Quebec premier orders Canada’s first pandemic curfew
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- The premier of Quebec, Francois Legault, on Wednesday ordered the first pandemic curfew in Canada, as…
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N Korea’s Kim pledges to strengthen defence capabilities: KCNA
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Nuclear-armed North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen its military capabilities at a…
5 years ago
Galvez: PHL set to close deal with at least 7 COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for 148-M doses
(Eagle News) -- National Action Plan against COVID-19 chief implementer Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., said that the Philippine government…
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Indonesian baby sea turtles make a break for freedom
BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Newly hatched, dozens of baby turtles flipped and flopped their way down a beach towards the…
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Malaysian villagers escape floods on excavator as 28,000 evacuated
KAMPUNG SEMENTEH, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysian villagers were evacuated in an excavator while others swam through deep waters Wednesday as…
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WHO virus mission blunted as China refuses team entry
by Beiyi Seow and Jing Xuan Teng BEIJING, China (AFP) -- An expert mission to China to probe the origins…
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EU watchdog tries again on Moderna vaccine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The EU's drug regulator met for the second time this week on Wednesday to discuss…
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Indonesia police shoot dead two militants linked to Philippines church bombing
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Two Indonesian militants linked to a 2019 church blast in the Philippines have been shot dead…
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One dead, 18 hurt in blaze at old people’s home in Spain
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- An 89-year-old woman died and another 18 pensioners were hospitalized, some with severe burns, after a…
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COVID-19 cases in PHL reach 480,737; 339 more recover
(Eagle News) -- COVID-19 cases in the country breached the 480,000 mark on Wednesday, January 6, after the Department of…
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