UK vets euthanise Geronimo the alpaca despite outcry
International Desk : British government veterinarians on Tuesday killed Geronimo, an alpaca whose sentence of death for carrying bovine tuberculosis made international headlines and pitted...
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Biden says will address nation Tuesday on Afghanistan exit
AFP, Washington : President Joe Biden announced he will address the nation Tuesday on the final US exit from Afghanistan after 20 years of war...
Turkey, UAE leaders hold phone call in sign of improving ties
Agency : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spoken by phone with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed...
Monsoon floods eastern India, thousands marooned
Agency : The Brahmaputra and other rivers across Assam and Bihar burst their banks after incessant downpours.They have accused the government of meddling in the...
India’s Covid vaccine supply jumps, raising export hopes
Reuters :India’s rising output of Covid-19 vaccines and the inoculation of more than half its adult population with at least one dose are raising hopes...
NZ woman dies after receiving Pfizer vaccine
BBC News :New Zealand has reported what it believes to be its first death linked to the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.An independent vaccine safety monitoring board...
Thousands protest in Berlin against Covid curbs, vaccines
Reuters :Several thousand people marched through the streets of Berlin on Sunday for a second day of unauthorised protest against coronavirus vaccinations and restrictions aimed...
North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor
BBC News :North Korea appears to have restarted its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, the UN atomic agency has said in a report.Plutonium, which is used for...
Hurricane Ida kills one, knocks out power across New Orleans
International Desk :Hurricane Ida has made landfall as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, lashing the country’s southwestern coast...
Pakistani soldiers killed in cross border fire
Reuters :Gunfire from across the Afghan border have killed two Pakistani soldiers, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over...
Mother of disappeared Muslim student in India refuses to give up
Al Jazeera and News Agencies :As the world marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, a mother in India is waiting for...
Veteran Afghan commanders to negotiate with Taliban
Reuters :A band of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional commanders, are angling for talks with the Taliban and plan to meet within weeks to...