MOSCOW, Russia - A Ukrainian missile attack Friday struck the headquarters of Moscow's Black Sea fleet in annexed Crimea, leaving one missing and sparking a fire in Kyiv's latest assault on the peninsula. The Ukrainian army claimed responsibility for the strike, saying it took place at around 0900...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African poultry farmers have warned of possible chicken and egg shortages as they battle what the industry says is the worst bird flu outbreak ever to hit the country. Producer Quantum Foods said on Friday that this year it had lost almost two million chickens --...
Pope Francis headed Friday to Marseille for a two-day visit focused on the Mediterranean and migration, bringing a message of tolerance amid bitter debate over how Europe manages asylum seekers. Marseille was decked out in the yellow and white colours of the Vatican for the first visit by a pope to...
WASHINGTON, United States - The United States and China on Friday announced two new working groups on economic and financial policy, in the latest effort to stabilize fraught relations between the world's biggest economies. The formation of the groups was agreed during talks in July between US...
BENGHAZI, Libya - Libya's eastern-based administration said on Friday that it would host an international conference next month in the flood-hit port city of Derna to aid reconstruction efforts. A tsunami-sized flash flood broke through two ageing dams upstream from Derna after a hurricane-strength...
(From L) Britain's Queen Camilla, Britain's King Charles III, French President Emmanuel Macron and French President's wife Brigitte Macron pose on the steps of the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, on September 21, 2023, before departing for Bordeaux, where they'll continue their three day state...
PARIS, France -- By the end of 2023, China will control half the world's installed capacity of electrolysers for producing low-carbon hydrogen amid a slowdown in new projects due to inflation, according to an International Energy Agency report released Friday. "After a slow start, China has taken...
A teenage boy was arrested for allegedly stabbing to death his Filipino-American ex-girlfriend and her mother in their home in Pennsylvania, United States. In a press conference, Northampton County District Attorney Terence Houck said the suspect, identified as John Bradley, 17, was...
The High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage is held at the UN headquarters in New York, on Sept. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Rui) UNITED NATIONS, United States -- World leaders on Thursday approved a new political declaration committing to redouble efforts toward universal health coverage by 2030....
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas addressing the 78th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on September 21, 2023. (Photo by Thaer GHANAIM / PPO / AFP) UNITED NATIONS, United...
This October 26, 2004, file photo shows Chairman of News Corp. Rupert Murdoch (R), with his son Lachlan (L), in Adelaide, Australia. Rupert Murdoch will step down as chairman of his global media empire, handing the post to son Lachlan, Fox Corp. and News Corp. announced Thursday. (Photo by William...
This handout image released by NASA on September 21, 2023, shows the planet Jupiter (R) and it's moon Europa (L) as seen through The James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam instrument 2.12 micron filter. (Photo by B. HOLLER and J.STANSBERRY / ESA, NASA, CSA, STScI / AFP) PARIS, France -- Carbon dioxide...
