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Sanofi sees strong earnings despite Covid vaccine delay

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French pharmaceutical group Sanofi posted strong 2021 sales on Friday and expects another good performance in…

India’s coronavirus death toll crosses 500,000

  NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's official death toll from Covid-19 crossed 500,000 on Friday, even as many experts…

UN demands Taliban provide info on two more missing women activists

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) - The United Nations has demanded the Taliban provide information on two more women activists allegedly detained…

Nike sues shopping platform StockX over sneaker NFTs

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) - Athletics giant Nike filed a lawsuit in New York on Thursday against shopping platform…

US police publish footage showing officer shoot Black man

WASHINGTON, D.C., United States (AFP) - Authorities in the US city of Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered in 2020,…

Morocco rescuers dig to save boy trapped in well for days

BAB BERRED, Morocco (AFP) - Moroccan rescuers raced against the clock on Friday to save a young boy trapped in…

Ten children rescued in Panama sex trafficking operation

PANAMA CITY, Panama (AFP) - Panamanian authorities announced Thursday that as part of an operation to disrupt a sex trafficking…

Africa’s Covid jab rate must ‘increase six times’: WHO

BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) -- Africa must boost the vaccination rate against Covid-19 "six times" to reach the target of 70…

Xi to meet Putin as tensions rise with West

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's President Xi Jinping is poised for his first face-to-face meeting with a world leader in…

Biden says IS leader killed in US military raid

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden said Thursday that the leader of the Islamic State group had been…

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