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Taliban capture stoked desperation among many Afghans: UN human rights...
Afghanistan's seizure by the Taliban has raised grave fears of a return to past patterns of human rights violations, and stoked desperation among many...
Taiwan reports no new domestic COVID-19 cases, first time since May 9
Taiwan reported zero new domestic COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the first time since May 9 it has logged no community transmissions, with the pandemic...
Japan seeks state of emergency expansion to 8 more prefectures...
Japan is looking to expand a state of emergency to eight more prefectures including the northern island of Hokkaido to stem a rise in coronavirus...
Blinken speaks to German FM, discusses evacuation of people from...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday (local time) and discussed coordinating efforts to evacuate...
U.S. VP Harris forges on with Vietnam trip despite mystery 'health...
Vice President Kamala Harris pushed ahead with a trip to Vietnam on Tuesday after delaying the visit over concerns due to a health incident...
Biden pushes for Aug. 31 Afghanistan pullout as threat of attacks...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by Aug. 31, but left open the chance of...
‘Hope Kabul doesn’t become terrorist hub’
India on Tuesday hoped that the situation in Afghanistan does not pose a challenge to its neighbours and the Afghan territory is not used by terrorist...
How peppers proliferated around the planet
Peppers are cosmopolitan, a vegetable that comes in far more varieties than there are nations in the world. One day you can slice a mild orange bell...