Colombia town orders vaccine refusers to stay home or face fines, jail
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Authorities in a Colombian town have run out of patience with people refusing coronavirus vaccines, ordering…
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Bangladesh to vaccinate 10 million in seven days
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) -- Bangladesh extended its strict lockdown on Tuesday and announced plans to vaccinate at least 10 million…
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Spain extends virus aid until end of October
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's cabinet approved Tuesday the extension of measures to protect the most vulnerable from economic effects…
5 years ago
Covid returns to China’s Wuhan as global Delta variant woes mount
by Jing Xuan TENG and AFP Bureaus BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Authorities in China's Wuhan said Tuesday they would test…
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Libya gets 2 million Sinopharm doses with more expected
TRIPOLI, Libya (AFP) -- Libya called Monday on people to come forward to be vaccinated after it received two million…
5 years ago
Guadeloupe to lock down amid alarming Covid surge
POINTE-A-PITRE, France (AFP) -- France's overseas territory of Guadeloupe is to return to lockdown for at least three weeks because…
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US comedian Kathy Griffin says she has lung cancer
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Outspoken US comedian Kathy Griffin, whose decades-long stand-up career was briefly derailed in 2017…
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Schools in US state offer $1,000 bonus to vaccinated staff
MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Schools in a county in the southeastern US state of Georgia will pay $1,000 bonuses…
5 years ago
Biden urges new eviction pause as Delta spreads
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden on Monday urged the imposition of a new ban on evictions…
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US hits Biden’s Covid vaccination goal, almost a month late
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States on Monday hit President Joe Biden's goal of administering 70 percent…
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Iran hits record for new Covid cases, deaths at 3-month high
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran's daily Covid caseload crossed 37,000 mark for the first time on Monday, the health ministry…
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Malaysia’s Mahathir, Anwar shelve rivalry to protest PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysian political heavyweights Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim put aside long-running animosity and joined an…
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