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‘Severe crisis’ as number of people needing aid in Myanmar triples: UN

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- Myanmar is facing a "severe crisis" with the number of people needing aid tripling…

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts a second time in less than a year, producing smoke plumes, lava fountains

by Alfred Acenas and Charmaine Cirera-Raquel  EBC Hawaii-Pacific HONOLULU (Eagle News) – The US Geological Survey’s (USGS) Hawaiian Volcano Observatory…

Amazon reaches agreement with two workers who say they were fired illegally

Amazon has reached an agreement with two employees who accused the e-commerce giant of dismissing them in retaliation for their…

United Airlines to dismiss 593 workers who refused vaccines

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- United Airlines will dismiss nearly 600 employees who refused to comply with a…

North Korea tells UN it has ‘right’ to test weapons

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- North Korea's ambassador to the UN told the General Assembly on Monday that "nobody…

Pfizer launches mRNA flu vaccine trial

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical company Pfizer said Monday it had begun a clinical trial to test an…

Biden gets Covid-19 vaccine booster shot

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine booster on Monday and told Americans still…

Three dead, dozens injured after US train derailment

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- At least three people were killed and dozens more injured when a US train…

Catholic Church apologizes to Canada indigenous peoples for school abuses

  by Michel COMTE Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- The Catholic Church apologized "unequivocally" on Friday to Canada's…

1 dead, 12 injured in US supermarket shooting

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A shooter opened fire Thursday at a supermarket near Memphis, Tennessee, killing at least one…

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