Brazil’s Bolsonaro overhauls cabinet amid Covid surge
by Jordi MIRO BASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overhauled his government Monday, changing six cabinet members including…
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France tries to avoid another national lockdown
by Adam PLOWRIGHT PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government has vowed to do everything possible to avoid a third…
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Rights expert Agnes Callamard named new Amnesty chief
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Amnesty International announced on Monday it had appointed global human rights expert Agnes Callamard as…
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WHO warns against widening gap in vaccine distribution
The World Health Organization warned Monday against a widening gap between numbers of coronavirus vaccines in wealthy countries and…
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French pharma firm guilty of fraud, manslaughter over weight loss pill: court
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A French court on Monday found pharma giant Servier guilty of "aggravated fraud" and "involuntary manslaughter"…
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Chinese firm to make 60 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia has agreed a deal for more than 60 million doses of its Sputnik V vaccine…
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Myanmar bloodshed ‘absolutely outrageous’, Biden says after deadly weekend
YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- US President Joe Biden led global condemnation of an "absolutely outrageous" crackdown by Myanmar's junta that…
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Virus likely jumped to humans from bats through ‘missing link’ animal: WHO report
by Nina LARSON GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- An international expert mission to Wuhan has concluded it was very likely that…
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Mega-ship in Suez Canal moved ‘80%’ in right direction
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- The enormous container ship blocking the Suez Canal for almost a week has been turned 80…
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Paris hospitals face tough choices under Covid pressure: officials
PARIS, France (AFP) Paris hospitals are fast approaching saturation point because of snowballing Covid admissions and may be forced to…
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