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SWITZERLAND: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said it is monitoring a new coronavirus variant known as "Mu", which was first identified in Colombia in January. Mu, known scientifically as B.1.621, has been classified as a…

US: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday mounted a fierce defense of his exit from Afghanistan as the “best decision for America,” the day after the US military withdrawal celebrated by the Taliban as a major victory. “This is the…

US: The US Government said it had confirmed the world’s first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease. The US Department of Agriculture reported infections of…

SOUTH AFRICA: A new COVID-19 variant, C.1.2, detected in South Africa and several other countries, has put global health experts on alarm. As per a new study that is preprint and awaits peer review, the C.1.2 variant may be more…

CHINA: Coronavirus origins tracing should never be used as a handy tool for scapegoating, nor should it be manipulated for political purposes, a senior Chinese health official has said, refuting a recent report produced by the United…

US: Hurricane Ida battered the southern US state of Louisiana and plunged New Orleans into darkness on Sunday, 16 years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast as a Category 4…

AFGHANISTAN,US: Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. President Joe…

GERMANY: He was once a Minister in Afghanistan but quit, fed up with the corruption. Now in Germany, Sayed Sadaat is making a living delivering meals as a bicycle courier. For six hours on weekdays and from noon to 10pm on…

DENMARK: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday it feared another 236,000 COVID-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, expressing concern about stagnating vaccination rates and low uptake in poorer countries. "Last week,…

US: California’s parole board voted on Friday to free Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK) assassin after two of Kennedy’s sons went against several of their siblings’ wishes and said they supported releasing him and prosecutors declined to argue…