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AFGHANISTAN: In their first comments on governance, the Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to emolliate nerves across Kabul where women fear recurrence of the dreadful…

US: One of the greatest entrepreneurs of all time, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ handwritten job application, which he filled way back in 1973 was recently auctioned off for a whopping USD 3,43,00 (around Rs 2.5 crore). “The Steve Jobs’…

JAPAN: Maki Kaji, the creator of the popular numbers puzzle Sudoku whose life’s work was spreading the joy of puzzles, has died, his Japanese company said Tuesday. He was 69 and had bile duct cancer. Known as the “Godfather of…

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa has started manufacturing rapid Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test kits in an effort to stop relying on imports and improve the country’s competitiveness, said Minister of Higher Education, Science…

US: The Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott who has been a forceful opponent of mask mandates, has tested positive for COVID-19, his office said Tuesday, one day after attending an indoor public event. Abbott, who is fully…

NEW ZEALAND: A coronavirus case that plunged New Zealand into a snap national lockdown was confirmed as the Delta variant Wednesday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, as four more cases emerged. Ardern said one of the new cases…

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis said getting the coronavirus vaccine was “an act of love” Wednesday, as the head of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics joined a campaign to boost confidence in COVID-19 jabs. “Thanks to God and to the…

At least 1,941 people are known to have died in Haiti in Saturday's powerful earthquake - a rise of more than 500 on the previous figure, officials say. Nearly 10,000 people have been injured, and many are still missing after the…

The Pope has joined his voice to those of Bishops across North and South America to urge people to get jabbed against Covid-19. In a video message produced in conjunction with the Ad Council, Pope Francis praised the work of…

AFGHANISTAN: Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years ago, has emerged as an undisputed victor of the 20-year war in Afghanistan, the Guardian reported.…