Singapore approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for teens
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine to teenagers aged 12 to 15, officials…
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Asia
33 dead, dozens missing as cyclone batters Covid-stricken India
by Sam Panthaky MAHUVA, India (AFP) -- At least 33 people died and more than 90 were missing on Tuesday…
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Special delivery: man donates $550,000 in cash to Japan city
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- An elderly Japanese man has anonymously donated his life's savings -- in cash -- to a…
5 years ago
Death toll climbs in Israel-Gaza conflict amid UN deadlock
by Sakher Abou El Oun with Ben Simon in Jerusalem GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Heavy air strikes and…
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Israeli strike puts sole Gaza Covid lab out of action: ministry
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- The Palestinian enclave of Gaza's only Covid-19 laboratory is no longer able to…
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Monster cyclone makes landfall in Covid-stricken India
by Sam Panthaky MAHUVA, India (AFP) -- A deadly cyclone blasted ashore in western India late Monday with fierce winds…
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Three rockets fired from Lebanon towards Israel: Lebanese military source
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Three rockets were fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel on Monday evening, a Lebanese military source…
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Blinken urges Israel and Palestinians to ‘protect civilians’ and children
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Palestinians to "protect civilians,…
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Miss Myanmar wins best nat’l costume with messsage “Pray for Myanmar” in Miss U pageant
(Eagle News) -- Miss Myanmar Thuzar Wint Lwin won the best in national costume in the recent 2020 Miss…
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Gaza pummelled by fresh Israeli strikes, more than 200 dead in a week
by Adel Zaanoun with Claire Gounon in Jerusalem GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) -- Israeli air strikes hammered the Gaza…
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