BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader — sending a signal of continuity months before an election in which voters will decide who becomes the new chancellor.
BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients to fight a surge in infections the government said are harder to contain and that it blamed on infected people or goods from abroad.
Unas personas observan el sábado 16 de enero de 2021 los escombros de un edificio que colapsó luego de un sismo en Mamuju, Célebes Occidental, en Indonesia.
MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered rescuers after a strong earthquake left at least 46 people dead and hundreds injured on Indonesia's Sulawesi island.
Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokes…
A damaged vehicle in a bomb attack is removed from the site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spoke…
Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokes…
Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokes…
Afghan security personnel remove a damaged vehicle after a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul p…
Afghan security officers inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. A sticky bomb attached to an armored police Land Cruiser SUV exploded Saturday in the western part of the capital, Kabul, killing few policemen and wounding another, Kabul police spokes…
NEW DELHI (AP) — India started inoculating health workers Saturday in what is likely the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination campaign, joining the ranks of wealthier nations where the effort is already well underway.
Una trabajadora médica administra la vacuna contra el coronavirus a un paciente en Beijing, el viernes 15 de enero de 2021.
FILE - In this April 2, 2020, file photo, a policeman, foreground, accompanies a group of migrant laborers, who came to renew work permits, to a migration centre in St. Petersburg, Russia. A new U.N. report announced on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the …
Una mujer armada vigila las afueras de El Terrero, en el estado de Michoacán, México, el jueves 14 de enero de 2021.
Investigators from Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Tanjung Priok Port…
Members of the Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators team inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Ta…
Members of the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) and U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators team inspect debris found in the waters around the location where a Sriwijaya Air passenger jet crashed, at the search and rescue command center at Tan…