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New Zealand announces return of coronavirus after 102 days

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP )-- New Zealand announced its first locally transmitted coronavirus infections in 102 days on Tuesday, prompting…

Global coronavirus infections pass 20 million

PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 20 million coronavirus cases have been now been registered across the world, over half…

Fire destroys Spanish holiday park popular with Britons

MOLLINA, Spain (AFP) -- A wind-fuelled fire ripped through a holiday park in Spain that is home to a large…

Face masks mandatory in Paris as US hits 5 million virus cases

by Denholm BARNETSON with AFP bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- Face masks became compulsory in tourist hotspots in Paris on…

More than 200 detained on Belarus election day: rights group

MINSK, Belarus (AFP) -- At least 213 people were detained in Belarus as police cracked down on protesters claiming strongman…

Seven dead as floods hit Greek island

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- A baby was among seven people who died as torrential rains and floods swept the Greek…

Spain denies suffering second virus wave as cases mount

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's health ministry on Thursday denied that the country is facing a second wave of COVID-19…

Finland entering ‘second stage’ of pandemic: official

HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- The spread of the novel coronavirus is accelerating in Finland, health officials said Thursday, with new…

German diplomat killed in Beirut blast

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- A German diplomat was killed in the huge explosion in Beirut, the first confirmed German fatality,…

France opens probe into Beirut blast after 21 citizens wounded: prosecutors

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Prosecutors in France opened an investigation Wednesday after 21 French citizens were wounded in the devastating…

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