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Hong Kong foreign domestic workers ‘abandoned’ in virus crisis

  by Jerome TAYLOR Agence France Presse HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong's foreign domestic workers are being "abandoned"…

Images show new Russian troop deployments near Ukraine: US company

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - Satellite images show new deployments of Russian troops and military equipment near the Ukrainian border,…

Biden will meet Putin ‘at any time’ to prevent Ukraine war: Blinken

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden is willing to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin "at any time" to…

‘Fortress Australia’ re-opens after two-year Covid closure

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia opened its international borders to all vaccinated tourists Monday, nearly two years after the island…

Hundreds rally for Ukraine at Warsaw demo

WARSAW, Poland (AFP) -- Hundreds of people rallied in the Old Town in central Warsaw on Sunday in solidarity with…

Brazil storm death toll rises to 152

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- The death toll from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the…

Queen Elizabeth has Covid but symptoms ‘mild’: palace

  by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth II tested positive for…

China helps virus-ravaged Hong Kong build isolation units

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Construction crews from mainland China were helping Hong Kong build two temporary isolation facilities…

13 die as Storm Eunice leaves many in Europe without power

  by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Emergency crews Saturday battled to restore power to…

Ukraine rebel leaders announce ‘general mobilisation’

The leaders of Ukraine's two breakaway regions announced a general mobilisation Saturday, spurring fears of a further escalation in fighting…

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