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URGENT: Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake at least 920: disaster minister

  KABUL, June 22, 2022 (AFP)    A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least…

Texas school shooting response deemed ‘abject failure’

NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 (AFP)   The police response to the Uvalde school massacre in Texas last month was an…

US embassy in Moscow gets new address, named after Ukraine separatists

MOSCOW, June 22, 2022 (AFP) - Authorities in Moscow said on Wednesday that they have changed the official address of…

Israel lawmakers hold first vote on bill triggering early election

JERUSALEM, June 22, 2022 (AFP) - Israeli lawmakers were holding a first vote Wednesday on a government bill to dissolve…

Singapore, South Korea report first monkeypox cases

One imported case, a British flight attendant, confirmed in Singapore; two suspected cases, including a foreign national, reported in South…

At least 255 killed in Afghanistan earthquake

KABUL, June 22, 2022 (AFP) -  A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least…

France monkeypox count rises to 277, one woman infected

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- France has detected 277 cases of monkeypox, health authorities said Tuesday, including the first case…

Trial of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to prison compound: source

  YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved…

UK hit by biggest rail strike in over 30 years

  by Ben PERRY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Rush-hour commuters in the UK faced chaos on…

President of Panama announces blood cancer diagnosis

  PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) -- The President of Panama Laurentino Cortizo said on Monday that he has blood cancer,…

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