Maltese ambassador resigns after comparing Merkel to Hitler
Malta’s ambassador to Finland has resigned after writing a Facebook post comparing German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler May 11, 2020, 2:02 PM 1 min read 1 min read…
NY to require virus testing for nursing home staffers
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York nursing homes must start twice-weekly coronavirus testing for all staffers and will no longer be sent COVID-19 patients leaving hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday…
Questions over Kim’s health highlight intelligence limits
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s prolonged public absence has led to rumors of ill health and worries about how it could influence the future of…
Virus lockdown raises tensions in France’s poorest areas
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France — Joining more than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, vegetables and soap. It was…
Infected Antarctic cruise passengers return to Australia
More than 100 Australian and New Zealand passengers of the Antarctic cruise ship the Greg Mortimer, most of whom infected by the coronavirus, have arrived in Melbourne on a flight…
Taliban warn peace deal with US near breaking point
The Taliban say their peace deal with the United States was nearing a breaking point By KATHY GANNON Associated Press April 5, 2020, 6:48 PM 3 min read 3 min…
Iran accuses US of `economic terrorism,’ urges sanctions end
Iran’s foreign minister is demanding that the United States immediately halt what he called a “campaign of economic terrorism” and lift sanctions By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press March 12,…
Official: US strike Taliban, in first hit since peace deal
The U.S. military says it has conducted an airstrike against Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, only days after American and Taliban officials signed an ambitious peace deal in the Mideastern…
‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus
LUSAKA, Zambia — At a Chinese-run hospital in Zambia, some employees watched as people who recently returned from China showed up with coughs but were not placed in isolation. A…
Iran to execute alleged spy who gave nuclear secrets to CIA
Iran says its top court has confirmed a death sentence for an Iranian man convicted of spying for the CIA By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press February 4, 2020, 4:19 PM…