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Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend BRICS summit via video link
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 13th BRICS summit to be held on Thursday at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, China’s...
Blinken calls on Taliban to allow charter flights to take off
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday called on the Taliban to allow charter flights carrying Americans and at-risk Afghans to depart...
California recalls vote offers test of Biden political clout
President Joe Biden has been beset by public health, military and climate crises in the past month. Not much time has been left for a potential...
WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year
The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain from offering booster...
Pakistan suggests inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to regional forum
Pakistan on Wednesday suggested inviting Taliban-run Afghanistan to a regional forum of six countries to help avert a humanitarian and economic crisis...
Iran reports 26,854 new COVID-19 cases, 5,210,978 in total
Iran's health ministry on Wednesday reported 26,854 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 5,210,978.
Ukraine could tighten lockdown restrictions as COVID-19 picture...
A Ukrainian government commission will meet soon to decide whether to tighten coronavirus lockdown restrictions, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal told a...
UK, India in ‘sweet spot’ as trade negotiations begin, says Britain’s...
The UK and India are in a ''sweet spot'' of global trade dynamics as negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) begin in the coming weeks,...