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No new variants in weeks after China ended zero-Covid: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid…

DEVELOPING STORY: Death toll rises above 7,100 in Turkey, Syria quake

Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | The death toll from a massive earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria rose above 7,100…

Ghanaian footballer Atsu rescued from Turkish quake, says association

Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu has been rescued from the rubble of the earthquake that killed and injured thousands in Turkey…

Why was the Turkey-Syria earthquake so deadly?

by Daniel Lawler Agence France- Presse Paris, France (AFP) -- A combination of factors made the powerful earthquake that struck…

Jobs, not doctrine, the lure for Africa’s jihadists: UN

by Nina LARSON  Agence France-Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Poverty and the prospect of better-paid work, rather than ideology, are…

North Korea pledges ‘expanded, intensified’ military drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea's top army officials have said they will expand and intensify military drills to…

Japanese ‘Luffy’ criminal ringleaders deported from Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) -- Two of the four suspects believed to be behind a spate of robberies and telephone fraud…

IN PICTURES: Earthquake kills more than 4,300 in Turkey, Syria

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the…

At least 20 escape Syria prison holding IS inmates after quake

Azaz, Syria | AFP | Monday 2/7/2023  Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with…

Earthquake kills more than 3,600 in Turkey, Syria

  SANLIURFA, Turkey (AFP) -- A major earthquake struck Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 3,600 people and…

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