Foreign
US won't send Ukraine long-range rocket systems: Biden
May 31, 2022, 10:06 am
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday rebuffed reports that the US is preparing to send advanced long-range rocket systems to Ukraine. "We are not going to send to Ukraine rocket systems that can strike into Russia," Biden told reporters at the White House. His denial came days after… Read More
Nepal recovers 21 bodies at site of plane crash
May 30, 2022, 9:33 pm
NEW DELHI – Rescuers have recovered 21 dead bodies at a site where the wreckage of a small passenger plane, carrying 22 people from Nepal's tourist city of Pokhara, was found on Monday morning, according to the country's civil aviation authorities. Deo Chandra Lal, spokesperson for Nepal’s… Read More
EU leaders convene for extraordinary summit on Ukraine
May 30, 2022, 6:13 pm
BRUSSELS – European Union (EU) leaders have gathered on Monday for a two-day extraordinary summit to discuss the consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine. The 27 EU heads of state and government will start the meeting by discussing the latest developments in Ukraine and the bloc’s efforts in… Read More
Indonesia to mainstream Bali Agenda for Resilience at G20, Asean
May 30, 2022, 3:51 pm
BADUNG, Bali – Indonesia is planning to mainstream the Bali Agenda for Resilience at the G20 meeting this year, and Asean Summit in 2023 following the 7th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) in Bali. The agenda stresses the significance of local context and wisdom… Read More
Rescuers locate crash site of Nepal plane
May 30, 2022, 3:16 pm
NEW DELHI – Rescuers have located the crash site of a small passenger plane carrying 22 people that went missing in Nepal, officials said early Monday. "Search and rescue troops have physically located the plane crash site," a Nepal Army spokesman said. No details are available yet on the fate… Read More
Airplane with 22 people on board missing in Nepal
May 30, 2022, 2:35 pm
NEW DELHI – A private airplane carrying 22 people has gone missing in Nepal, officials said on Sunday. The 9N-AET twin Otter plane belonging to Tara Air took off from the city of Pokhara. Fanindra Mani Pokharel, a senior Home Ministry official, told Anadolu Agency that a search and rescue… Read More
Russia says it gained full control of Ukraine’s Lyman city
May 29, 2022, 4:45 pm
MOSCOW – Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that the Lyman city in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine had fallen under the full control of Russian forces. Igor Konashenkov, the spokesman for the ministry, told a press briefing in the capital Moscow that the Russian and… Read More
German, French leaders urge swift ceasefire in call with Putin
May 29, 2022, 3:50 pm
BERLIN – German and French leaders called on the Russian president to agree on "an immediate ceasefire and a withdrawal of Russian troops" from Ukraine in a three-way phone call on Saturday. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with Russian President Vladimir… Read More
Russia conducts another test-launch of Tsirkon hypersonic missile
May 29, 2022, 2:46 pm
MOSCOW – Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov successfully test-fired a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile from the Barents Sea on Saturday, Russia's Defense Ministry said. The missile hit a naval target about 1,000 kilometers away in the White Sea and the flight of the projectile corresponded to the… Read More
Morocco elected to WHO Executive Board for 2022-2025
May 28, 2022, 2:20 pm
RABAT – The Kingdom of Morocco was elected to the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the period 2022-2025, representing the group of Eastern Mediterranean States (EMR), during the 75th World Health Assembly held in Geneva from May 22 to 28, the Ministry of Foreign… Read More
Some US universities, schools reimpose indoor mask mandates
May 28, 2022, 12:23 pm
NEW YORK – As coronavirus cases have increased across the United States, some universities and public school systems have reimposed indoor mask mandates on their campuses, a sign that while the academic year may be coming to a close, the pandemic is still not, The New York Times reported on… Read More
Texas school shooting death toll rises to 21, including 18 kids
May 25, 2022, 3:14 pm
HOUSTON – The death toll from an elementary school shooting in the US state of Texas has risen to 21, including 18 children, a state senator said Tuesday, citing the Texas Department of Public Safety. An 18-year-old man opened fire at the school in Uvalde city on Tuesday afternoon, Texas… Read More
Ukraine president warns of costs of prolonged war with Russia
May 25, 2022, 2:14 pm
KYIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s president warned Tuesday that the longer Russia’s war against his country continues, the greater the price will be of “protecting freedom.” “Not only for Ukraine, but also for the whole free world,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram.… Read More
'Covid-19 is not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere': WHO
May 23, 2022, 4:58 pm
GENEVA – The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told global health ministers on Sunday that although reported Covid-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time to lower the guard. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus delivered his message during the kick-off of the annual World… Read More
WHO reports 92 confirmed, 28 suspected monkeypox cases
May 22, 2022, 6:24 pm
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has been informed about 92 confirmed and 28 suspected monkeypox cases at countries that are not endemic to the virus, it said on Twitter on Sunday. "Ninety-two laboratory confirmed cases, and 28 suspected cases of monkeypox with investigations… Read More
G7 countries determined to rein in rising inflation
May 21, 2022, 5:37 pm
FRANKFURT – The Group of Seven (G7) countries are determined to rein in the spiraling inflation, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Friday. Speaking at a press conference after the G7 finance ministers and central governors meeting held in Germany's Petersberg, Lindner called on… Read More
More than 160M children worldwide in child labor: UN report
May 19, 2022, 9:02 pm
GENEVA – More than 160 million children are in child labor worldwide, said a report released on Wednesday by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UN children's agency UNICEF. In the report, the ILO and UNICEF warned that without relief strategies, the number of children in child labor… Read More
Pollution kills more than 9M people each year globally: study
May 19, 2022, 8:23 pm
ANKARA – Despite declines in deaths from household air and water pollution, pollution still kills more than 9 million each year, or one in six deaths worldwide, according to research published Wednesday in a top medical journal. "Over the past two decades, deaths caused by the modern forms of… Read More
Internally displaced worldwide reached record 59.1M in 2021
May 19, 2022, 8:20 pm
GENEVA – People living in internal displacement due to conflicts or natural disasters worldwide reached a record 59.1 million at the end of 2021, up from 55 million a year earlier, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) said Thursday. "The situation today is phenomenally worse than… Read More
Spain, Morocco reopen borders for 1st time since pandemic
May 17, 2022, 7:15 pm
OVIEDO, Spain – The land borders separating Spain’s two African enclaves from Morocco reopened for the first time in 26 months on Tuesday. The border crossing of El Tarajal was festive at the time the border opened around midnight. According to Spanish daily El Pais, people applauded and sang… Read More
