International

US: More than 634,000 Afghans have been internally displaced by conflicts in 2021, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the war-torn nation said on Thursday. A total of 634,800 people had been…

UK: A simple nasal spray of tiny antibodies produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, according to a study. Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the UK…

US: FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire a new wave of extremism in the US, The Hill reported. Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…

AUSTRALIA: Australian prime minister Scott Morrison thanked the Deaf Society and Deaf Services for all the work they do to help empower with non-verbal communication those who are hearing impaired. The International Day of Sign…

Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz (L) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet (R) with Annalena Baerbock (Greens) before their televised debate on September 12 in Berlin. GERMANY: On…

US: US President Joe Biden opened a COVID-19 summit of world leaders Wednesday with a promise to donate a “historic” extra 500 million vaccines to countries struggling to push back against the pandemic. “This is an…

US: Unvaccinated Heads of State attending the UN General Assembly this week have to settle for a piece of pizza on a sidewalk instead of fine dining at New York’s restaurants. That is how Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro dined…

A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has rattled southeast Australia, damaging buildings in the city of Melbourne. The earthquake happened about 09:15 local time (23:15 GMT) on Wednesday at Mansfield, not far from the Victorian state…

CHINA: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday proposed a Global Development Initiative, calling for bolstering confidence and jointly addressing global threats and challenges to build a better world for all. Xi made the remarks…

UN: The Taliban, Afghanistan’s new rulers for a matter of weeks, are challenging the credentials of their country’s former UN ambassador and want to speak at the General Assembly’s high-level meeting of world leaders this week, the…