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WorldWildfires burn in Portugal, where temperatures hit 43CTags: Print EditionWildfires scorched across Europe on Wednesday, with blazes in Portugal, Spain, southern France and Turkey, as temperatures soared across the continent. In…

WorldTags: Print EditionUK: Governments across the globe have wasted 1.1 billion doses of the COVID vaccines, even as many people, including health workers, particularly in the low-income countries are yet to get at least a single…

WorldTags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Thursday it would reconvene its expert Monkeypox committee on July 21 to decide whether the outbreak constitutes a global health emergency. A second meeting…

WorldA child receives an immunization vaccine in Barpak, Nepal.Tags: Print EditionSWITZERLAND: About 25 million children worldwide have missed out on routine immunizations against common diseases like diptheria, largely because the…

FETO threatens humanityWorldMevlut CAVUSOGLU Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of TurkiyeTags: Print EditionOn the evening of July 15, 2016, the “Fethullahist Terrorist Organisation” (FETO) launched a bloody coup attempt…

WorldAn aerial view of the Mount Vesuvius crater in Campania, Italy.Tags: Print EditionITALY: An American tourist survived a fall into the crater of Mount Vesuvius, Italy’s famed volcano, as he scrambled to retrieve his phone, The…

WorldWheat harvest near Krasne village in Ukraine.Tags: Print EditionUN: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday hailed what he called “substantive progress” in ensuring the export of Ukrainian food products through the…

WorldTags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusGERMANY: A European health emergency official on Wednesday said adapted versions of established mRNA COVID-19 vaccines that address two variants in one shot will soon offer people better…

WorldNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern adjusts her mask.Tags: Print EditionCOVID-19coronavirusNEW ZEALAND: The New Zealand Government on Thursday announced free masks and rapid antigen tests as it tries to stem the spread of…

WorldCharge d’Affaires at the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Ambassador R Ravindra.Tags: Print EditionUN: India has criticised the UN General Assembly’s decision to roll over the Inter-Governmental Negotiations on Security…