Kids in conflict: UNICEF cites grave violations over 25 yrs
Children belonging to Afghan refugees living in Pakistan fetch water from a tap on the outskirts of Lahore on June 19, 2022, on the eve of "World Refugee Day". (ARIF ALI / […]
US FDA recommends change to COVID-19 vaccine composition
Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP) BELGRADE / MEXICO CITY – Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on […]
G7 to study Russian energy price caps, raise $5b to tackle hunger
Photographers take pictures as (left-right) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, US President Joe Biden, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi wait to start a […]
Asylum applications in EU last year up a third from 2020
A migrant looks on as he stands inside Moria detention center in Mytilene on April 15, 2016. (ARIS MESSINIS / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for […]
Climate change is driving 2022 extreme heat and flooding
People wade through a flooded area following heavy monsoon rainfall in Companiganj on June 26, 2022. (MAMUN HOSSAIN / AFP) LONDON – Extreme weather events – from scorching heatwaves to unusually heavy […]
US appeals court vacates federal jab mandate pending hearing
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a walk up vaccination site in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (DAVID PAUL MORRIS / BLOOMBERG) […]
US Supreme Court endorses football coach’s on-field prayers
Police walk in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC on June 27, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court, in the latest in a spate […]
E. African initiative seeks to tap bioeconomy potential
The East African Community on Friday unveiled its Regional Bioeconomy Strategy at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The strategy is aimed at making use of the region's abundant natural resources to […]
‘Stacks of bodies’: 46 dead migrants found in truck in Texas
Police and other first responders work at the scene where officials say dozens of people have been found dead and multiple others were taken to hospitals with heat-related illnesses after a tractor-trailer […]
France asks citizens to wear masks again in public transport
French Health and Prevention Minister Brigitte Bourguignon receives a second booster vaccination dose against COVID-19 in a pharmacy in Paris, on June 23, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) PARIS / LOS ANGELES […]
Venezuelan officials meet US delegation, Maduro says
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaking upon his arrival at the Simon Bolivar international airport in La Guaira, Venezuela on June 18, 2022. (ZURIMAR CAMPOS […]
‘At least 40 people found dead’ in truck in San Antonio
Police work at the scene where dozens of people were found dead in a semitrailer in a remote area in southwestern San Antonio on June 27, 2022. (ERIC GAY / AP PHOTO) […]
G7, NATO summits face deeper cracks despite projected unity
Police patrol outside the international media center during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, June 26, 2022. (GUO CHEN / XINHUA) ELMAU, Germany – A series of major Western […]
Sudan accuses Ethiopia of executing 7 Sudanese soldiers, civilian
Ethiopian refugees who fled the fighting in the Tigray region transport building materials using a donkey-pulled cart, at Umm Rakuba camp in eastern Sudan's Gedaref State, on Aug 11, 2021. (ASHRAF SHAZLY […]
Global biodiversity deal to halt nature loss stalls in Nairobi
In this handout picture relased courtesy of the European Union Delegation to Colombia, burned trees are seen after a forest fire in the Department of Guaviare, northwest of the Colombian Amazon on […]
Russia pitches into first major external bond default in century
People stroll on Red Square in front of the Spasskaya Tower and St. Basil's Cathedral in downtown Moscow on June 7, 2022. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) LONDON – Russia defaulted on its […]
Food export bans, from India to Argentina, risk fueling inflation
A laborer works inside a mill of refined wheat flour at Khanna in India's Punjab state on May 18, 2022. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) MUMBAI/BUENOS AIRES/LONDON – It only took 24 hours […]
UK presses on with Brexit deal changes despite EU opposition
This photo dated Dec 9, 2020 shows flags of the Union Jack and the EU ahead of Britain's prime minister's meeting on post Brexit trade deal with European Commission president, in Brussels. […]
G7 summit opens amid lower expectations, protests
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks next European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi […]
Horror on Oslo Pride day as gunman goes on rampage
A woman lays flowers at the scene of a shooting in central Oslo, Norway on June 25, 2022. (SERGEI GRITS / AP) OSLO – Terrified revelers at a gay bar in Oslo […]