WASHINGTON, United States - Moderna said Wednesday its updated fall Covid booster, which is pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration, performed well against the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant. Human trial data showed the shot produced an 8.7-fold increase in neutralizing antibodies...
ISTANBUL , Turkey - The European Union's enlargement commissioner told Turkey on Wednesday to address issues around democracy and the rule of law if it wants to boost its drive to join the bloc. Ankara secured a pledge from Brussels to resurrect stalled membership negotiations in exchange for...
KARBALA, IRAQ - Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims massed at the golden-domed mausoleums of the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on Wednesday, commemorating Arbaeen, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. Shiite Muslim devotees participate in a mourning procession in Tehran on September 6,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia– The Philippines is ready to chair ASEAN in 2026 instead of Myanmar, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Tuesday, as the bloc wrestles with how to engage with the country's junta rulers. JAKARTA, Indonesia– The Philippines is ready to chair ASEAN in 2026...
JAKARTA, Indonesia–South Korea and Southeast Asian nations must "join forces" to respond to North Korea's nuclear threats, president Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday, as Washington warned Pyongyang's leader was set to make a rare trip to Russia for arms talks. Yoon will meet with counterparts...
PARIS, France– Russia has cemented its position as the world's top grain exporter with the help of a bumper harvest and cut-rate prices while its war in Ukraine has upended the market. Ukraine was a major exporter of wheat and other food commodities to developing nations before Russia's...
The statue of Lady Justice is seen at the Court of Final Appeal building in Hong Kong on September 5, 2023, as the court decides the latest ruling on same-sex marriage. Hong Kong's top court on September 5 ruled in favour of same-sex partnerships including civil unions, though it stopped short of...
HANOI, Vietnam– Tried in secret for "abusing democratic freedoms" and detained in a psychiatric hospital, journalist Le Anh Hung knows well the price of standing up to Vietnam's communist government. A noted critic of the Vietnamese state, Hung, 50, spent three years held against his...
Pope Francis said Monday he was referring to Russia's rich cultural tradition when he spoke of a "great Russia" in a speech last month, comments that sparked outrage in Ukraine. In a video message to young Catholic Russians on August 25, the 86-year-old pontiff said they should remember they were...
Pope Francis attends the press conference with accredited journalists on the return flight from Mongolia, at the end of his apostolic journey to the Asian country, on september 4, 2023. (Photo by CIRO FUSCO / POOL / AFP) Pope Francis returned to Rome Monday after the first papal voyage to Mongolia,...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa– Police in South Africa on Friday arrested more than 100 undocumented foreigners living in a house east of Johannesburg, some as young as 10 years old. Police arrested them following a tip-off and invited immigration officers along, home affairs minister Aaron...
SEOUL, South Korea– North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its west coast on Saturday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a string of recent Pyongyang military actions. The launches come three days after the North launched a pair of short-range ballistic missiles as part of a...
