International

Thousands of US hospital workers vote to strike

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Thousands of health care workers at Kaiser Permanente facilities in US states Oregon and…

North Korea’s Kim says US is ‘root cause’ of tensions

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The leader of nuclear-armed North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has blamed the United States for…

Roche applies to market Covid antibody treatment in EU

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- Swiss pharma giant Roche on Monday applied to market its anti-Covid-19 cocktail in the European…

Two dead as small plane hits houses in California

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- A small plane crashed into a residential area of a California city on…

Egypt arrests 3 over thousands of dumped Covid jabs

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egyptian authorities arrested three people accused of dumping thousands of unused Covid-19 vaccine jabs found last…

Magnitude 6.9 quake hits Alaska Peninsula

  (Eagle News) – A magnitude 6.9 quake hit the Alaska Peninsula region on Monday, Oct. 11, according to the…

Merck seeks FDA authorization for Covid treatment pill

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical giant Merck said Monday that it has applied for emergency use authorization of…

Austria gets new leader after graft crisis engulfs Kurz

by Jastinder KHERA VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria's top diplomat Alexander Schallenberg took over as chancellor on Monday as the…

Lebanon firefighters quell huge fuel tank fire

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Firefighters in Lebanon put out a huge blaze that raged at a key fuel storage depot…

Thouands evacuated and coal mines shuttered as floods hit north China

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than 120,000 people have been evacuated, coal mines shut and crops destroyed after unseasonably heavy…

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