A riot police line faces demonstrators blocking the Pan-American highway demanding the resignation of the President of Peru, Dina Boluarte at La Joya, Arequipa Region in southern Peru, on January 6, 2023. (Diego Ramos / AFP) LIMA, Peru – At least nine people were killed in Peru Monday during...
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a meeting with Governors at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on January 9, 2023, a day after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court. (MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)...
WASHINGTON, United States – US First Lady Jill Biden will undergo surgery next week to remove a "small lesion" discovered on her face during a routine examination, her spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Jill Biden (AFP/File) The outpatient operation will take place on January 11 at the Walter Reed...
WASHINGTON, United States – Researchers in China have used artificial tissue to restore erectile function in pigs, a promising development for repairing penile damage in humans. AFP/File "This is an area that has received little attention, yet the related need is huge," said Xuetao Shi, an...
Pope Francis speaks during the end of year Vespers and Te Deum prayer at St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican on December 31, 2022. The End of year vespers at St Peter’s Basilica takes place as former pope Benedict XVI, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in six centuries to step down as head of...
The seat of the US House Speaker stands empty as the House of Representatives continues voting for new speaker at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 4, 2023. The new Republican-led US House of Representatives was engulfed in crisis for a second day running Wednesday as a fresh round of...
Tunas are displayed as wholesale sellers and buyers attend the first tuna auction of the New Year at Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on January 5, 2023. (Richard A. Brooks / AFP) TOKYO, Japan – The top-selling tuna at Tokyo's traditional New Year auction sold for more than $270,000 on Thursday,...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See – With the death of Benedict XVI, Pope Francis enters a new phase of his papacy free from the constraints of co-existing with a predecessor, but conservative criticism of his reforms may not end. For the first time since his 2013 election, the Argentine pontiff is...
US Republican Representative from Florida Matt Gaetz speaks with lawmakers as the US House of Representatives convenes for the 118th Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 3, 2023. The new US Congress was thrown into chaos on its very first day as rebel right-wing Republicans moved...
PARIS, France – International measures on travelers from China will likely have little effect on containing Covid, health experts said Tuesday, pointing to a surging variant in the United States that may pose a larger threat. AFP/File More than a dozen countries have imposed testing...
CAIRO, Egypt – Egypt announced Monday the recovery of a sarcophagus lid dating back nearly 2,700 years that it said had been smuggled out and put on display at a museum in the United States. Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, uses a magnifying glass to inspect...
Patients with Covid-19 are pictured in beds at Tangshan Gongren Hospital in China's northeastern city of Tangshan on December 30, 2022. (Noel Celis / AFP) BEIJING, China – China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month....
