Kenya’s former president Mwai Kibaki dies at 90
Mwai Kibaki, Kenya's third president from 2003 to 2013, brought economic reforms and a new constitution to the country but struggled to combat pervasive...
In Switzerland, Ukrainian refugees queue for food
Hundreds of Ukrainians queued in central Zurich on Saturday for food handouts as wealthy Switzerland struggled to cope with the entry of roughly 40,000...
Guns top death reason of US children, teens in 2020
According to a mortality analysis by researchers from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, weapons killed more children and teenagers in the United States...
Northwestern Congo confirms new Ebola case
A new case of Ebola has been detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo's northwestern region, forcing health officials to implement emergency containment measures...
EU sets new online rules for Meta, Google to curb illegal content
Under new internet laws adopted on Saturday by European Union governments and EU parliament, Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google, Meta (FB.O), and other giant online...
Canada sees 1 mln travelers in a week; highest since pandemic
For the first time since the epidemic, Canada drew more than one million tourists in a week, according to government data released on Friday,...
Amid Ukraine crisis, Japan- Russia sign fishing deal
Despite worsening tensions over the Ukraine crisis, Japan and Russia have reached an agreement on Tokyo's fishing quota for salmon and trout born in...
Covid third leading death cause in US for second straight year in 2021
According to a government research released on Friday, COVID-19 was the third top cause of death in the United States for the second year...
Hospital runs out of food in Ethiopia’s Tigray
After food supplies ran out last week, the primary hospital in Ethiopia's war-torn region of Tigray sent 240 patients home, officials said.Despite the government's...