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Global Covid cases up 80% as new subvariant rises
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» PARIS: The number of new Covid-19 cases reported worldwide rose by 80% in the last month, the World Health Organization said on Friday, days after designating a new "variant of interest".
Dygert puts injuries behind her with time trial world title
AFP, Published on 11/08/2023
» GLASGOW - Three years after a horror crash almost ended her career, Chloe Dygert of the United States won the women's time trial at the cycling world championships on Thursday.
Biden creates monument to lynching victim, urges US to confront racism
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden designated a new national monument Tuesday to memorialize the racist 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, and challenged Americans to confront their dark history or risk repeating the past.
Sydney's former HIV epicentre close to ending transmission: research
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» PARIS - The Inner Sydney district, once the epicentre of Australia's HIV epidemic, is very close to becoming the first place in the world to reach the UN's target for ending transmission of the virus, researchers said on Monday.
Viral disease killing felines on 'cat island' Cyprus
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» NICOSIA - A sickly ginger kitten named Bebe is pulled out of a cat carrier at a veterinary clinic in the Cypriot capital, Nicosia.
Nobel winner Vargas Llosa recovering from Covid
AFP, Published on 07/07/2023
» MADRID: Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa has been discharged from the Madrid hospital where he was admitted at the weekend for complications linked to Covid-19, his son said Friday.
Bold man Cavendish plots Tour de France last hurrah
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» BILBAO (SPAIN) - Cycling's all time great sprinter Mark Cavendish has nothing to prove except perhaps to himself as he embarks on his final Tour de France on Saturday.
Mitsotakis: the PM who steered Greece from brink to growth
AFP, Published on 18/06/2023
» ATHENS - Greek ex-prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who hopes to clinch an absolute majority in next week's general election, is credited with returning his debt-ridden country to a path of growth.
Ailing Rybakina pulls out of French Open
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» PARIS: World number four Elena Rybakina withdrew from the French Open on Saturday due to illness, handing a significant and unexpected title boost to defending champion Iga Swiatek as Zhang Zhizhen chased history for China.
Berlusconi leaves hospital after six weeks
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» MILAN: Former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi was discharged on Friday from a hospital in Milan, where he was admitted more than six weeks ago suffering from leukaemia and a lung infection.