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8 hours agoItaly honors slain ambassador, bodyguard and prays for CongoItaly has paid tribute to its ambassador to Congo and his bodyguard who were killed in an attack on a U.N. convoy.
8 hours agoEU court urged to rule against Hungary's asylum policyThe advocate general for European Union’s highest court has urged judges to rule that Hungary has violated the bloc’s laws on asylum.
2 hours agoEU leaders seek to inject energy into slow vaccine rolloutEuropean Union leaders are seeking to inject new energy into the bloc’s lagging coronavirus vaccination effort as concern mounts that new variants might spread faster tha...
6 hours agoChina celebrates official end of extreme poverty, lauds XiThe ruling Communist Party is celebrating the official end of extreme poverty in China with a propaganda campaign that praises President Xi Jinping’s role, part of effort...
10 hours agoChina denies subjecting US diplomats to COVID-19 anal testsChina has denied subjecting U.S. diplomats to COVID-19 anal tests following reports from Washington that some of its personnel have been forced to undergo the procedure.
7 hours agoGerman charged with passing parliament floor plans to RussiaProsecutors say a German man has been charged with espionage for allegedly passing information on properties used by the German parliament to Russian military intelligenc...
1 day agoHungary rolls out China's Sinopharm jab amid lagging trustDoctors in Hungary have started administering a COVID-19 vaccine developed in China, making the country the first in the European Union to use a Chinese jab.
1 day agoAsylum seekers rush to register for US border processingIn the first five days since the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden began to process the thousands of asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, the United Nations High Co...
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1 day agoRussia hosts new Kyrgyzstan leader on his 1st foreign tripRussian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the newly elected president of Kyrgyzstan, voicing hope for the Central Asian nation's political stabilization after it saw a ...
1 day agoMexico bid to sell presidential jet stretches into 3rd yearMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's quixotic bid to sell off the presidential jet has now stretched into its third year, with no sign of a buyer.
1 day agoA shot in the arm: EU vaccine program struggles to speed upThe European Union is still struggling to get its COVID-19 vaccine drive up to speed.
1 day agoGermany prepares way for its troops to stay in AfghanistanThe German government is preparing the way for the country’s troops in Afghanistan, the second-biggest contingent in a NATO force, to stay in place until next year if nee...
25 minutes agoTrash fills Bosnia river faster than workers can pull it outEnvironmental activists in Bosnia are warning that tons of garbage floating down the Balkan country’s rivers are endangering the local ecosystem and people’s health.
2 days agoUN registers steep rise in murders of Colombian activistsAssassinations of human rights leaders and mass killings of civilians are increasing at a worrying pace in Colombia, according to a United Nations report.
1 day agoMexican president says Mexico doing better than US on virusMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says his country is doing better than the United States in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, even though Mexico's per c...
1 day agoSenate confirms Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassadorPresident Joe Biden's choice for United Nations ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, has been confirmed by the Senate.
2 days agoSenegal launches vaccination campaign with China's SinopharmSenegal has launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the capital, and the health minister was the first one to receive a jab of China's Sinopharm vaccine.
2 days agoUkraine gets first vaccine shipment as hospitals struggleUkraine has received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccine, raising hopes that the fight against the virus can be heightened in the country where cases have strained ...
2 days agoUK to push at G-7 for global standard on 'vaccine passports'Britain says it will use its presidency of the Group of Seven economic powers to push for an internationally recognized system of vaccine passports that could allow world...
2 days agoCalculated risk: Dutch lockdown eased, but curfew extendedThe Dutch prime minister has extended his country’s coronavirus curfew until March 15 while also relaxing some lockdown measures.
2 days agoPalace: Prince Philip has infection, will stay in hospitalBuckingham Palace says Prince Philip is “comfortable” in a London hospital where he is being treated for an infection.
2 days agoWorld Bank threatens to suspend vaccine funding to LebanonThe World Bank has threatened to suspend financing for coronavirus vaccines in Lebanon over violations by members of parliament and others it said were inoculated without...
2 days agoSouth African ex-president's corruption trial set for May Former South African president Jacob Zuma’s corruption trial is set to begin in May, more than 16 years after he was first implicated in the graft allegations.
2 days agoThousands of students rally in Greece against new police lawMore than 5,000 university students and other protesters have gathered outside a courthouse in Greece’s second-largest city to rally against a new campus security law.
1 day agoCongo, Italy, UN probe ambassador's killing amid questionsItalian Carabinieri experts were joining U.N. and Congolese authorities in investigating the killings of the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and their driver in eastern...
