Covid symptoms last a year for many patients: study

Fatigue and shortness of breath still afflict many patients a year after their hospitalisation for Covid-19, according to a new Chinese study calling for a better understanding of the pandemic’s long-term health effects.
27 August 2021, 18:00 PM

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53 Civil society and journalists’ organisations, including ARTICLE 19, have called on the member states of G7 to protect Afghan journalists, media workers and their families.
26 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Merkel, Germany's 'eternal' chancellor, prepares to leave the stage

She was called "the leader of the free world" as authoritarian populists were on the march in Europe and the United States but Angela Merkel is wrapping up a historic 16 years in power with an uncertain legacy at home and abroad.
26 August 2021, 03:01 AM

EU Migrant Crisis: 11 missing near Spain’s Canaries

Survivors from a migrant boat who were rescued off the Canary Islands yesterday said 11 people who had embarked with them went missing in the attempted crossing, Spain’s coastguard said.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Xi, Putin show united front on Afghanistan

Chinese and Russian leaders discussed Afghanistan yesterday, Chinese state media said, but did not echo the G7’s call for the Taliban to allow people to flee the country after Aug 31, as desperate crowds left behind by the withdrawal of US troops continue to fear for their safety.
25 August 2021, 18:00 PM

This day in history

1944 - Paris was liberated when the local German commander surrendered to the allies
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM

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A fundamental red line will be the Taliban’s treatment of women and girls. … The onus is now fully on the Taliban to translate these commitments into reality.
24 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Ukraine blocks access to popular Russian news sites

Ukraine yesterday blocked the websites of several prominent Russian media outlets in its latest round of sanctions against neighbouring Russia which it has accused of spreading propaganda.
23 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Putin: we don’t want Afghan militants in Russia

President Vladimir Putin yesterday rejected the idea of sending people evacuation from Afghanistan to countries near Russia,
22 August 2021, 18:00 PM

We don't want Afghan militants in Russia: Putin

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday rejected the idea of sending people evacuation from Afghanistan to countries near Russia, saying he did not want "militants showing up here under cover of refugees", Russian news agencies reported.
22 August 2021, 13:01 PM

Russia, China needed for 'moderating influence' over Taliban, says UK foreign secretary

Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a "moderating influence" over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.
22 August 2021, 07:29 AM

EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks

The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM

EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks

The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said yesterday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan.
21 August 2021, 18:00 PM

EU says no recognition of Taliban, no political talks

The European Union has not recognised the Taliban, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday, nor is it holding political talks with the militants, a week after they seized control of Afghanistan.
21 August 2021, 13:34 PM

Netherlands says first group of Afghans arrives

The Dutch defense ministry says that the first group of Afghans evacuated from Kabul on Dutch military transport planes has arrived at a barracks in the northern Netherlands that has been transformed into a temporary accommodation center.
21 August 2021, 10:49 AM

Thirty-seven migrants feared dead at sea off coast of Spain's Canary Islands

Thirty-seven migrants are feared dead after a dinghy carrying dozens of people capsized off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, the sole survivor to have been found so far told Spain's maritime rescue services on Thursday.
19 August 2021, 19:19 PM

Worse is yet to come

Sydney’s Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said yesterday, as Australia’s largest city continued to break records for new daily infections despite a nearly two-month lockdown.
18 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Swiss declare new record for exact pi figure

Swiss researchers said Monday they had calculated the mathematical constant pi to a new world-record level of exactitude, hitting 62.8 trillion figures using a supercomputer.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Two Armenian soldiers killed in clashes with Azerbaijan

Two Armenian soldiers were killed in border clashes with Azerbaijani forces on Monday, Yerevan said, in the latest military incident between the Caucasus rivals since last year’s war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM

Russian military aircraft crashes during test flight

An Il-112 light military transport aircraft, developed by the Russian army, suffered an “accident” during a test flight, its developer told AFP yesterday.
17 August 2021, 18:00 PM