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France reports more than 10,000 daily virus cases

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- France reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, its highest daily number since…

15 killed, 500,000 evacuated in unprecedented western US bushfires

by Javier TOVAR Agence France Presse Firefighters were battling unprecedented wildfires up and down the US West Coast on Friday…

Hundreds of Oregon homes destroyed by US wildfires

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) --  Hundreds of homes have been lost to massive and unprecedented Oregon wildfires with…

Latin America and Caribbean pass eight million virus infections

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) -- Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday passed the milestone of eight million cases of Covid-19,…

California battles largest-ever fire as eight killed in western US

by Javier TOVAR Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- California firefighters battled the state's largest ever inferno Thursday,…

Greenpeace warns Beirut fire smoke could be ‘toxic’

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Greenpeace warned residents in Lebanon's capital Thursday to protect themselves against "toxic" smoke after a huge…

Singapore Airlines to shed 4,300 jobs due to virus

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore Airlines said Thursday it was cutting about 4,300 jobs -- around 20 percent of its…

Greenpeace warns Beirut fire smoke could be ‘toxic’

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Greenpeace warned residents in Lebanon's capital Thursday to protect themselves against "toxic" smoke after a huge…

Rare white diamond up for auction in Hong Kong

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- A flawless 102-carat oval diamond will head to auction on October 5 in Hong…

Nearly 60 bridges, 2,000 houses wrecked by typhoon in North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A typhoon that struck North Korea wrecked nearly 60 bridges and destroyed or inundated more…

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