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Brazil is reopening despite the threat of the delta variant COVID-19
This variant globally increases the incidence of infection and death after a period of decline, and the World Health Organization predicts that it...
Philippines lowers alert level for Taal volcano
Authorities in the Philippines on Saturday lowered the alert level from 3 to 2 for the Taal volcano, near Manila, due to 'decreased unrest'.
Protests in Sydney against lockdown
Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in Australia's largest city of Sydney on Saturday amid a deteriorating Covid-19 situation in the...
Taliban slams US airstrikes as breach of Doha deal
The Taliban on Saturday slammed the US airstrikes in the Afghan provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, as a violation of the Doha agreement.
Biden reaffirms support for Afghanistan
During a phone call with his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani, US President Joe Biden reaffirmed Washington's support for Kabul as fighting has...
WHO, ECDC call for enhanced efforts to prevent Delta transmission
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have called for the reinforcement of enhanced...
Thousands to join Budapest Pride march in protest over new anti-LGBT...
Thousands of Hungarians planned to join the annual Budapest Pride march on Saturday in a show of support for LGBT people and to protest against a law...
Sydney to get more vaccines as COVID cases mount
Sydney will get 50,000 more doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week to battle its worsening COVID outbreak, Canberra said on Saturday, reversing a...