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Afghan troops suffer ‘shockingly high’ casualties as violence mounts

KABUL: At least 150 Afghan troops have been killed or injured in the last 24 hours in a surge of…

5 years ago

Sri Lanka’s Parliament session cut short amid rising Covid-19 cases

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Parliament would meet for only one day this week instead of its regular four days, parliamentary officials…

5 years ago

Kamala Harris’s plane forced to turn around due to technical fault

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris's plane was forced to land soon after take-off on Sunday due to a technical…

5 years ago

Four decades on, where’s the HIV vaccine?

WASHINGTON: In the four decades since the first cases of what would come to be known as AIDS were documented,…

5 years ago

Mexico votes with president’s ‘transformation’ at stake

MEXICO CITY: Mexicans voted Sunday in legislative elections seen as a referendum on President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's more than…

5 years ago

US lawmakers and guvs push for more Covid vaccines to India

WASHINGTON: Several lawmakers and governors have urged the Biden administration to ensure India receives Covid vaccines and medical aid, saying…

5 years ago

Doctors Without Borders: 50 years of emergency, revolt and dreams

PARIS: It grew out of the ideals of a group of newly qualified French doctors who wanted to be on…

5 years ago

Spain opens borders to all vaccinated travellers

MALAGA, Spain: Spain opens its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world on Monday, hoping an influx of…

5 years ago

Trial in MH17 crash to start hearing evidence

BADHOEVEDORP, Netherlands: Dutch judges will on Monday start hearing evidence against three Russian suspects and a Ukrainian in the downing…

5 years ago

Blinken calls on China to cooperate in ‘getting to bottom’ of Covid origins

WASHINGTON: The United States needs to delve deeper into the origins of Covid-19 and hold China accountable, said Secretary of…

5 years ago