UK to ban travel from six African countries due to new Covid variant
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South…
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Interpol elects Emirati general accused of torture as new president
by Remi BANET Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Interpol elected an Emirati general accused of torture as…
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Germany’s Covid death toll passes 100,000: health ministry
FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- More than 100,000 people have died of Covid-19 in Germany since the start of the pandemic,…
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Over 30 die in Channel’s deadliest migrant boat tragedy
by Bernard BARRON with Sylvie MALIGORNE and Stuart WILLIAMS in Paris CALAIS, France (AFP) -- At least 31 migrants trying…
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New Zealand to stay closed to foreigners for another five months
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand said Wednesday it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another…
4 years ago
Europe battles Covid surge as WHO warns of 700,000 more deaths
by Camille BAS-WOHLERT COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AFP) -- Europe remains "in the firm grip" of Covid and the continent's death toll…
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At least 45 people killed in bus accident in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- At least 45 people were killed in an overnight bus accident on a highway south of…
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French PM tests positive for Covid
PARIS, France (AFP) -- French Prime Minister Jean Castex tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday evening, his office told AFP,…
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‘Jabbed, cured or dead’, Germany warns as Europe battles Covid surge
by Michelle FITZPATRICK with Denise HRUBY in Vienna BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germans faced the stark warning Monday that they…
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France says 5th Covid wave hitting at ‘lightning’ speed
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fifth-wave coronavirus infections in France are rising at an alarming rate, the government reported Sunday, with…
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