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Delta variant taking hold of Indonesia's Papua as hospitals near...
Hospitals in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua are nearing full capacity amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, with health officials bracing for the...
Death toll in China's flooded highway tunnel rises to 13
Rescuers have found the bodies of 10 more workers who were trapped in a flooded highway tunnel in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last week,...
South African firm to make Pfizer vaccine, first in Africa
A South African firm will begin producing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the first time that the shot will be produced in Africa, Pfizer has...
New Covid-19 cases, deaths and spread of variants all on the rise: WHO
While previous months saw decreasing cases of Covid-19 worldwide, the trend has changed this month and last week saw a 12 per cent increase in the...
Supremacy in check Is the United States done being the world’s cop?
Rather than seeking to dominate the world, the United States should show solidarity with it: First, by curbing its militarism and second, by joining a...
Taliban wants Afghanistan to become haven for insurgents: Ghani
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said that the Taliban has deep ties with Al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed, adding that the...
Massive wildfires in US West bring haze to East Coast
Wildfires in the American West, including one burning in Oregon that's currently the largest in the US, are creating hazy skies as far away as New...
Pelosi moves to block Trump allies from Jan 6 committee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is rejecting two Republicans tapped by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy to sit on a committee investigating the January 6...