OTTAWA (AP) — Canada’s chief public health officer said Friday that the country could face a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by the delta variant, by the end of summer if restrictions are eased too quickly and before enough people have been vaccinated.
BAGHDAD (AP) — An attack on a funeral procession in northern Iraq has claimed a number of victims, Iraq's military said in a statement Friday.
Miembros de una pandilla encabezada por Jimmy Cherizier, alias Berbecue, un expolicía que encabeza una coalición de pandillas llamada "Familia G9 y Aliados", transportan un retrato del asesinado presidente Jovenel MoÍse durante una marcha efectuada el lunes 26 de julio de 2021 en el vecindar…
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the north Pacific coast of Peru on Friday, sending people fleeing their homes, damaging a centuries old church and injuring at least one person.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities jailed an opposition lawmaker Friday and briefly detained four members of the powerful Islamist movement Ennahdha in the wake of the president's decision to seize exceptional powers, according to Tunisian media reports.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes fell Friday, with much of the downward weight coming from a stumble for high-flying Amazon.
Activistas colocan velas y flores junto a carteles con fotos de Noor Mukadam, una mujer de clase alta que fue golpeada y decapitada recientemente en Islamabad. Foto del 25 de julio del 2021. La violencia contra la mujer está en aumento en Pakistán, junto con la influencia de la derecha relig…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.N. office in western Afghanistan came under fire Friday and one of its guards was killed as the Taliban and Afghan forces waged fierce battles in the area, the United Nations said.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian police said Friday that a fourth officer has been arrested in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse.
Las aguas de la laguna Corfo son rosadas en Trelew, provincia de Chubut, Argentina, el jueves 29 de julio de 2021. Los ambientalistas locales atribuyen el color al aumento de la contaminación de un parque industrial cercano.
Las aguas de la laguna Corfo son rosadas en Trelew, provincia de Chubut, Argentina, el jueves 29 de julio de 2021. Los ambientalistas locales atribuyen el color al aumento de la contaminación de un parque industrial cercano.
Las aguas de la laguna Corfo son rosadas en Trelew, provincia de Chubut, Argentina, el jueves 29 de julio de 2021. Los ambientalistas locales atribuyen el color al aumento de la contaminación de un parque industrial cercano.
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days of political turmoil in Tunisia over a crippled economy and surging coronavirus infections have unnerved allies in Europe and the United States, while garnering the support of key Mideast partners watching to see if Islamists and Tunisia's fragile democracy will survive.
TOKYO (AP) — Two teams, from two Chinese cities, confronting each other on a badminton court, thwacking the shuttlecock back and forth.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An attack on an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire killed two crew members off Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said Friday, marking the first fatalities after years of assaults targeting shipping in the region.
ROME (AP) — Roberto Calasso, a towering figure in European publishing as the driving force behind an esteemed Milan-based publisher, as well as an inquisitive and prolific author himself, has died at 80, his company said.
MOSCOW (AP) — The United States said Friday it has laid off nearly 200 local staffers working for its diplomatic missions in Russia ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline set by the Kremlin for their dismissal. The move is just the latest in a series of measures taken by both sides that have strained U…
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll in wildfires raging in southern Turkey rose to four as fire crews on Friday battled blazes that burned down homes and forced people to evacuate villages and beach resorts.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A bright pink lagoon is setting off red alarms for environmentalists in southern Argentina.
Una persona indigente se protege del frío junto a una figata en Sao Paulo, Brasil, jueves 29 de julio de 2021. Brasil sufre temperaturas históricamente bajas que según el instituto meteorológico persistirán hasta principios de agosto.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian space official on Friday blamed a software problem on a newly docked science lab for briefly knocking the International Space Station out of position.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli forces on Friday following the funeral of a Palestinian man killed by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank the previous day.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — More than 100,000 children in Ethiopia’s embattled Tigray region could face the most extreme and life-threatening form of malnutrition in the next year, the United Nations children’s agency warned on Friday, as humanitarian aid remains blocked from the region of some 6 …
CAIRO (AP) — A top Libyan military commander whose forces control the country's eastern regions on Friday endorsed the reopening of the coastal highway along the Mediterranean Sea linking Libya's long-divided east and west.
