Tens of thousands urged to evacuate as heavy rain hits Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tens of thousands of people were urged to evacuate on Friday as "unprecedented" levels of torrential…
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Asia
China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins…
4 years ago
Indonesian parents grieve for child COVID victims amid Delta variant outbreak
by Dessy SAGITA / Haeril HALIM Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Tirsa Manitik gave birth to her…
4 years ago
Jailed Samsung chief released on parole
by Claire LEE SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The jailed de facto leader of the giant Samsung group walked free…
4 years ago
Flash floods kill 17 as Turkey reels from multiple disasters
by Dmitry ZAKS ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish rescuers distributed food and relocated thousands of people into student dormitories Thursday…
4 years ago
One dead, 17 injured after explosion on Russian bus
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- A woman was killed and at least 17 other people injured in an explosion on a…
4 years ago
WHO urges China to share raw data on early Covid cases
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest…
4 years ago
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
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
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