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Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf resigns

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, resigned Monday amid rising…

Strong quake hits Mongolia-Russia border: USGS

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck early Tuesday in northern Mongolia not far from the border with…

WHO rules out Covid herd immunity this year

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- Scientists at the World Health Organization warned Monday that mass…

Over half a million under lockdown as Beijing outbreak spreads

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- More than half a million people were placed under lockdown in Beijing on Monday as…

Malaysia imposes virus curbs, warns hospitals at ‘breaking point’

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia will impose strict new curbs in over half the country to fight a coronavirus…

China says WHO coronavirus experts to visit from Thursday

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19,…

Saudi king gets coronavirus jab

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday received a Covid-19 vaccine jab, more than three weeks…

Pacific’s Micronesia records first Covid-19 case

KOROR, Palau (AFP) -- The remote Pacific nation of Micronesia recorded its first case of Covid-19 on Monday, ending its…

Pelosi says ready to start second impeachment of Trump

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday she would push ahead with efforts to remove…

Biden to receive second Covid vaccine dose Monday

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President-elect Joe Biden will receive his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine on Monday,…

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