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White House insists Biden was right on Afghan ‘hard calls’

  by Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Joe Biden is being called everything from…

UK regulator approves Moderna jab for children aged 12-17

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain's medicines watchdog on Tuesday said it had approved the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for children…

Portugal wildfire ‘under control’ but still burning

LISBON, Portugal (AFP) -- More than 600 firefighters on Tuesday managed to bring a blaze under control a day after…

Escorted by Taliban: India’s midnight evacuation from Afghanistan

by Jay DESHMUKH KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) -- Outside the main iron gate of the Indian embassy in Kabul, a group…

New Zealand PM warns virus outbreak will grow

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealanders must brace for additional Covid-19 cases from an outbreak that has plunged the…

ICC fears violations of humanitarian law in Afghanistan

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AFP) -- The International Criminal Court expressed concern Tuesday about reports of crimes in Afghanistan that may…

Australia’s Qantas to make vaccines mandatory for staff

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian airline Qantas said Wednesday it would make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for staff, as the company…

Jerusalem wildfires brought under control

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- Wildfires that have ravaged woodland in the hills west of Jerusalem since noon on Sunday have…

Suspected second case of Ebola in Ivory Coast

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The UN health agency said Tuesday that a second suspected case of infection by the deadly…

US military has evacuated 3,200 people from Afghanistan so far: official

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US military has evacuated more than 3,200 people from Afghanistan so far, including 1,100…

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