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World must brace for more extreme wildfires: UN

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Paris, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming, and governments are ill-prepared for the death and destruction such mega-blazes trail in their wake, the UN warned Wednesday.   Even the most ambitious efforts […]

Turkish president arrives back home from Africa tour

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ANKARA, Feb 23 (XINHUA/APP): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived back in Turkiye early Wednesday following official visits to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal. Erdogan was welcomed at Esenboga Airport in the capital Ankara by Vice President Fuat Oktay, Ankara Governor Vasip Sahin […]

Cyclone Emnati lashes Madagascar

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Antananarivo, Feb 23 (AFP/APP):Cyclone Emnati overnight lashed the island nation of Madagascar, still reeling from the impact of another cyclone earlier this month, local authorities said Wednesday. The cyclone “made landfall around 2300 GMT just north of the southeastern district of Manakara,” Faly Aritiana Fabien, […]

China’s anti-epidemic supplies arrive in Kiribati

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SYDNEY, Feb 23 (XINHUA/APP):Anti-epidemic supplies provided by China were flown to Kiribati’s capital Tarawa on Wednesday to help the South Pacific island country to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical supplies, transported by a chartered plane, include oximeters, monitors, electrocardiographs, ultrasonic diagnostic systems, masks […]

UK bank Barclays says profit quadruples on recovery

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London, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): British bank Barclays announced Wednesday that its 2021 net profit more than quadrupled as the economy recovered from coronavirus fallout. Profit after tax surged to almost £6.4 billion ($8.7 billion), helped by the release of £700 million that had been set […]

China accuses US of raising tensions on Ukraine issue

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Beijing, Feb 23 (AFP/APP): China on Wednesday accused the United States of “raising tensions” and “creating panic” over the Ukraine crisis, shortly after Washington announced sanctions against Moscow and said it would continue to supply weapons to Ukraine against a Russian invasion. Beijing has trod […]

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