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Libya gets 2 million Sinopharm doses with more expected

TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Libya called Monday on people to come forward to be vaccinated after it received two million…

EU sends help to Turkey as wildfire death toll hits eight

by Kadir DEMIR MARMARIS, Turkey (AFP) -- The European Union sent help to Turkey on Monday and volunteers joined firefighters…

Guadeloupe to lock down amid alarming Covid surge

POINTE-A-PITRE, France (AFP) -- France's overseas territory of Guadeloupe is to return to lockdown for at least three weeks because…

33 killed as bus hits fuel truck in DR Congo

KIKWIT, DR Congo (AFP) -- Thirty-three people died in a horrific collision between a fuel truck and a crowded bus…

Schools in US state offer $1,000 bonus to vaccinated staff

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Schools in a county in the southeastern US state of Georgia will pay $1,000 bonuses…

Biden urges new eviction pause as Delta spreads

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the imposition of a new ban on evictions…

US hits Biden’s Covid vaccination goal, almost a month late

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Monday hit President Joe Biden's goal of administering 70 percent…

El Salvador bans pork imports over African swine fever fears

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- El Salvador said it would ban all imports of pork products Sunday, as cases…

Death toll in central China floods rises to 302, dozens still missing

by Beiyi SEOW BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from floods in central China last month is at least…

Greece suffering worst heatwave for three decades: PM

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece is suffering its worst heatwave since 1987, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned on Monday, as…

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