Mexican aid arrives in quake-hit Haiti
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- Two Mexican military aircraft carrying 15.4 tons of food, medicine and water landed in Haiti…
4 years ago
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Thousands evacuated in southern France as ‘fierce’ wildfire spreads
MARSEILLE, France (AFP) -- Thousands of people, including tourists in campsites, have been evacuated from the Var region of southern…
4 years ago
Japan’s ‘father of Sudoku’ dead at 69
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The man dubbed the "father of Sudoku" for his role in popularizing the numerical brainteaser loved…
4 years ago
Japan to expand virus emergency to battle surge
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government said Tuesday it will expand a coronavirus state of emergency to seven new regions…
4 years ago
New Zealand records first local virus case in six months
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand recorded its first locally transmitted case of Covid-19 in six months on Tuesday,…
4 years ago
Fresh fires force evacuation of Greek villages
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greek firefighters struggled to control two new blazes that broke out around Athens on Monday, forcing…
4 years ago
Louisiana hospitals overwhelmed by surging Delta variant
by Valentin GRAFF HAMMOND, United States (AFP) -- Barely clinging to life, patients in an intensive care unit in Hammond,…
4 years ago
Israel asks for international help to fight forest fires
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israeli firefighters battled flames for a second day Monday in the hills west of Jerusalem, forcing…
4 years ago
Ivory Coast starts Ebola jabs after first case in decades
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Ivory Coast began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on Monday, after the country recorded…
4 years ago
Pfizer submits data for 3rd dose approval in US
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday submitted preliminary clinical data to US health authorities as part…
4 years ago
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