Taiwan receives Pfizer vaccines
AFP :Taiwan received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines on Thursday, a delivery organised by two tech giants and a charity because of diplomatic...
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Trudeau’s first Canada election debate a slugfest
AFP :Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau devoted most of his time in a first election debate late Tuesday to discussing the effects of the Covid-19...
Nine dead in New York City as Ida brings flash flooding
AFP :At least nine people have died in New York after the city was inundated by flash flooding, police said Thursday, as Storm Ida wreaked...
Afghan girls return to school in Herat
AFP :Girls wearing white hijabs and black tunics crammed into classrooms in the western Afghan city of Herat just days after the Taliban’s takeover.As the...
65 dead in fighting for Yemen’s Marib: military
AFP :Sixty-five rebels and pro-government forces have been killed in renewed fighting for the strategic Yemeni city of Marib, a military official told AFP on...
Qatar, Taliban working to reopen Kabul Airport
AFP :Qatar is working with the Taliban to reopen Kabul’s airport as soon as possible, its foreign minister said on Thursday, urging the hardline Islamists...
US presence in Afghanistan ended in ‘tragedies’: Putin
AFP :Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the United States’ 20-year campaign in Afghanistan ended in “only tragedies, only losses.” The Russian leader has...
Britain in talks with Taliban over safe passage of remaining nationals
AFP :Britain has opened talks with the Taliban over the “safe passage” of its remaining nationals and allies out of Afghanistan after the hardline Islamist...
Taliban parade with US hardware
AFP :Taliban fighters stood aboard captured Humvees as they prepared for a parade Wednesday of plundered US military hardware, including possibly a Black Hawk helicopter,...
Thirty-two die as bus plunges off cliff in Peru
AFP :Thirty-two passengers died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru early Tuesday, officials...
Half of global population has no social protections: UN
AFP :Over half of all people in the world have no social protections, the United Nations said Wednesday, even after the pandemic spurred countries to...
