Myanmar's civil servant strikes start to bite YANGON, Feb 26, 2021 (AFP) - Public hospitals are deserted. Government offices left dark. And the trains don't leave the stations. Despite risks
WASHINGTON, Feb 26, 2021 (AFP) - A key US Senate official ruled Thursday that President Joe Biden's $15 per hour minimum wage measure cannot be included in the huge Covid
WASHINGTON, Feb 26, 2021 (AFP) - Brace yourself for Donald Trump 2.0, America. The ex-president returns from political hiatus Sunday seeking to regain control of a Republican Party that is
US, rights groups criticize Malaysia for deportations to Myanmar KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 24, 2021 (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday led criticism of Malaysia for deporting more than 1,000
BEIJING, Feb 25, 2021 (AFP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared his country had achieved the "human miracle" of eliminating extreme poverty, though questions continue to surround the
SOFIA, Feb 25, 2021 (AFP) - Bulgarians of all ages, some as young as 20, joined long queues at hospitals this weekend after low uptake on priority lists led the
WASHINGTON, Feb 24, 2021 (AFP) - Veteran US diplomat William Burns, nominated to lead the CIA, pledged Wednesday to keep the agency free of politics and said China would be
WASHINGTON, Feb 23, 2021 (AFP) - President Joe Biden declared Canada and the United States best friends Tuesday, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the friendship "extraordinary" in a virtual
Poles increasingly skeptical about Covid vaccine: survey WARSAW, Feb 23, 2021 (AFP) - A growing number of Poles are opposed to getting a Covid vaccine, according to an opinion poll
BEIJING, Feb 24, 2021 (AFP) - China claimed last year it had met a long-trumpeted target of lifting all its people out of extreme poverty. President Xi Jinping heralded a