Moscow, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin halted a vote Friday on whether to restore a statue of Soviet secret police founder Felix Dzerzhinsky outside the domestic intelligence headquarters in
Rome, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):The Italian ambassador killed in an ambush in the Democratic Republic of Congo while travelling in a UN convoy was "betrayed" by someone close to the family,
Washington, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):The US will begin in mid-March a clinical trial of a version of Moderna's Covid vaccine specific to the South Africa variant, Anthony Fauci, the top advisor
Washington, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):The US House was expected to vote Friday on President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief package, but a Senate ruling means the final version will not
Berlin, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Germany welcomed Washington's decision Friday to drop its insistence that compliance with a global digital tax be voluntary, opening the door to an agreement. "This is a
United Nations, United States, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Myanmar's permanent representative to the United Nations on Friday urged the international community to take the "strongest possible action" to end the junta's
Washington, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her G20 colleagues Friday that Washington is dropping a push for a controversial provision in a global digital tax, opening
United Nations, United States, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):The UN Security Council gave unanimous approval Friday to a resolution calling for improved access to Covid-19 vaccines in conflict-hit or impoverished countries, diplomats
GENEVA, Feb 26 (APP):The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, Friday expressed her continuing "concern" over the deteriorating situation in Indian occupied Kashmir, and said that the farmers'
Algiers, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):Thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Algeria's capital on Friday as the "Hirak" pro-democracy movement gathers renewed momentum after a year-long hiatus due to