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British woman dies in Cyprus after AstraZeneca jab

  NICOSIA, Cyprus (AFP) -- A 39-year-old British woman died in a Cypriot hospital after a blood clotting incident after…

Japan opens mass vaccination centres ahead of Olympics

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan opened its first mass vaccination centres on Monday in a bid to speed up a…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi defiant in first comments since coup

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) -- Detained Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said her ousted party would "exist as long as…

Jack Ma to step down as president of his business school: FT

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, founder of ecommerce giant Aibaba, is going to step down as president…

India passes 300,000 Covid-19 deaths

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India said Monday it had passed more than 300,000 coronavirus deaths, the third country after…

Goma city ‘spared’ as river of lava from DRC volcano halts

by Albert Kambale / Justin Katimwa GOMA, DR Congo (AFP) -- A river of red-hot lava stopped Sunday on the…

Israel to ease coronavirus restrictions

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Israel is set to ease restrictions imposed to combat coronavirus on June 1, but tough rules…

Another cyclone looms for India, week after deadly storm

KOLKATA, India (AFP) -- A severe cyclone is brewing off India's eastern coast, the nation's weather bureau warned Sunday, as…

‘Few reports’ of heart issue in US young people after vaccine

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US health authorities said they were looking into a small number of reports of heart…

Iran explosives factory blast injures 9: authorities

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- At least nine people were injured in a blast on Sunday at a plant producing explosive…

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