Italy firefighters battle 500 blazes after record heat
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italian firefighters said Thursday they had battled more than 500 blazes overnight as another death was…
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Israel requires Covid tests for children aged three and up
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israel is to require Covid tests from next week for children as young as three to…
4 years ago
New restrictions in Finland as Covid cases hit record
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- Limits on public gatherings will be tightened in the Finnish capital as the country's infection rates…
4 years ago
Rain helps firefighters in Greece but flare-ups continue
by Yannick Pasquet ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Rain overnight in wildfire-ravaged areas of Greece have helped "improve the situation" on…
4 years ago
Russia registers record 808 daily virus fatalities: official tally
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Thursday reported its highest daily coronavirus death toll since the start of the pandemic,…
4 years ago
China partly shuts world’s third busiest cargo port over virus case
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Authorities in China have suspended operations at a terminal in the world's third busiest cargo port…
4 years ago
Taliban move closer to capital after taking Ghazni city
by David FOX KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- The Taliban have taken the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni just 150 kilometers…
4 years ago
Fake news and mistrust leave Bulgaria lagging in Covid jab race
by Diana SIMEONOVA / Rossen BOSSEV SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- It's getting close to lunchtime and a Covid-19 vaccination centre…
4 years ago
Australia’s capital Canberra to enter virus lockdown
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's capital Canberra was ordered into a seven-day lockdown Thursday, after a single Covid-19 case was…
4 years ago
Spain approves human trials of homegrown virus vaccine
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's medicines agency approved Tuesday a first round of clinical trials on humans for a Covid-19…
4 years ago
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