Dubai expatriates race for new jobs after virus layoffs
by Aziz EL MASSASSI DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Mustafa, a hipster Pakistani graphic artist, has a month to…
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Asia
South Korea’s first military satellite launched
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's first-ever military communications satellite has been successfully launched by private operator SpaceX, Seoul…
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N. Korea’s Kim berates officials over troubled flagship hospital
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated officials for their "careless" construction of a flagship…
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Saudi king, 84, admitted to hospital: royal court
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler King Salman was admitted to hospital in Riyadh Monday for gall…
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China blows up dam in eastern province to ease flood risk
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese authorities blew up part of a dam in eastern Anhui province to relieve flood pressure,…
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Hong Kong leader says coronavirus now spreading ‘out of control’
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- The deadly coronavirus is spreading out of control in Hong Kong with a record…
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Explosion hits Iran power plant
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- An explosion hit a power plant in the central Iranian province of Isfahan Sunday, state news…
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Yangtze floods force millions from their homes in central China
JIUJIANG, China (AFP) --Vast swathes of China have been inundated by the worst flooding in decades along the mighty…
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India coronavirus cases pass one million
by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Coronavirus cases in India passed one million on Friday, official data showed…
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Russian wildfire smoke chokes Siberian cities
by Maria ANTONOVA MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Smoke from raging forest fires in Siberia on Thursday filled cities as officials…
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