German vaccine maker gives hope as US virus deaths top 250,000
by Yann Schreiber with AFP bureaus FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- The German maker of a top coronavirus vaccine…
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International
California imposes curfew as COVID-19 cases spike
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- California on Thursday imposed a curfew across much of the state to stem…
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Xi touts China’s ‘openness’ on trade in APEC address
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- President Xi Jinping pegged China as the pivot point for global free trade on Thursday,…
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Japan on ‘maximum alert’ after record virus cases: PM
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is on "maximum alert" after logging a record number of daily coronavirus infections, the prime…
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Saudi to host online G20 summit amid pandemic, recession
by Anuj Chopra RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia hosts the G20 summit Saturday in a first for an…
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Pacific’s Samoa records first case of coronavirus
APIA, Samoa (AFP) -- Samoa announced its first case of Covid-19 on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread…
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Heavy rains kill five in Colombia, six missing
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) -- Floods caused by a particularly intense rainy season have killed at least five people and left…
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Iota, weakened but deadly, rips through Central America
by AFP bureaus SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AFP) -- Storm Iota killed at least ten people as it smashed homes,…
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Pfizer/BioNTech say results show Covid vaccine 95% effective
by Issam Ahmed WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Pfizer and BioNTech said Wednesday a completed analysis of their experimental Covid-19…
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DR Congo announces end of latest Ebola epidemic
https://youtu.be/CXd9THIMrM0 KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday declared the end of the country's…
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