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7 rockets target Iraq base housing US troops: security source

SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP) -- Seven rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase housing US troops north of Baghdad on Monday, a security…

N. Korean leader’s sister slams US as Biden envoys begin Asia trip

by Sunghee Hwang SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister slammed the US and…

Bolsonaro changes health official again, as Brazil’s Covid cases surge

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro announced Monday that he will appoint cardiologist Marcelo Queiroga as health minister,…

Health worker in Norway dies after AstraZeneca jab

OSLO, Norway (AFP) -- A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid…

Russia says Sputnik V production deals reached in key EU states

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- The developers of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine said Monday they had reached production agreements in…

Trudeau urges Canadians to take ‘safe’ AstraZeneca shot

MONTREAL, Canada ( AFP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday urged Canadians to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, in response…

Portugal suspends AstraZeneca jabs

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- Portugal has followed the lead of other EU countries and stopped rolling out AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine…

Brazil orders 100 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil has ordered 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and another 38 million of…

German ICU doctors urge ‘immediate return’ to partial lockdown

  BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Intensive care doctors in Germany warned Monday that the country would need to make an…

Italy under virus curbs again as Dutch, Irish stop AstraZeneca shots

by Agence France Presse Bureaus Coronavirus restrictions were reimposed across much of Italy on Monday, while Ireland and the Netherlands…

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