Magnitude 6 quake hits northeast part of COVID-wracked India, damages buildings in Assam state
(Eagle News) -- A magnitude 6 quake rocked northeastern India, with its epicenter located in the state of Assam where…
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Asia
Russia says Brazil refusal to import Sputnik V ‘political’
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday criticized Brazil's refusal to import the…
3 years ago
Bodies pile up as Covid overwhelms India
by AFP bureaux NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Bodies of Covid victims lay burning Tuesday in funeral pyres cramming New…
3 years ago
First shipment of UK Covid medical aid arrives in India
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The first shipment of Covid medical supplies from Britain to India, including 100 ventilators and…
3 years ago
Foreign aid arrives in Covid-stricken India
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of…
3 years ago
Japan rolls out vaccine slowly, despite looming Olympics
by Katie Forster / Natsuko FUKUE TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Three months before it hosts the Olympics -- the biggest…
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Turkey to enter full lockdown April 29 to May 17
ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday announced a full lockdown from April 29 to May…
3 years ago
Saudi king invites Qatari emir to visit: emir’s office
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman invited Qatar's ruler Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani to visit the…
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Kazakhstan rolls out national coronavirus vaccine
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AFP) -- Kazakhstan on Monday rolled out its homegrown coronavirus vaccine, with the Central Asian country's health minister…
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Hong Kong and Singapore aim to start travel bubble in May
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong and Singapore on Monday announced plans to resurrect their scrapped coronavirus travel bubble…
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