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Chinese cities test millions as virus cases surge

Aug 1, 2021

BEIJING (AFP) -- Chinese cities rolled out mass testing of millions of people and imposed fresh travel restrictions as health authorities battled Sunday to contain the country's most widespread coron...
Myanmar junta chief says new elections in two years

Aug 1, 2021

YANGON (AFP) -- Myanmar's junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military's initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San...
Olympics chief admits ‘sleepless nights’ over troubled Tokyo Games

Jul 20, 2021

TOKYO (AFP) - Olympics chief Thomas Bach revealed “doubts” and “sleepless nights” over the postponed Tokyo Games on Tuesday as the opening ceremony nears after a year‘s delay and coronavirus chaos t...
UK PM resisted 2nd lockdown as ‘most dying over 80’: ex-aide

Jul 20, 2021

LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sought to avoid a second lockdown last autumn, arguing that most of those dying were over 80, according to his former aide-turned bitter foe Domini...
Over 60 dead, dozens missing as severe floods strike Europe

Jul 16, 2021

More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to coll...
Myanmar's Suu Kyi vaccinated against Covid-19 in military custody: lawyer

Jul 6, 2021

NAYPYIDAW (AFP) -- Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her personal staff have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 since being taken into military custody, her lawyer said Tuesday, as the c...
Merkel's party readies campaign to keep Germany's top office

Jul 6, 2021

BERLIN (AP) -- Chancellor Angela Merkel's party on Tuesday presented a campaign for Germany's September election that portrays would-be successor Armin Laschet as a conciliatory, experienced leader a...
Report: Serbian arriving for Tokyo Olympics tests positive

Jul 4, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — A member of the Serbian Olympic rowing team has tested positive for COVID-19 while trying to enter Japan for the Tokyo Olympics that are to open in just under three weeks. The news was ...
Tokyo elects assembly amid pandemic fears over Olympics

Jul 4, 2021

TOKYO (AP) — Voters in Japan's capital are electing the Tokyo city assembly amid worries about health risks during the Olympics, opening in three weeks, as coronavirus cases continue to rise. In Sun...
Chinese astronauts make first spacewalk outside new station

Jul 4, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — Two astronauts on Sunday made the first spacewalk outside China's new orbital station to set up cameras and other equipment using a 15-meter-long (50-foot-long) robotic arm. Liu Bomin...
Europe in vaccination race against COVID-19′s delta variant

Jul 3, 2021

Countries across Europe are scrambling to accelerate coronavirus vaccinations and outpace the spread of the more infectious delta variant, in a high-stakes race to prevent hospital wards from filling...
US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed

Jul 2, 2021

DENVER (AP) -- The Transportation Department will propose that airlines be required to refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren't delivered to passengers quickly enough. The proposal, if made...
US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

Jul 2, 2021

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- After nearly 20 years, the U.S. military left Bagram Airfield, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al-Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist at...
China rejects US criticism on human trafficking

Jul 2, 2021

BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday rejected U.S. accusations it is failing to stop human trafficking and said Washington has no right to criticize due to its history of racial discrimination. Beijing wa...
No lockdown plans in Russia as virus deaths hit new record

Jul 2, 2021

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities reported a record-breaking 679 new coronavirus deaths on Friday, a fourth day in a row with the highest daily death toll in the pandemic. No plans for a lockdown ar...