India reports first case of monkeypox
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India has reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox after a 35-year-old man with a…
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China’s Xi makes first Xinjiang visit since crackdown
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping made a public visit to Xinjiang, state media reported Friday, his first…
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G20 finance chiefs meet as Indonesia warns of energy, food catastrophe
BALI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs met in Indonesia Friday for talks on…
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Sri Lankans queue at pumps for days with no promise of petrol
by Sean GLEESON and Mahesh PERERA Agence France-Presse COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AFP) -- Out of gas and stuck in line…
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China growth at two-year low over Covid, property woes
by Beiyi Seow Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China logged its slowest economic growth since the initial Covid outbreak,…
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JUST IN: Saudi opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ in gesture to Israel
by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France Presse Saudi Arabia announced Friday it was lifting restrictions on "all carriers" using its…
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Israel has ‘no objection’ to Red Sea island transfer to Saudi Arabia: officials
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel has "no objection" to two strategic Red Sea islands being transferred to Saudi Arabia as…
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Sri Lanka president emails resignation from Singapore: official
https://youtu.be/krM8_v-YpNw Colombo, Sri Lanka | AFP | Thursday 7/14/2022 by Amal JAYASINGHE Sri Lanka's president submitted his resignation Thursday shortly…
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South Korea delivers historic half-point hike to tame inflation
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's central bank on Wednesday delivered a historic half-point interest rate hike to…
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Bomb in Myanmar’s Yangon kills two, wounds nine
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- A bomb blast near a shopping mall in Myanmar's commercial hub Yangon has killed two people…
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