Bali bombing-linked cleric Bashir freed from prison
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Abu Bakar Bashir, a radical cleric linked to the deadly Bali bombings, was freed from a…
4 years ago
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Beijing freezes as temperature hits five decade lows
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Temperatures in the Chinese capital plunged to their lowest for more than five decades on Thursday,…
4 years ago
World leaders condemn ‘assault on democracy’ at US Capitol
by Agence France Presse World leaders and governments have expressed shock and outrage at the storming of the US…
4 years ago
Trump condemns protest violence: spokeswoman
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP ) -- Donald Trump condemns "in the strongest possible terms" violence by supporters who stormed the…
4 years ago
Brazil Covid-19 death toll passes 200,000: health ministry
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's Covid-19 death toll passed 200,000 Thursday amid a surging second wave, with a…
4 years ago
Spain hits two million virus cases
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's total number of coronavirus infections surged past two million on Thursday as cases jumped following…
4 years ago
Poorest countries can expect vaccines within weeks: WHO
by Robin MILLARD GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The world's poorest countries can expect to start receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine…
4 years ago
Chinese vaccine 78% effective in Brazil tests: officials
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac showed at least 78-percent effectiveness in final-stage clinical trials in Brazil,…
4 years ago
EU approves Moderna as second coronavirus vaccine
by Danny KEMP Agence France Presse THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The European Union on Monday authorised the Moderna…
4 years ago
1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have…
4 years ago
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