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FILE – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks in a news briefing at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, on June 11, 2022. Iran said Tuesday, Aug. 16, it submitted a “written response” to what has been described as a final roadmap to restore its tattered nuclear deal with world powers. Raisi has repeatedly tried to blame Washington for the delay in reaching an accord. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran submits a ‘written response’ in nuclear deal talks

16th August 2022

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen pose for photos with U.S. Congress members and other Taiwan officials during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The delegation of U.S. Congress members visited Taiwan parliament on Monday in a further sign of support among American lawmakers for the self-governing island. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

China announces new drills as US delegation visits Taiwan

16th August 2022

Road to 2023: PDP best option to fix Nigeria’s bleeding economy – Mbora

16th August 2022

FILE – Author Nicholas Evans poses in New York Sept. 29, 2005. Evans, the British author of the bestselling novel “The Horse Whisperer,” has died at 72. His representatives at United Agents said Evans died “suddenly” on Aug. 9, 2022 following a heart attack. Published in 1995, “The Horse Whisperer” was Evans’ debut novel and sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. The story of a trainer hired to help an injured teenager and her horse back to health was adapted into a Hollywood movie starring Robert Redford as the title character and Scarlett Johansson playing the young rider in her breakout role. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)

‘Horse Whisperer’ author Nicholas Evans dies at 72

16th August 2022

Anambra: Soludo living up to expectations of Anambra voters – Obieze

16th August 2022

Estonia removes Soviet monument, citing public order

16th August 2022

Mine workers sing as they wait for the start of commemoration ceremonies near Marikana in Rustenburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. South Africa marks on Tuesday 10 years since the Marikana massacre, where 44 people were killed during a mine strike at a platinum mine near Rustenburg, North West province in August 2012. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African miners mark 10th anniversary of killings

16th August 2022

Sri Lankan port workers hold a Chinese national flag to welcome Chinese research ship Yuan Wang 5 as it arrives in Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. The ship was originally set to arrive Aug. 11 but the port call was deferred due to apparent security concerns raised by India. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Chinese navy ship docks in Sri Lanka, stokes worry in India

16th August 2022

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrive to attend the opening of the Army 2022 International Military and Technical Forum in the Patriot Park outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. Putin vowed to strengthen Russia’s military cooperation with its allies. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin blasts US ‘hegemony,’ predicts end to ‘unipolar’ world

16th August 2022

A barge passes exposed rocks and sandbanks on the river Rhine in Bacharach, Germany, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. After weeks of drought, the water levels of the Rhine have reached historic lows. If the water levels continue to fall, shipping is in danger of coming to a standstill. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Europe drought: German industry at risk as Rhine falls

16th August 2022

FILE – In this photo released by the Taiwan Legislative Yuan, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, and Legislative Yuan Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang arrive for a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. China announced Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, is imposing visa bans and other sanctions on a number of Taiwanese political figures including Tsai over their promotion of the self-governing island democracy’s independence from Beijing. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP, File)

China sets sanctions on Taiwan figures to punish US, island

16th August 2022

FILE — Giorgia Meloni talks with reporters in Rome’s Pantheon Square, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. With God, homeland and “natural” family prominent in her political manifesto, Giorgia Meloni, whose Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy) party with neo-fascist roots has been fast rising in popularity in view of the upcoming Sept. 25 elections for Parliament, is positioning herself to become Italy’s first far-right premier and the first woman to hold that office. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Far-right Italian leader Meloni rides popular wave in polls

16th August 2022