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Israel vaccinates children as young as 5 to combat ‘children’s wave’

TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) -- Israel began rolling out Covid-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 on Monday, becoming…

Chinese hypersonic test included pathbreaking 2nd missile launch: reports

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- China's test of a globe-circling hypersonic weapon in July included the unprecedented launch of…

Canada rail, road links cut by floods, mudslides reestablished

OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Vital road and rail links between Vancouver and the rest of Canada that were severed by…

French PM tests positive for Covid

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French Prime Minister Jean Castex tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening, his office told AFP,…

‘Jabbed, cured or dead’, Germany warns as Europe battles Covid surge

by Michelle FITZPATRICK with Denise HRUBY in Vienna BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germans faced the stark warning Monday that they…

Global Covid cases surge nine percent in a week; Covid deaths also on the rise worldwide

  The Covid-19 pandemic took a turn for the worse last week, fuelled by fast deteriorating situations in western Europe…

Sudan PM Hamdok reinstated after coup, protester killed

Sudan's deposed prime minister and the top general who ousted him a month ago signed a breakthrough deal Sunday to…

Vehicle plows into Christmas parade in US, killing multiple victims

A vehicle plowed into a Christmas parade in the US state of Wisconsin on Sunday evening causing "some fatalities" and…

France says 5th Covid wave hitting at ‘lightning’ speed

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fifth-wave coronavirus infections in France are rising at an alarming rate, the government reported Sunday, with…

Violence erupts at Covid curb protest in Brussels

by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Violence broke out at a protest against anti-Covid measures in Brussels on Sunday,…

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