WORLD NEWS
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1.4KCOVID-related plastic waste highest from Asian countries: Study
Beijing: More than eight million tonnes of pandemic-associated plastic waste have been generated globally, with more than 25,000 tonnes entering the global ocean,...
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473China Delivers Largest, Most Advanced Warship To Pakistan: Report
The ship is a technologically advanced and highly capable platform with enormous surface-to-surface, surface-to-air and underwater firepower. Beijing: China has delivered to...
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355Canada records world’s first patient diagnosed with ‘climate change’
Since June, hundreds of people have died in a heat wave that broke Canadian heat records. A doctor in Canada’s British Columbia...
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711Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize winner, gets married at home in Britain
“Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life,” the campaigner for...
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615France makes Covid booster shot mandatory for those above 65 to prevent deadly ‘fifth wave’
Booster shots, currently authorised in France for anyone over 65 or with underlying health conditions, will be expanded to those 50 and...
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474Teary-Eyed Family Reunions At New York Airport As US Reopens Borders
At terminal 7 inside New York’s JFK airport, the first passengers off British Airway’s first flight since the borders reopened were greeted...
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698Bill Gates Might Have Been Richer Than Musk, Bezos Combined If…
Bill Gates had the equivalent of 2.06 billion shares in September 1998, when the software maker first became the world’s most-valuable company,...
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467Taliban backs WHO, UNICEF’s polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan
The campaign, which is aimed at reaching over 3 million children, had received Taliban backing, which would allow teams to reach children...
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611Taliban ban Afghan rickshaw pullers from carrying armed men, warn of strict action
The Taliban fighters were also ordered to desist from carrying guns in rickshaws. The governor called on citizens to immediately inform security...
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477Taliban prohibiting women from operating as aid workers in Afghanistan: Human Rights Watch
“The Taliban’s severe restrictions on women aid workers are preventing desperately needed lifesaving aid from reaching Afghans, especially women, girls, and women-headed...
