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Unwell Tillerson cancels Nairobi programme
AFP, Published on 10/03/2018
» NAIROBI: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who is on his first Africa tour as Washington's top diplomat, on Saturday cancelled his programme in Kenya because he was feeling unwell, officials said.
UK starts mass Covid vaccination programme
AFP, Published on 08/12/2020
» LONDON - Britain on Tuesday hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it begins the biggest vaccination programme in the country's history with a new Covid-19 jab.
Italian populists unveil joint government programme
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» ROME - Italian anti-establishment and far-right parties took a step closer to forming a government by publishing a joint policy programme on Friday.
UK rejoins key European science programme
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» LONDON - Britain and the EU said on Thursday they had struck a pact to allow British scientists back into the world's largest civilian science research programme after being frozen out in a post-Brexit row.
AFP launches fact-checking programme with TikTok
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» PARIS - AFP announced Thursday the launch of a new fact-checking initiative with TikTok to combat the spread of misinformation over the short-form viral video app.
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
AFP, Published on 09/10/2020
» OSLO - The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing millions more into hunger.
Meta ending fact-checking programme in US
AFP, Published on 07/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - The social media giant Meta is slashing its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking programme, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.
IAEA chief demands 'clarifications' on Iran's nuclear programme
AFP, Published on 04/03/2020
» PARIS - The head of the UN's atomic watchdog on Tuesday sounded the alarm at Iran's cooperation with the agency and demanded "clarifications" over an undeclared site in Tehran where uranium particles were found late last year.
Canada MPs pass vast pandemic economic aid programme
AFP, Published on 12/04/2020
» MONTREAL: Canada's lower house of parliament passed a wage subsidy program Saturday heralded as the largest economic measure in the country since World War II, to help businesses and their employees get through the coronavirus crisis.
Israel has 'proof' Iran lied, continued nuclear programme
AFP, Published on 01/05/2018
» JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a televised address Monday he had new "proof" of an Iranian nuclear weapons plan that could be activated at any time, as the US considers whether to pull out of the atomic accord with Tehran.