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ITALY: Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg chastised global leaders on Tuesday for failing to meet funding pledges and for delivering too much “blah blah blah’’ as climate change wreaks havoc around the world.…

JAPAN: Fumio Kishida is set to become Japan’s prime minister after the ex-foreign minister overcame popular reformer, Taro Kono, to win the leadership of the country’s ruling party. Kishida, 64, was expected to be appointed Monday to…

US: A US judge on Monday said he would grant “unconditional release” to John Hinckley, who wounded former US President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt. “I am going to, after all these years,…

GERMANY: The two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks to bridge their differences and declared that they got off to a good start. Sunday’s Parliamentary election left…

US President Joe Biden has publicly received a COVID-19 booster jab, urging more Americans to get vaccinated amid a recent increase of infections linked in part to the highly contagious Delta variant. Biden on Monday rejected…

The Army is ready to help ease fuel supply problems after a fourth day of long queues and pump closures. Up to 150 military tanker drivers will prepare to deliver to forecourts which have run dry because of panic buying. The…

US: Google completes 23 years and in true Google fashion, it has a special Doodle with a birthday cake. While celebrations are in order, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s $1.9 trillion parent Alphabet, and his team will do well…

SPAIN: Huge bursts of lava were seen shooting into the air on the Spanish island of La Palma as new vents opened in the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The intense lava flows that started last Sunday have forced thousands to evacuate, and on…

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have announced they will change Afghan Passports and National Identity Cards issued by the previous Government and said the documents will be valid for the time being, according to a local media report. The…

SWITZERLAND: The Delta COVID variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health Organisation has said. "The Delta variant now…