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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…

US: Google completes 23 years and in true Google fashion, it has a special Doodle with a birthday cake. While celebrations are in order, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s $1.9 trillion parent Alphabet, and his team will do well…

SPAIN: Huge bursts of lava were seen shooting into the air on the Spanish island of La Palma as new vents opened in the Cumbre Vieja volcano. The intense lava flows that started last Sunday have forced thousands to evacuate, and on…

AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban have announced they will change Afghan Passports and National Identity Cards issued by the previous Government and said the documents will be valid for the time being, according to a local media report. The…

SWITZERLAND: The Delta COVID variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health Organisation has said. "The Delta variant now…

Germany is preparing to bid farewell to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is stepping down after elections scheduled for Sunday. She has led Europe’s biggest economy for the past 16 years and has played a major role in Europe and on the…

The Taliban say they have shot dead four alleged kidnappers and hung their bodies in public squares in the Afghan city of Herat. The gruesome display came a day after a notorious Taliban official warned that extreme punishments such as…

As millions of Americans remain unvaccinated against the coronavirus, health experts hope potential approvals of a number of different oral anti-viral pills - to be taken daily to treat coronavirus — become the final puzzle pieces for…

Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster shots to shore up Americans’ protection against the virus. How much the manufacturers stand to gain depends on how…