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UN chief isolating after Covid-19 exposure

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was exposed to the coronavirus Tuesday by a UN official…

Biden warns Putin of ‘strong’ Western response to any Ukraine attack

by Sebastian Smith with Anna Smolchenko in Moscow WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden warned President Vladimir…

American Airlines CEO to step down in March

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Veteran American Airlines Chief Executive Doug Parker plans to step down in March and…

Huge fire in overcrowded Burundi prison kills 38 inmates

NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- A massive fire tore through an overcrowded prison in Burundi before dawn on Tuesday, killing dozens…

Indonesia volcano eruption death toll rises to 34

  by Haeril Halim Agence France Presse CURAH KOBOKAN, Indonesia (AFP) -- The death toll from the eruption of Indonesia's…

IMF sees China’s growth ‘slowing notably’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- China has an important part to play in the global economy as it recovers from…

WHO advises against blood plasma treatment for Covid-19

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covid treatments using plasma taken from the blood of recovered coronavirus patients should not be given…

Russia reports first Omicron infections

      MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has registered its first two cases of the new Omicron variant of…

Iceland raises alert level for its most active volcano

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AFP) -- Iceland on Monday raised the alert level for a possible eruption of its most active volcano…

Namibia detects 18 Omicron cases, destroys 150,000 jabs

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AFP) -- Namibia's President Hage Geingob announced Monday that the first cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant had…

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