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s government launched a 2.5 million euro ($3 million) development fund Friday to support Roma-owed businesses and job agencies to assist the poverty-stricken community.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian president said Friday he's prepared to invite Russian troops into the country if such a move is necessary to ensure the security of both Belarus and Russia.
En esta foto tomada por el cosmonauta ruso Oleg Novitsky y proveída por el servicio de prensa de la agencia espacial rusa, se ve el laboratorio espacial Nauka antes de acoplarse con la Estación Internacional el jueves, 29 de julio del 2021.
ARCHIVO - En esta fotografía de archivo del 26 de septiembre de 2018, el mandatario salvadoreño Salvador Sánchez Cerén habla ante la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, en la sede de la ONU en Nueva York.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden says he is touched by Kosovo's awarding of a medal to his late son Beau, who was in the Balkan country 20 years ago to help establish the rule of law there as it became independent from Yugoslavia.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A fierce cold snap is bearing down on homeless people in Brazil, and authorities, activists and religious leaders are doing what they can to limit suffering on the streets.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serb lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly rejected a ban on genocide denial introduced by the top international official in Bosnia, in an act of defiance likely to fuel tensions in the ethnically-divided Balkan nation.
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics.
NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — A small city on Colombia's Caribbean shore is being crowded with migrants from Haiti, Africa and Cuba making what they hope will be a journey toward the United States.
LONDON (AP) — A man who accosted England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in a London park pleaded guilty Friday to assault and was ordered to pay the scientist 100 pounds ($140).
TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The United States on Friday pressed Albania’s main opposition Democratic Party to exclude from its lawmakers in the new parliament its former leader Sali Berisha, who is barred by Washington from entering the U.S. due to alleged corruption.
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Rwandan troops have joined Mozambican forces to launch a major offensive against Islamic rebels in northern Mozambique as more troops arrive from South Africa and other neighboring countries to battle the insurgency.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Friday he sees the need for changes to his country's law on disciplining judges, in a significant shift in tone on an issue that has brought a tense and drawn-out spat with European Union authorities.
ATHENS (AP) — Greek authorities ordered additional fire patrols and infrastructure maintenance inspections Friday as the country grappled with a heat wave fed by hot air from Africa that is expected to last more than a week.
LONDON (AP) — Lily Parr, whose record-setting career was overlooked when the bosses of English soccer shunned the women’s game, is now the focus of a new permanent exhibition at the National Football Museum in Manchester.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Noor Mukadam's last hours were terror-filled. Beaten repeatedly, the 27-year-old jumped from a window but was dragged back, beaten again and finally beheaded. A childhood friend has been charged with her killing.
Personas esperan en cola para que les llenen tanques de oxígeno en las afueras de la planta de Naing en Yangón, Myanmar, el 28 de julio del 2021.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany will require people entering the country who haven’t been vaccinated or recently recovered from COVID-19 to show a negative test result starting Sunday.
El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron gesticula luego de conversar con su homólogo keniano Uhuru Kenyatta, el jueves 1 de julio de 2021 en París.
Una joven recibe su inyección de la vacuna contra el coronavirus Sputnik V de Rusia durante una campaña de vacunación en el Estadio Universitario en la Ciudad de México, el viernes 23 de julio de 2021. Hasta ahora, alrededor de 42,4 millones de personas han sido vacunadas con al menos una do…
La policía detiene a un manifestante antigubernamental durante una protesta en La Habana, Cuba, el domingo 11 de julio de 2021. Cientos de manifestantes salieron a las calles en varias ciudades de Cuba para protestar contra la actual escasez de alimentos y los altos precios de los alimentos,…
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will start the voluntary COVID-19 vaccination of children over age 12 next week using mRNA shots produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, authorities said Friday.
Fotografía de archivo del 16 de abril de 2020 del logotipo de Amazon en Douai, Francia.
TOKYO (AP) — With his Golden Slam bid over for at least another three years, Novak Djokovic rested his head on Alexander Zverev’s shoulder as his German opponent and friend consoled him.
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