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New Zealand police reject calls to clear anti-vax camp

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) - New Zealand police ruled out forcibly clearing anti-vaccination protesters camped around parliament in Wellington on…

Russia risking European peace with ‘Cold War demands’, says Berlin

MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - Russia is putting Europe's security at risk with demands that hark back to the Cold War,…

Swiss president tests positive as Covid rules lifted

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- President Ignazio Cassis has tested positive for Covid-19, the government said on Thursday -- the same…

Japan eases virus border rules for workers, students

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will ease its strict virus border rules to allow students and businesspeople into the…

Storm halts rail, air travel in Germany

FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- A heavy storm swept across Germany on the night of Wednesday into Thursday, grounding flights and…

$600 million pledged for Haiti earthquake relief

PORT-AU- PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- The international community pledged $600 million Wednesday to help rebuild Haiti's devastated south, where an…

Kuwait army allows women in combat roles, but without guns

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AFP) - Kuwaiti women are angry after the military, having allowed female soldiers in combat roles, decided…

Rescuers scour for survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 94

by Louis GENOT / Florian PLAUCHEUR Agence France Presse PETRÓPOLIS, Brazil (AFP) -- Rescue workers raced against the clock Wednesday…

Australia to list Hamas as terror group

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia on Thursday said it would list all of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas as a terrorist…

US accuses Russia of deploying thousands more troops to Ukraine border

by Aurélia END with David CLARK in Kyiv Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - The United States on…

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