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Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

US, UK to launch evacuation flights as Taliban advance across...

Washington and London announced plans late on Thursday to quickly pull out their embassy staff and other citizens from...

13 Aug 2021 5:59 AM GMT

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a nucleic acid sample collection station at a park in Beijing on August 5, 2021. (Noel Celis / AFP)

China virus cases rise as Delta variant challenges Beijing

Tuesday's numbers are the highest since January, when the country logged 144 new cases and 126 domestic infections

10 Aug 2021 8:03 AM GMT

An atomic bomb survivor offers a prayer for the atomic bomb victims in front of the cenotaph at Nagasaki Hypocenter Park. (AFP Photo)

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Aug. 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States made the world's first atomic attack on Hiroshima,...

9 Aug 2021 6:47 AM GMT

Municipal workers in personal protective equipment look on as passengers from United Kingdom arrive at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, in Mumbai (PTI)

UK eases travel restrictions for India

Passengers must take a COVID test three days before departure and book in advance for two COVID tests to be taken upon...

8 Aug 2021 8:14 AM GMT

CNN President Jeff Zucker in his memo did not specify the fired employees names, positions or office locations. (AFP Photo)

CNN fires three employees for coming to work unvaccinated: US media

Tech giants like Facebook, Google and Microsoft have all said they will require employees to get jabbed before returning...

6 Aug 2021 8:25 AM GMT

Africa has reported many new outbreaks of the variant as Tunisia, Mozambique, Uganda, Nigeria and Malawi are among the 11 countries targeted by Delta. (Representational image: PTI)

'Delta variant in 135 countries, COVID cases could exceed 200 million...

Cases from India, Indonesia and Thailand accounted for 80 per cent of new cases being reported from the region

5 Aug 2021 8:21 AM GMT

This photo taken on August 2, 2021 shows people buying items at a supermarket in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei province, as authorities said they would test its entire population for Covid-19 after the central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. (STR / AFP)

China's Wuhan to test 'all residents' as COVID returns

Major cities including the capital Beijing have now tested millions of residents while cordoning off residential...

3 Aug 2021 8:02 AM GMT

A resident receives a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nanjing in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo: AFP)

Millions under virus lockdown as China battles Delta outbreak

China on Monday reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases

2 Aug 2021 7:15 AM GMT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, July 2, 2021, people riding bicycles and scooters wait to cross an intersection during rush hour in Beijing. (Photo: AP)

China, India miss UN deadline to update emissions targets

The world's two most populous countries are among dozens that failed to provide an update on their targets

1 Aug 2021 8:01 AM GMT

An Afghan security personnel stand guard in the checkpoint of airport after a suicide attack in Jalalabad province, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. (AP)

Several rockets hit Kandahar airport as Taliban-led violence rages

Violence has escalated in Afghanistan in recent weeks as the Taliban have intensified their offensive

1 Aug 2021 5:01 AM GMT

A woman receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)

Chinese mission opposes EU push for COVID-19 origins study

Chinese spokesperson said politicising the study of the origin has created difficulties for countries to fight the...

30 July 2021 5:08 AM GMT

A medic holds a vial of Bharat Biotechs covid vaccine, Covaxin. (Photo: AFP)

After suspending EUA request, Brazil now shelves import authorisation...

Bharat Biotech will continue to work diligently with Anvisa, to complete the regulatory approval process for Covaxin

29 July 2021 6:43 AM GMT