Brazil(AFP): The number of wildfires in Brazil increased 12.7 per cent last year to a decade-high, according to official figures likely to add to pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro’s government over the…
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New Delhi(AFP): India on Sunday approved emergency use of two Covid-19 vaccines to kick off one of the world’s biggest inoculation drives, while the European Union offered to help drug companies expand…
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New Delhi(AFP): India on Saturday staged nationwide drills to start one of the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes like the drug regulator prepared to approve the first vaccine. A government panel on…
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says Ethiopian security forces killed more than 75 people and injured nearly 200 during deadly unrest in June and July after the killing of a…
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — As coronavirus hospitalizations stabilize in parts of California, patients continue to overwhelm hospitals in a large swath of the state and Gov. Gavin Newsom warned Californians Monday to…
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New Delhi: In Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, a family is facing trial under the SC-ST atrocity law just for opposing an act of molestation. The incident took place in a small…
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O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Several states say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, prompting worries about potential delays…
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SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji imposed a nationwide curfew Thursday after urging people near the coast to move to higher ground as the island nation prepared for a major cyclone to hit.…
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CARAHUE, Chile (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in the Chilean region of La Araucanía on Monday to witness a solar eclipse, rejoicing in the rare experience even though visibility was limited…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesting Indian farmers have called for a national strike on Monday, the second in a week, to press for the quashing of three new…
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