Chinese Navy to help Indonesia salvage sunken submarine
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Chinese navy ships have arrived off Bali to help haul up a submarine that sank last…
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Asia
India Covid cases soar past 20 million: official data
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's total Covid caseload soared past 20 million on Tuesday, official data showed, as the…
5 years ago
26 killed in Bangladesh boat accident
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- At least 26 people were killed when a speedboat packed with passengers collided with a vessel…
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Deadly oxygen shortages as India nears 20 million cases
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's total Covid caseload neared 20 million on Monday as oxygen shortages in hospitals exacerbated…
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Pakistan tightens borders as Covid-19 cases soar
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan has closed land crossings with Iran and Afghanistan for travellers and slashed international flights as…
5 years ago
US top diplomat: China acting more ‘repressively, aggressively’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An increasingly powerful China is challenging the world order, acting "more repressively" and "more…
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Lifesaving oxygen aid arrives in India as death toll hits new record of 3,689 in one day
by Glenda KWEK / Atish PATEL Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- More emergency medical aid from…
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Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on ‘immunised’ citizens
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the…
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Domestic workers alarmed by compulsory Hong Kong vaccine plan
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticized plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory…
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India hospital fire kills 16 Covid patients, 2 nurses
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) -- At least 16 Covid-19 patients and two nurses died Saturday in the latest in a…
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