China races to prevent virus second wave
by Jing Xuan Teng with AFP bureaux BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China imposed travel restrictions on nearly half a million…
4 years ago
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Canada to roll out COVID-19 tracing app as cases top 100,000
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada will soon roll out a COVID-19 tracing app for smartphones, developed with help from BlackBerry…
4 years ago
Californians ordered to wear face masks in public
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California's Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday ordered all Californians to wear face masks in…
4 years ago
China releases 10 Indian soldiers after border battle: reports
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- China has freed 10 Indian soldiers seized in a high-altitude border clash in the Himalayas…
4 years ago
Iran navy test-fires new cruise missiles
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran test-fired a "new generation" of cruise missiles Thursday, the navy said, in the first such…
4 years ago
Japan ex-justice minister arrested in vote-buying scandal
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese prosecutors on Thursday arrested the country's former justice minister -- a close ally of Prime…
4 years ago
Japan urges citizens to install virus-tracking app
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government on Thursday urged citizens to install the country's first coronavirus-tracing app when it launches…
4 years ago
Chinese county restricts travel as Beijing races to contain virus
by Jing Xuan Teng and Laurie Chen BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Travel restrictions were placed on nearly half a million…
4 years ago
Kazakh leader Nazarbayev, 79, has coronavirus: official website
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan's 79-year-old former president and official 'Leader of the Nation' Nursultan Nazarbayev has tested positive for…
4 years ago
Study shows how quickly coronavirus spreads at home
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- The novel coronavirus is twice as infectious within households than similar diseases such…
4 years ago
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