China gives one-billionth Covid shot as Brazil toll hits milestone
by AFP bureaus BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Sunday announced it had administered its one-billionth shot in the world's…
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Asia
Moscow melts in historic June heat wave
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Moscow has been hit by a historic heat wave this week, with temperatures reaching a 120-year…
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Israeli PM warns of new virus outbreak as cases rise
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) -- Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned Tuesday of a "new outbreak" of coronavirus in Israel after…
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Indonesia hits 2 million virus cases as crisis deepens
by Agnes ANYA JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia passed two million coronavirus cases Monday as infection rates soar and hospitals…
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UAE’s Abu Dhabi offers Covid vaccines to tourists
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The UAE has quietly launched vaccine tourism, with the emirate of Abu Dhabi…
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US envoy offers to meet North Korea ‘anywhere anytime’
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere,…
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Closed-door Games? Tokyo 2020 to decide on allowing fans
by Sara HUSSEIN TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo Olympics organisers and Japanese officials meet Monday to decide whether fans will…
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China vaccine doses pass one billion mark, as world reaches total of 2.5 billion shots administered
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The number of Covid-19 jabs administered in China has passed the one billion mark, health…
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Moscow records 9,056 new Covid cases, a pandemic high
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's capital Moscow on Friday registered 9,056 new coronavirus infections in 24 hours, a record…
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Eight detained over deadly China gas blast
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese police have detained eight suspects over a gas blast that killed 25 people and reduced…
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