Parliament members vote on the 2022 state budget draft in first reading at the Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon, Portugal, October 27, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File PhotoLISBON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa decreed the dissolution of parliament on Sunday in the remaining formal step ahead of a previously announced snap general election…Continue Reading
A general view of the skyline of Manhattan as seen from the One World Trade Center Tower in New York City, New York, U.S., June 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comJERUSALEM, Dec 5 (Reuters) – Israel’s Property and Building Corp (PTBL.TA) said on Sunday it agreed to sell the…Continue Reading
Belarusian-Ukrainian and Polish border sign posts are seen at the border with Belarus and Poland in Volyn region, Ukraine November 16, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb GaranichRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comMOSCOW, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The Belarusian defence ministry said on Sunday it had summoned Ukraine’s military attaché to protest against what it called repeated…Continue Reading
Shoppers in Cologne’s main shopping street Hohe Strasse (High Street) in Cologne, Germany, 12, December, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comBERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The tighter restrictions Germany has introduced to try to limit the spread of COVID-19 are putting people off from shopping in the usually busy run-up…Continue Reading
Afghan policemen keep watch at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan April 19, 2021 REUTERS/Omar SobhaniRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comBERLIN, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The United States and a group of Western countries including Germany, France and Britain have expressed concern over reported killings and disappearances of former members of the Afghan security…Continue Reading
People wearing protective masks walk on a street, following the new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China, December 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly SongRegister now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.comMELBOURNE, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China’s power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region’s deepening security uncertainties present a “significant”…Continue Reading
Federal health officials are urging all vaccinated adults to get their Covid booster shot amid growing alarm over the omicron variant, a heavily mutated coronavirus strain that’s already been detected in a handful of states across the U.S. But some vaccine experts worry that numerous booster doses of existing vaccines could make future vaccines, if…Continue Reading
1/5 A United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket launches NASA’s Orion Spacecraft at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on December 5, 2014. File Photo by Joe Marino-Bill Cantrell/UPI | License Photo Dec. 5 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was…Continue Reading
1/2 Paula Patton arrives for American Film Institute’s 47th annual Life Achievement Award tribute gala to actor Denzel Washington at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on June 6, 2019. The actor turns 46 on December 5. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Dec. 5 (UPI) — Those born…Continue Reading
1/5 The Space Test Program-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force is mounted in preparation for launch Monday atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida. Photo courtesy of United Launch Alliance ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 3 (UPI) — A U.S. Space Force plan to launch a cluster of experimental satellites from Florida, including…Continue Reading