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Huge fire at Kenya hospital forces evacuation of 100 patients

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- A massive fire at the oldest hospital in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa forced the…

51 children injured in chemical attack at China kindergarten

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than 50 people, mostly children, were injured by a man who broke into a…

Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’

by Daniel DE CARTERET / with Holly Robertson in Winmalee HILLVILLE, Australia (AFP) -- Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force…

Morales leaves for Mexico as Bolivia military pledges to tackle violence

by Francisco JARA LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) -- Evo Morales left Bolivia Monday for Mexico, which has granted him political…

Protesters hit Hong Kong commute as western powers urge restraint

by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong protesters struck the city's transport network for…

15 dead as trains collide in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 15 people were killed and 58 others injured when two trains collided in eastern…

Jimmy Carter hospitalized for procedure after recent falls: statement

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former US president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized on Monday for a procedure necessitated by a…

Australia readies for ‘catastrophic’ bushfires

by Holly ROBERTSON / with Daniel de Carteret in Taree, New South Wales WINMALEE, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands of firefighters…

‘I’m back’: Brazil’s Lula fills leftist leadership void

by Louis Genot, with Jordi Miro in Brasilia RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Out of jail and full of…

Strong French earthquake injures four

LYON, France (AFP) -- An unusually strong earthquake hit southeastern France on Monday, injuring four people, one of them seriously,…

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