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, Mike Pence, to overturn his 2020 election defeat despite being …
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 the United States announced $1 billion worth of new arms …
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 the United States announced $1 billion worth of new arms …
Tributes for reporter, tribes expert killed in Amazon
Federal police officers arrive with recovered human remains believed to be of the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil and freelance reporter Dom Phillips of Britain, at the Federal Police hangar in Brasília, Brazil, on June 16, 2022. (ERALDO PERES / AP PHOTO) BRASILIA – Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian …
Tributes for reporter, tribes expert killed in Amazon
Federal police officers arrive with recovered human remains believed to be of the Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil and freelance reporter Dom Phillips of Britain, at the Federal Police hangar in Brasília, Brazil, on June 16, 2022. (ERALDO PERES / AP PHOTO) BRASILIA – Indigenous groups, environmentalists, fellow reporters and family and friends paid tribute on Thursday to British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian …
Zelensky, European leaders discuss Ukraine’s EU integration
(From left) Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hold a press conference in at Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv on June 16, 2022. (LUDOVIC MARIN / POOL / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania in Kiev Thursday to discuss …
Meta, Google vow to fight fake news better as EU gets tougher
This photo taken on Oct 1, 2019 in Lille shows the logos of mobile apps Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, Google and Messenger displayed on a tablet. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS – Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them with hefty fines if they fail …
US FDA back virus shots for children as young as 6 mths
Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP) SAO PAULO / FRANKFURT / BERLIN / YAOUNDE – Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE for millions of the youngest American children. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine was authorized for …
Kenya president: Eastern Congo needs regional force deployment
Kenya's President Uuru Kenyatta gives an address when he attends commemorations of Kenya's Madaraka (self-rule) Day at the Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on June 01, 2022. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP) KINSHASA – Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday called for the immediate deployment of a new regional military force to try to stop rebel violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta's …
UN refugees chief: Food crisis to worsen record displacement levels
Internally displaced people from Rutshuru territory in troubled DR Congo's North Kivu province lining up for lunch at the Nyakabande Holding area in Kisoro, Uganda, June 7, 2022 after being resettled by the government of Uganda following deadly fights between M23 rebels and DRC troops. (BADRU KATUMBA / AFP) GENEVA – A food security crisis stoked by the Ukraine crisis is set to push more …
Europe’s climate policies risk being weakened, 10 countries warn
Steam comes out of the chimney of the coal-fired power station Neurath, Germany, Oct 24, 2021. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) BRUSSELS – Germany, Denmark, Slovenia and seven other European Union countries on Wednesday warned of attempts to weaken the bloc's climate change policies, which they said are pushing negotiators towards deals that could thwart the region's green goals. In a joint statement, the countries said …
Stripper interrupts Peruvian president’s corruption hearing
President of Peru Pedro Castillo speaks at the IV CEO Summit of the Americas on the sidelines of the IX Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2022. (PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP) LIMA – A video of a dancing Brazilian stripper interrupted a virtual public hearing of Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's corruption investigation on Wednesday. "They are showing very suggestive …
EU sues UK after plan to override deal on N. Ireland
EU commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic gives a press conference at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 15, 2022. The European Commission launched new legal action against Britain on Wednesday, accusing London of threatening peace in Northern Ireland by trying to overhaul the post-Brexit trade deal. (JOHN THYS / AFP) BRUSSELS – The European Commission launched two new legal proceedings against Britain on Wednesday after …
NATO mulls pre-assigned forces for eastern flank members
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg arrives for a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 15, 2022. (OLIVIER MATTHYS / AP) BRUSSELS – Specific forces could be pre-assigned to specific countries on the eastern flank of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to reinforce the alliance's deterrence and defense in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, NATO's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said here on Wednesday. The …
Canada, Denmark reach deal on long-standing boundary disputes
In this Aug 13, 2002 file photo, the crew of Danish warship Vedderen perform a flag raising ceremony on the uninhabited Hans Island off northwestern Greenland. (PHOTO / POLFOTO, VEDDEREN VIA AP) OTTAWA – Canada and Denmark reached an agreement on Tuesday to resolve the long-standing boundary disputes over the sovereignty of an Arctic island by creating a land boundary. The island, known as Tartupaluk …
Ryanair drops Afrikaans test after backlash in South Africa
A Ryanair plane parks at the airport in Weeze, Germany, Sept 12, 2018. (MARTIN MEISSNER / FILE / AP) DUBLIN – Ryanair has dropped a requirement for South African passengers to prove their nationality before traveling by completing a test in Afrikaans, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary said after the policy drew a backlash among South Africans. The South African government said last week it was …
Bulgarian govt faces no-confidence vote next week
Prime Minister of Bulgaria Kiril Petkov speaks during a joint press conference with European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean and Romanian counterpart Nicolae Ciuca (not in picture) in Bucharest, Romania, April 29, 2022. (VADIM GHIRDA / AP) SOFIA – Bulgaria's main opposition party filed a no-confidence motion against the government of Prime Minister Kiril Petkov on Wednesday over its economic policy, a move that could …
Rare Yellowstone closure from historic floods spells hardship
This aerial photo provided by the National Park Service shows a flooded out North Entrance Road, of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Montana, on June 13, 2022. (JACOB W. FRANK / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE VIA AP) CODY, Wyoming – Emergency crews scrambled on Tuesday to reopen roads and restore utilities in rural communities of Montana and Wyoming cut off by historic floods in the first …
Scotland’s Sturgeon: Outline for independence vote nearly ready
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie (left) hold a news conference on a proposed second referendum on Scottish independence at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland, on June 14, 2022. (RUSSELL CHEYNE / POOL / AFP) LONDON – Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday said she was nearly ready to give more details on how the nation's devolved parliament …
Swiss airports resume flights after air traffic control glitch
In this file photo taken on April 04, 2020, commercial planes of low cost airline EasyJet and Lufthansa's subsidiary Swiss airline are seen parked due to flight interruption amid the spread of COVID-19 at Geneva Airport. Switzerland closed its airspace on June 15, 2022 after a computer glitch with the air traffic control system grounded flights, officials said. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) ZURICH – Airports …