HONG KONG, Nov 11, 2020 (AFP) - The "travel bubble" agreed between Hong Kong and Singapore will be opened on November 22, their governments said
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Pacific’s Vanuatu records first Covid-19 case
PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Nov 11, 2020 (AFP) - Vanuatu reported its first Covid-19 case Wednesday, ending the Pacific island nation's status as one of the
Hopes rise
- Vaccine 'milestone' hailed as global Covid cases soar WASHINGTON, Nov 10, 2020 (AFP) - One of the teams racing to develop a coronavirus vaccine
Why can’t Trump accept his defeat?
WASHINGTON, Nov 10, 2020 (AFP) - With his defeat in the US presidential election, Donald Trump finds himself fighting against being tagged with a label
Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to end weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Nov 10, 2020 (AFP) - Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on a deal with Russia to end weeks of fierce clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday,
Seventy-five years ago, the Nuremberg trials open
NUREMBERG, Germany, Nov 9, 2020 (AFP) - On November 20, 1945, the first international trial in history opened in Nuremberg, Germany, forcing 21 senior Nazi
Biden begins transition, Trump refuses to concede
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday towards moving into the White House in 73 days, as Donald Trump again
Start of change
- Biden begins transition as Trump refuses to concede WASHINGTON, Nov 9, 2020 (AFP) - US President-elect Joe Biden took the first steps Sunday towards
Worldwide COVID-19 cases top 50 million; 1.25 million dead
WASHINGTON, Nov 9, 2020 (AFP) - The global tally of people infected by the coronavirus shot past 50 million on Monday, as United States President-elect
China ban
NON-Chinese nationals from the Philippines and three European countries will be temporarily barred from entering China due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, the