Lifesaving oxygen aid arrives in India as death toll hits new record of 3,689 in one day
by Glenda KWEK / Atish PATEL Agence France Presse NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- More emergency medical aid from…
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Controlled bushfire cloaks Sydney in hazardous smoke
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Sydney was enveloped in a thick bank of hazardous bushfire smoke Monday, forcing authorities in Australia's…
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Hundreds protest virus measures in Finland, Sweden
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- Crowds gathered in the capitals of Finland and Sweden on Saturday as hundreds marched in protest…
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At a Toronto hospital staff exhausted, angry
by Olivier MONNIER TORONTO, Canada (AFP) -- Intensive care nurse Farial Faquiry says the health care system in Canada's Ontario…
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South Africa to get first of 4.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa will on Sunday take delivery of the first batch of its 4.5 million…
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UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India as doctors rally
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India,…
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Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on ‘immunised’ citizens
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the…
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Venezuela triples wages but still not enough to buy food
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- Venezuela nearly tripled its minimum wage Saturday but inflation is so outrageous that that amount…
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Thousands in Brazil rally for Bolsonaro, ignoring virus
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Several thousand Brazilians marched Saturday in support of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, ignoring a surging…
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Domestic workers alarmed by compulsory Hong Kong vaccine plan
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong migrant worker groups on Saturday criticized plans to make coronavirus vaccines compulsory…
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