This image from NASA released on Jan 25 shows a formation on Mars that resembles a bear. (PHOTO / AFP) LOS ANGELES — Move over, Yogi and Paddington. There is a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway. The beaming face of a cute Teddy bear appears to have been carved into the surface […]
Before release of draft plan, experts warn against zero-sum mentality The European Commission is to unveil the industrial plan underpinning its Green Deal on Wednesday, but experts warn against a zero-sum mentality in a race that might harm global efforts to counter climate change. A draft document of "A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the […]
The Union Flag flaps in the wind outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Oct 24, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) British spies unlawfully retained people's intercepted data over almost five years, a tribunal said on Monday in a ruling that blamed “widespread corporate failure” at the domestic intelligence agency MI5 and the interior ministry. The […]
In viral video clip that also shows scuffle, executive talks of COVID mutation tests Photo taken on Aug 23, 2021 shows Pfizer signage at Pfizer's World Headquarters in New York, United States. (PHOTO / XINHUA) An undercover interview that went viral has raised questions on the process that Pfizer uses to update its COVID-19 vaccines. […]
In this photo taken on Jan 9, 2023, Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro lies on his hospital bed in Kissimmee, Florida. (PHOTO / AFP) WASHINGTON — Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month tourist visa to remain in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday, despite calls for any US visas […]
In this photo dated Jan 24, 2023, former Conservative Party chairman Nadhim Zahawi leaves the Conservative Party head office in Westminster, central London. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sacked Zahawi on Jan 29, 2023 after an investigation revealed he had committed a serious breach by not being open about a tax probe. (PHOTO / AP) […]
(Left to right) Italian multinational oil and gas company ENI's CEO Claudio Descalzi, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Libya's Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and National Oil Corporation chief Farhat Bengdara attend an agreement-singing ceremony in the Libyan capital, on Jan 28, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ROME/TRIPOLI – Italian energy company Eni and Libya's National Oil […]
In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2023, Sweden's Minister of Foreign Affairs Tobias Billstrom holds a joint press conference with Latvia's Minister of Foreign Affairs in Riga. (PHOTO / AFP) STOCKHOLM – Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Saturday that the country's North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) process has paused, local media […]
MIAMI, FL, Jan 25, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Plato Technologies Inc. (Plato) announced today that it has passed the 10 millionth visitor mark on its Open Beta. “This represents a significant milestone for the company, and we want to thank everyone involved in this project for their contribution over the course of […]