Record infections overwhelm India’s hospitals
by Bhuvan Bagga with Ammu Kannampilly in Mumbai NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Delhi hospitals issued desperate appeals for oxygen…
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Syria government receives first Covax jabs
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- The Syrian government received more than 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine via the Covax programme…
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Germany expects to offer Covid jabs to all adults from June
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany is expecting to open up Covid-19 vaccinations to all adults in June at the latest,…
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Pakistan Taliban claim deadly blast at luxury hotel
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) -- The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly suicide blast at a luxury hotel hosting…
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Virus reaches Everest as climber tests positive
by Paavan MATHEMA KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFP) -- A Norwegian climber hoping to summit Everest confirmed Thursday that he has tested…
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3 rockets hit Baghdad airport base housing US troops: security sources
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Three rockets crashed into a base at the Iraqi capital's airport housing US troops Friday,…
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UAE warns of restrictions for unvaccinated as doses near landmark
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The UAE announced Wednesday it had given nearly 10 million vaccine doses, equal to…
3 years ago
Sinkholes fill Turkey’s breadbasket in drought
by Raziye Akkoc KARAPINAR, Turkey (AFP) -- Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the…
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India posts global record of 315,000 daily Covid cases
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India posted a global record of almost 315,000 new Covid infections on…
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22 Covid patients die in India after oxygen supply disrupted
MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Twenty-two Covid-19 patients at a hospital in India were killed on Wednesday when the oxygen supply…
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