Chinese city picks through the debris after record rains kill 33
by Leo RAMIREZ / Ludovic EHRET Agence France Presse ZHENGZHOU, China (AFP) -- Piles of cars were strewn across…
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Asia
India probes its first human death from bird flu
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India is investigating its first documented human death from bird flu after an 11-year-old…
4 years ago
Vietnam makes test batch of Russia’s Sputnik V jab
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia announced Wednesday that a batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine was produced for the…
4 years ago
Japan PM denies IOC pressure to hold Olympics: report
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has denied he was pressured by the International Olympic Committee into…
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India records more than 45,000 cases of ‘black fungus’
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India recorded more than 45,000 cases of the deadly "black fungus" over the last two…
4 years ago
Horror on ‘Line 5’ as Chinese subway floods
by Beiyi SEOW / Laurie CHEN BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A manicured hand touches the train carriage window as a…
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Severe rainstorms kill 16 in central China
by Beiyi SEOW / Laurie CHEN BEIJING, China (AFP) -- At least 16 people have died after torrential rains caused…
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Nearly 200,000 evacuated in central China flooding
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from a flood-hit city in central China, local authorities said…
4 years ago
Tehran imposes curbs as Iran’s Covid cases hit all-time high
by Amir HAVASI TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran sought to contain a new record surge in Covid cases, with government…
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Covid cases surge in Asia as Delta wreaks havoc worldwide
by Agnes Anya, with AFP bureaus JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia, Iran and France were suffering alarming surges in coronavirus…
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