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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.…

AFGHANISTAN: Among the many fears the Afghans are living with is that of the women in the country who are dreading the loss of the gains they have made over the years in terms of civil rights. The fear reflects in the fact that the…

US: Pentagon officials said that after interruptions, the airlift was back on track and being accelerated despite weather problems. The Taliban have agreed to allow “safe passage” from Afghanistan for civilians hoping to join a…

AFGHANISTAN: Images from an evacuation flight being operated by the US Air Force between Kabul and Qatar surfaced on the internet in the aftermath of the chaotic visuals from Kabul Airport. The military plane called the Boeing…