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The European Union health agency on Friday urged its member states to get ready for more cases of a deadly strain of mpox, a day after Sweden announced the first case outside Africa. In a risk assessment, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the overall risk
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The murder and rape of a trainee doctor as she took a rest during a long shift in a Kolkata hospital has highlighted the vulnerability of medics left without proper protections and facilities, her colleagues and friends said on Thursday. The 31-year-old, whose killing has triggered protests across India, had
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A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s northeastern county of Yilan on Thursday, the island’s central weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a depth of 9 km, the weather administration said, and was
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Poland’s national public prosecutor’s office, asked about German authorities issuing a European Arrest Warrant in a case related to the attack on Nord Stream pipelines, confirmed on Wednesday that such a warrant had been received. Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly
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The heavy rains that resulted in landslides killing hundreds in southern India last month were made worse by human-caused climate change, a rapid analysis by climate scientists found Tuesday. The study by the World Weather Attribution, a group of scientists who use established climate models to quickly determine whether human-caused
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Red Cross chief Mirjana Spoljaric said Monday she hopes this week’s scheduled talks on the Sudan conflict will result in solid humanitarian steps and remove obstacles blocking a ceasefire. The United States last month invited Sudan’s warring sides to hold ceasefire talks in Switzerland, more than a year
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A fast-moving wildfire fueled by gale-force winds raged unabated closer to Athens on Monday, burning trees, houses and cars and forcing evacuations of hospitals and at least 11 towns and villages, Greek authorities said. Hundreds of wildfires have broken out across Greece since May. While summer fires are common in
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Some lawmakers in the US Congress have urged sanctions on Bangladeshi officials under Sheikh Hasina who recently quit as prime minister and fled, while the US government has formally welcomed the appointment of a new caretaker government there. An interim government, led by Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, was sworn
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France on Friday urged the Kosovo authorities to end "unilateral actions" that could contribute to increasing tensions with Serbs. Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called for the opening of a flashpoint bridge, prompting protests, and authorities this week raided post offices long used by residents who maintain
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Britain is keeping thousands of specialized police on duty in case of racist rioting at the weekend and the government said it was considering tightening regulations around social media companies after days of unrest driven by online misinformation. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said extra police numbers and swift justice had
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A former UN official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed intelligence sources. The reports were part of a joint investigation by the German news outlet Der Spiegel,
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It is quite literally the food of champions. Paris Olympics organizers are determined that it not go to waste. Food that goes uneaten at the Games — by the athletes, the spectators and the workers — is helping those in need around the French capital, part of an effort to cut down
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Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday, ending 15 years in power as thousands of demonstrators defied a nationwide curfew and stormed her official residence. In a televised address, Bangladesh’s military chief, Waker-Uz-Zaman, announced he was assuming control at a “critical time for
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Lebanon marked four years since a horrific explosion at the capital’s port shook the country killing more than 230 people, causing 7,000 injuries and destroying swathes of Beirut. Not a single person has been held to account for the fourth largest non-nuclear explosion in the world, and details
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Sweden said Saturday it was shutting its embassy in Beirut amid fears the war in Gaza could escalate into a region-wide conflict, after urging thousands of its citizens to leave Lebanon. The killing of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders this week, blamed on Israel, have heightened regional tensions amid the Gaza
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that Israel killed Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh using a “short-range projectile” launched from outside of his accommodation in Tehran. “This terrorist operation was carried out by firing a short-range projectile with a warhead of about 7 kilograms -- causing a strong explosion -