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African Union secures additional 400 million vaccine doses

  NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) -- The African Union has secured an additional 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines for its…

Brazil’s Covid-19 response worst, New Zealand’s best: study

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Brazil's handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been ranked the world's worst, while New Zealand…

In multiple messsages, Biden warns Beijing over expansionism

  by Sylvie LANTEAUME Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- One week into the job, US President Joe…

Wildfire ravages massive section of Argentine forest

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- A wildfire raging in the south of Argentina has consumed a vast swathe of forestland…

US issues terror alert over anti-government extremists

  by Paul HANDLEY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US Department of Homeland Security declared a…

New Zealand confirms two more virus cases in community

WELLINGTON, United States (AFP) -- New Zealand confirmed two new cases of the more virulent South African Covid-19 strain in…

AstraZeneca vaccine row sets EU, UK on collision course

  by Marc BURLEIGH with Jitendra JOSHI in London Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- EU demands that AstraZeneca…

Daily virus deaths hit new record as nations shut borders

by Agence France Presse bureaus Daily global deaths from Covid-19 topped 18,000 for the first time Wednesday, the latest reminder…

Brazil Covid variant now dominant in Manaus: researcher

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- A coronavirus variant from Manaus in northern Brazil, first detected in Japan in January, is now…

UK to impose hotel quarantine for returning Britons

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British citizens returning home from roughly 30 countries deemed at "high risk" from new…

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