Two stranded humpback whales rescued in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Rescue teams saved two stranded whales along the Atlantic coast of Argentina Tuesday, the World…
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J&J asks US FDA to authorize booster shots of Covid vaccine
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Drug maker Johnson & Johnson asked the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday…
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Spain to give over-70s third dose of Covid vaccine
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's health ministry said Thursday it would give third doses of coronavirus vaccines to the over-70s,…
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Tsai warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Taiwan falls
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen warned of "catastrophic consequences" if the island were to fall to China…
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Awful truth: Child sex abuse in the Catholic Church
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The Catholic Church has been repeatedly rocked by child sex abuse scandals over the last…
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4.6-magnitude quake strikes off Tawi-Tawi
(Eagle News) -- A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck off Tawi-Tawi on Tuesday, Oct. 5. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology…
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Russia reports record daily coronavirus deaths
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Tuesday recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll as cases linked to the Delta…
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French Catholic Church inquiry finds 216,000 sex abuse victims from 1950
by Karine PERRET and Joseph SCHMID Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- An independent inquiry into alleged sex…
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Tropical cyclone wind signals lifted as TD “Lannie” accelerates while traversing West PHL Sea
(Eagle News) -- All tropical cyclone wind signals have been lifted as "Lannie" accelerates while traversing the West Philippine Sea.…
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Severe droughts dry up dreams of Turkish farmers
by Raziye Akkoc Agence France-Presse AKKUZULU, Turkey (AFP) - Turkish farmer Hava Keles stares inconsolably at withered vines of rotting…
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