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Baldwin sued over fatal ‘Rust’ shooting

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- US actor Alec Baldwin is being sued by a "Rust" crew member over…

Israel holds ‘war drill’ in case of new Covid strain

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- In what it called a world first, Israel on Thursday held a "war game drill" in…

Indian Covid vaccine ‘highly efficacious’: study

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covaxin, the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in India, is "highly efficacious" and presents no safety concerns,…

Biden, Xi expected to hold virtual summit on Monday: US media

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a hotly awaited virtual summit with his…

Germany mulls new measures amid explosion in Covid cases

  by Sophie MAKRIS and Femke COLBORNE Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany needs further coronavirus restrictions to…

‘We are a country’: Taiwanese embrace distinct identity

by Amber WANG TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Ken Young and Kylie Wang, hosts of a popular daily news podcast, say…

Two Covid patients die in Romania’s latest hospital fire

BUCHAREST, Romania (AFP) -- A fire at a Romanian hospital killed two patients early Thursday, officials said, the fourth such…

Germany hits record new Covid cases in 24 hours

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany registered a record 50,196 new Covid-19 infections Thursday, according to health authorities. It is the…

Sputnik V developer calls for mandatory vaccines in Russia

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The developer of Russia's coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V has said Moscow should make jabs mandatory as…

Beijing seals off mall, housing compounds after virus cases found

BEIJING, China,Beijing sealed off a large downtown mall and locked down several residential communities Thursday in response to a recent…

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