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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…

FRANCE: President Emmanuel Macron has said France will double the number of vaccine doses it donates to poorer countries to 120 million. “The injustice is that in other continents vaccination is far behind because of us,…

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand Province from shaving or trimming beards, a media report said. "The Taliban have banned stylish hairstyles and shaving beards in Helmand Province in southern…

GERMANY: Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in a national election Sunday, narrowly beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel 's center-right CDU/CSU conservative bloc in a closely fought race that…

UK: The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic reduced life expectancy last year by the largest amount since World War II, news agency Reuters reported citing a study by Oxford University. The study showed that life expectancy…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Washington for a three-day visit, received a warm welcome from the members of the Indian community at Joint Base Andrews in Washington DC. This was Prime Minister Modi’s first visit abroad…

The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police…

A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 shook Greece's largest island Crete on Monday and one person was killed when a church dome collapsed, authorities said. (Foreign Agencies)

GERMANY: The center-left Social Democrats have won the biggest share of the vote in Germany’s national election, beating outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right Union bloc in a closely fought race. Election officials said…

SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended treatment with the combination of two monoclonal antibodies (Casirivimab and imdevimab) for two groups of high-risk patients with Covid-19 in its latest living…