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JHU: Global Covid-19 caseload tops 212mn
Date: 2021-08-24 06:29:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:9127364
The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 212 million and the deaths surged to more than four million, according to CNN. In its latest update, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at ....
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US evacuated nearly 28,000 persons from Afghanistan since Aug 14, says Biden
Date: 2021-08-23 09:42:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:9125893
US President Biden said that the U.S. has evacuated nearly 28,000 people from Afghanistan since Aug. 14, including around 11,000 people in about 36 hours over the weekend, CNBC News reported. In a televised address from the White House on Sunday ....
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Lavrov: Moscow-Washington talks on strategic stability are encouraging
Date: 2021-08-23 09:37:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:9125883
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described as encouraging the Russian-US dialogue on strategic stability. Lavrov said Moscow and Washington must begin joint work to establish systemic cooperation on the cybersecurity track, the Russian ....
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Russia: We will not rush to remove Taliban from terrorist list
Date: 2021-08-23 09:35:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:3 - ID:9125880
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Siromolotov announced Monday that Russia will not rush to remove the Taliban from the terrorist list and will not recognize the new Afghan authorities. "We will focus on the practical steps of the new Afghan ....
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UN chief urges all Afghan parties to exercise restraint
Date: 2021-08-17 08:38:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:9115602
UN Secretary General António Guterres said that the international community is following up the developments in Afghanistan “with a heavy heart and deep disquiet about what lies ahead.” After seizing large swaths of territory in recent months, ....
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Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later -- Commander of Afghan special forces
Date: 2021-08-17 08:10:07 GMT - France - International - SN:6 - ID:9115535
Commander of the Afghan army's special forces Gen. Sami Sadat stressed that the Taliban will be defeated, sooner or later. In a statement reported by France 24 on Monday, the 36-year old general said that the city of Lashkar Gah has become a ....
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Biden allocates $500m to help refugees from Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-17 06:50:47 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:9115364
US President Joe Biden has decided to allocate up to 500 million dollars to help refugees from Afghanistan, the White House said in a statement. "I hereby determine... that it is important to the national interest to furnish assistance under the ....
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India reports lowest daily Covid cases in 5 months
Date: 2021-08-10 10:23:05 GMT - India - International - SN:15 - ID:9104403
India logged 28,204 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 147 days, taking the total tally of cases to 31,998,158, NDTV reported Tuesday. The number of active cases fell to 388,508, the lowest in 139 days, according to the Union Health ....
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Greek PM apologizes amid 'unprecedented' wildfires
Date: 2021-08-10 09:35:52 GMT - Greece - International - SN:13 - ID:9104286
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Monday amid a backlash against his government's response to the country's devastating wildfires, Kathimerine newspaper reported. Hit by its worst heatwave in decades, Greece has struggled to ....
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Richard Donner, Director of ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ Films, Dies at 91
Date: 2021-07-06 08:46:12 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:9046391
Richard Donner, the tough, single-minded but playful film director who made Christopher Reeve’s Superman fly, Mel Gibson’s deranged detective lethal and the young stars of “The Goonies” pirate-adorable, died on Monday. He was 91, The New York Times ....