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US, AFGHANISTAN: The US military negotiated a secret arrangement with the Taliban that resulted in members of the militant group escorting clusters of Americans to the gates of the Kabul airport, CNN reported. One of the…
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AFGHANISTAN: The Taliban is expected to adopt the Iranian model of the political system for governance. Talks have been ongoing between the top Taliban leadership in Kandahar for the last 4 days with a government formation announcement…
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SWITZERLAND: Mu was first identified in Colombia in January 2021, and since then, there have been “sporadic reports” of cases and some larger outbreaks in South America and Europe. The World Health Organisation has said that it…
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NORTH KOREA: Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, has ordered officials to execute a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he turned down some foreign Covid-19 vaccines offered via the United Nations-backed…
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US: Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 44 people in the New York area overnight into Thursday, including several who perished in basements during the “historic” weather event officials blamed on…
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JAPAN: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, effectively ending his tenure after just one year, his party’s secretary general said. Suga announced his intention to…
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INDIA: Faizuddin is still traumatised from the lightning strike that killed his three friends as they took selfies atop a 400-year-old fort in India, where climate change is making lethal strikes more common. Scores of people have met…
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UK: The British Government unveiled plans yesterday to make pet abduction a new criminal offence, in response to a pandemic-fuelled spike in dognapping and other animal thefts. The offence is among the recommendations of a task…
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AUSTRALIA: Australia has reported another record number of 1,477 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as the country continued to battle the raging third wave of the infections. The new cases took the overall infection tally to 56,212,…
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UK: Mamma mia, here we go again! Fans are about to gimme, gimme, gimme ABBA all their money, money, money, as the Eurovision-winning pop stars have just announced that they are about to release their first studio album in 40 years.…
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