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At least 26 children die in Niger school fire

NIAMEY, Niger (AFP) -- At least 26 children aged between five and six burnt to death on Monday when their…

US First Lady pushes vaccine for young kids in school visit

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US First Lady Jill Biden on Monday visited a school in Virginia to promote vaccinations…

US reopens borders after 20 months

by AFP bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States reopened its land and air borders Monday to foreign…

Policeman wounded after being stabbed in southern France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French policeman was wounded on Monday after a man claiming to act "in the name…

Ecuador anti-drug trafficking radar hit by explosion

QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- A plane-spotting radar Ecuador started operating two weeks ago to curtail drug trafficking was hit by…

Germany’s seven-day Covid incidence rate at record high: official data

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany's incidence rate measuring the number of new coronavirus infections per 100,000 people over the last…

Sierra Leone must learn from tanker blast, says president

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AFP) -- Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio said on Sunday the West African country "must learn"…

China ruling party plenary to further cement Xi’s grip on power

by Patrick BAERT BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping, the uncontested leader of the world's most populous nation,…

UK’s Boris Johnson ‘strongly condemns’ attack on Iraqi PM: Downing Street

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson "strongly condemned" the attack targeting his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa al-Kadhemi,…

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