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Steps to end military mission launched
The commander of foreign forces in Afghanistan, US Army General Scott Miller, on Sunday said an orderly withdrawal of foreign forces and the handing over of military bases and equipment to the Afghan forces had begun.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Biden polls positive for first 100 days in office
A majority of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s performance during his first 100 days in office, three new polls found Sunday. Overall, the polls showed a range of 52-58 percent of US adults who say they approve of the job Biden is doing, compared with 39-42 percent who say they disapprove.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Nasa mini-helicopter takes third Mars flight
Nasa’s mini helicopter Ingenuity on Sunday successfully completed its third flight on Mars, moving farther and faster than ever before, with a peak speed of 6.6 feet per second.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Maskless Thai PM fined as coronavirus cases spike
Thailand’s prime minister was fined for not wearing a mask yesterday after new Covid-19 restrictions came into force to try to halt the country’s spiralling outbreak.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
World military spending grows despite pandemic
Military expenditure worldwide rose to nearly $2 trillion in 2020, defying the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers said yesterday.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Iran’s Zarif slams Guards’ influence in diplomacy
Iran’s top diplomat complained in a leaked recording that the elite Revolutionary Guards had more influence in foreign affairs and the country’s nuclear dossier than him, in remarks that shine a light on ties between the government and the powerful force.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
‘Don’t cooperate with them’
Activists opposed to Myanmar’s military junta called on people to stop paying electricity bills and agricultural loans from yesterday, and to keep their children away from school, scorning the top general’s pledge at a regional summit to end the post-coup crisis.
26 April 2021, 18:00 PM
EU sues AstraZeneca over breach of Covid-19 vaccine supply contract
The European Commission said on Monday it had launched legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of Covid-19 vaccines and for not having a "reliable" plan to ensure timely deliveries.
26 April 2021, 16:14 PM
Billion Covid-19 vaccine doses administered globally: AFP
More than one billion doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide, less than five months after the first mass inoculation programmes began to be rolled out, according to an AFP tally.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Battle for Marib leave dozens dead
Yemen’s Huthi rebels have made important gains in the battle for the government’s last northern stronghold, advancing close to the centre of Marib city despite heavy casualties, military sources said yesterday.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
82 die in Baghdad Covid hospital fire
A fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house Covid-19 patients, an Interior Ministry spokesman said yesterday.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
A Sikh temple aids patients battling for breath
Indian coronavirus patient Vidhya Devi, 70, should have been in emergency care at a New Delhi hospital, but instead she lay on the backseat of a car outside a Sikh temple, battling for breath, as she was connected to an oxygen tank on the street.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Protesters reject ‘consensus’
Myanmar’s pro-democracy activists yesterday sharply criticised an agreement between the country’s junta chief and Southeast Asian leaders to end the nation’s violent post-coup crisis and vowed to continue their protest campaign.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Earth day climate summit: key takeaways
Dozens of world leaders met online for a two-day virtual summit that started Thursday on reducing climate change hosted by US President Joe Biden.
25 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Armenian genocide: what happened in 1915?
US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres and forced deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a move that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
25 April 2021, 08:57 AM
London mayor Sadiq Khan joins 101-year-old Dabirul in his ‘Global Walk Challenge’
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan accompanied 101-year-old Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE in his bid to lead a global challenge named ‘Walk with Dabirul’ to complete 1.5 million steps.
25 April 2021, 06:32 AM
Lawmakers urge Biden to back vaccine patent waiver petition
US lawmakers and nonprofit groups on Friday heaped pressure on the Biden administration to back a temporary patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines to
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Chile find AstraZeneca shots safe
Chilean investigators testing the AstraZeneca-Oxford University Covid-19 vaccination in 2,200 people found no instances of blood clots among
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Younger Brazilians increasingly hit by Covid-19, study finds
Younger Brazilians are increasingly being affected by Covid-19, with those in their 20s showing the greatest increase in deaths so far this year,
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM
Knife attack: 3 held after police worker killed near Paris
French investigators were yesterday questioning three people linked to a Tunisian man who stabbed a police employee to death near Paris in a
24 April 2021, 18:00 PM