Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (AFP photo) NEW DELHI , India -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Sunday for the African Union to be made a G20 member, while also pitching his country as the solution to supply chain woes ahead of the bloc's summit in New Delhi next month. The Group of...
Women wearing traditional Emirati Abaya, from a delegation of the United Arab Emirates, attend the Pope's the weekly general audience on November 27, 2019 at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. / AFP / Tiziana FABI PARIS, France -- French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses...
This image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), shows tropical Storm Idalia (C) off the coast of Mexico on August 27, 2023, at 21:20:20 UTC. (Photo by NOAA/RAMMB / AFP) MEXICO CITY, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Idalia formed Sunday in the Caribbean, buffeting...
A Care Flight helicopter is seen on the tarmac of the Darwin International Airport in Darwin on August 27, 2023, as rescue work is in progress to transport those injured in the US Osprey military aircraft crash at a remote island north of Australia's mainland. Three US Marines died on August 27...
A woman lays a candle at a makeshist memorial for head of Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin in Moscow, on August 27, 2023. The death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Wagner paramilitary group, following a plane crash on August 23, 2023, has been confirmed by formal genetic analysis,...
Local residents stand next to a crater and a destroyed residential house following a missile strike in Kyiv region, on August 27, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Anatolii STEPANOV / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia -- Russia said it downed two Ukrainian drones flying over border regions on...
This combination of undated handout photographs created on August 27, 2023 and released by the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade on August 27, 2023, shows Ukrainian pilot Vyacheslav Minka, Sergiy Prokazin and Andrii Pilshchykov, better known by his call-sign "Juice", who were killed in a mid-air...
Community members load supplies onto to boats to move across Shuswap Lake for high alert and evacuated community areas that don’t have road access as the Bush Creek East fire continues to burn in Blind Bay, British Columbia, August 21, 2023. (Photo by Paige Taylor White / AFP) OTTAWA, Canada --...
Covid-19 vaccine shots(Photo by Hannah Beier/Bloomberg) President Joe Biden said the White House would request additional money from Congress to fund the next round of coronavirus vaccine shots. Biden told reporters that he signed off on a proposal Friday morning that would be sent to lawmakers...
Justin Trudeau on Aug. 25. Photo by Jimmy Jeong/Bloomberg Group of Seven leaders understand that the war in Ukraine may be lengthy but are prepared to support the country for as long as it takes, Canada’s prime minister said in an interview. “We’ve always known this was going to be a long...
MONTREAL, Canada -- The Canadian environment minister was traveling Saturday to Beijing for talks on climate change and biodiversity, the first visit there by a Canadian minister in four years. Steve Guilbeault will take part in three days of talks starting Monday at the annual assembly of the...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea has allowed citizens stranded abroad by its strict Covid curbs to return home, state media reported Sunday, as the country moves towards a full reopening after three years of pandemic isolation. The country had sealed its borders since early 2020 to protect itself...
