AFP Tropical storm Olaf strengthened into a hurricane in the Pacific on Thursday as it churned towards the beach resorts of Los Cabos on Mexico’s Baja...
AFP Covid-19 vaccines are expected to be made compulsory Thursday for Los Angeles schoolchildren aged 12 and over, the first such requirement by a major education...
AFP US President Joe Biden will announce wider vaccine mandates for federal employees as part of a new effort to wrestle Covid-19 back under control in...
AFP The death toll from a devastating prison fire in Indonesia has risen to 44, authorities said Thursday, as families rushed to submit DNA samples to...
AFP German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday described herself as a feminist, saying her position on equality between men and women had developed over the years. ...
AFP Pope Francis on Wednesday announced a promotion for a Chilean priest who was one of the first to denounce child sex abuse in the clergy...
AFP Indian authorities are restricting major religious festivals that start this week and attract huge crowds, warning that a new Covid-19 wave had already begun in...
AFP Beijing said Wednesday it welcomed the end of “three weeks of anarchy” in Afghanistan with the establishment of a new interim government in Kabul, calling...