Intensive farming heightens pandemic risk: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Intensive farming makes future pandemics such as COVID-19 more likely as wild animals…
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Marine heatwaves may force fish to flee huge distances: study
by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fish and other marine life may have to flee thousands of kilometres to…
5 years ago
France opens probe into Beirut blast after 21 citizens wounded: prosecutors
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Prosecutors in France opened an investigation Wednesday after 21 French citizens were wounded in the devastating…
5 years ago
Belgian meat plant quarantines 225 staff
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- One of Belgium's biggest meat processing plants has sent 225 staff home to quarantine Wednesday after…
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New York to set up COVID-19 ‘checkpoints’
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York will put up checkpoints at key entry points to the city to…
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Canada strikes deals for vaccine candidates with Pfizer, Moderna
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada announced Wednesday it has signed two agreements with American pharmaceutical firms Pfizer and Moderna for…
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Floods affect more than 50,000 in Sudan: UN
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) -- More than 50,000 people have been affected by flooding across Sudan over the past week, the…
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US signs $1 billion vaccine deal with Johnson & Johnson
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US government Wednesday announced a new $1 billion investment in a COVID-19 vaccine being…
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Herbivores face higher extinction risk than predators: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Herbivores face a higher risk of extinction than predators, whether they are mammals, birds or…
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Florida surpasses half a million COVID-19 cases
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Florida, the epicenter of the novel coronavirus pandemic in the southeastern US, has surpassed half…
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