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Australia locks down second city as global cases top 12 million

by Ryan Smith with Robin Millard in Geneva and AFP bureaus MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Millions of people in Australia's…

US approves sale of 105 F-35 stealth fighters to Japan

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States announced Thursday that it has approved the sale of 105 F-35 stealth…

China landslides leave at least 14 dead or missing

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Heavy rains and landslides in China have left at least 14 people dead or missing over…

Ukraine: Forest fires under control

KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukrainian firefighters have brought under control forest fires that have killed five people and left dozens…

China offers glimpse inside lab near Wuhan virus origin

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese state media has offered a rare glimpse of the lab at the heart of coronavirus…

Japan rescuers battle to reach thousands trapped by floods

by Charly Triballeau in Kumamura and Quentin Tyberghien in Takayama, Japan TAKAYAMA, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese emergency services and troops…

Five million begin lockdown in Australian city

by Ryan Smith MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million people in Australia's second-biggest city began a new lockdown Thursday, returning…

Ukraine pins hopes on weather to beat deadly forest fires

by Yuliya Silina SMOLYANYNOVE, Ukraine (AFP) -- Forest fires in eastern Ukraine that have killed five people and left dozens…

Six injured in huge blast at China fireworks factory

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Powerful explosions rocked a fireworks factory in southwest China on Wednesday night, leaving at least six…

State officials respond to Hawaii’s largest single-day count of new COVID-19 cases

By Alfred Acenas EBC Hawaii Bureau HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) announced on Tuesday,…

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