Filipina Hong Kong domestic worker fired after cancer diagnosis dies
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- A Filipina who was sacked as a domestic worker in Hong Kong after being…
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Indonesia retrieves crashed Boeing jet’s cockpit voice recorder
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- The cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Indonesian jet has been retrieved in "good condition",…
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Japan raises alert level after volcano erupts
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A volcano in southwestern Japan has erupted, flinging large rocks hundreds of metres from the crater…
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Myanmar crackdown death toll passes 500
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- The death toll in the Myanmar military's crackdown on protesters has passed 500, as armed rebel…
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Chinese firm to make 60 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has agreed a deal for more than 60 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine…
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Myanmar bloodshed ‘absolutely outrageous’, Biden says after deadly weekend
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden led global condemnation of an "absolutely outrageous" crackdown by Myanmar's junta that…
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Virus likely jumped to humans from bats through ‘missing link’ animal: WHO report
by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that…
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Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved ‘80%’ in right direction
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80…
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Indonesia cathedral rocked by suicide bombing
by Andi Hajramurni Agence France Presse JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- An Indonesian cathedral was rocked by a suicide bombing…
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Scores dead as Myanmar junta puts on show of force
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's security forces killed at least 91 people Saturday in the bloodiest day since the…
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