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Argentina agrees to three-month price freeze with businesses

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's government on Thursday announced it had reached an agreement with the private sector to…

Sydney to scrap quarantine, readies to welcome overseas visitors

by Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Sydney will scrap all quarantine requirements for travellers from next month, officials said…

Anguish and anger after Taiwan building blaze kills 46

KAOSHIUNG, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwanese residents voiced anguish and outrage on Friday after 46 people perished in an inferno that…

JUST IN: Former US President Bill Clinton in hospital with non-Covid infection

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former US president Bill Clinton has been hospitalized with a non-Covid-related infection, a spokesman…

Biden promises more vaccines, ties for Africa as Kenya leader visits

by Aurelia End and Shaun Tandon WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a major…

Paris mayor Hidalgo wins Socialists’ presidential nomination

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has been nominated as the presidential candidate of France's Socialist party, partial…

Severe child malnutrition increasing in Tigray: UN

by Robbie COREY-BOULET ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- The number of young children admitted to hospital suffering from severe malnutrition…

Russia reports record daily virus cases, deaths

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Thursday reported a pandemic high for both new coronavirus infections and fatalities over 24…

Gunfire kills six, wounds 30 at Beirut protest

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Gunfire killed six people and wounded 30 at a Beirut rally organised by the Shiite Hezbollah…

Taiwan building inferno kills 46, dozens injured

  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- An overnight fire tore through a building in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung on…

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