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UPDATED: At least 14 dead, buildings collapse as major quake hits Turkey, Greece

  by Gokan GUNES with Hélène COLLIOPOULOU in Athens Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- Rescuers dug through heavy…

Major 7.0 magnitude quake hits western Turkey: USGS

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) -- A major 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of western Turkey on Friday, the…

Facebook chief Zuckerberg braces for civil unrest

by Glenn CHAPMAN SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday warned of the potential for…

Zeta slams into southern US, downgraded to tropical storm

by Mike Smith NEW ORLEANS, United States (AFP) -- Hurricane Zeta barreled through the southern United States as a Category…

Brazilian woman among those killed in France church attack

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- One of the three victims of an extremist knife attack in a church in France Thursday…

US tops 90,000 coronavirus cases in 24 hours for first time

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States notched a record number of new coronavirus cases on Thursday, for the…

Moderna already has $1.1 bn in deposits for Covid-19 vaccine

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- Moderna said Thursday it took in $1.1 billion in deposits in the third quarter…

Saudi ‘strongly condemns’ knife attack in France

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia "strongly condemned" deadly stabbings Thursday in the French city of Nice, which authorities…

Suu Kyi kicks off advance voting for elderly in Myanmar election

by Richard SARGENT / Su Myat MON NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (AFP) -- Myanmar's civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her…

South Korean ex-president Lee ordered back to prison for 17 years

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country's…

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