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Afghanistan hails US plan to review deal with Taliban

The Afghan government is welcoming the new US Biden administration moving to review the February 2020 deal with Taliban insurgents. Presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said in a statement Saturday that the US-Taliban agreement has so far failed to deliver the desired goal of ending Taliban […]

Too early to draw Covid origin conclusions: WHO

Geneva-The World Health Organization said Friday it was too early to draw any conclusions from its mission to Wuhan as to whether the Covid-19 pandemic started in China. A team of WHO experts arrived in Wuhan on January 14 to start probing the origins of the deadly […]

United States to review Taliban deal

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration said it will review a landmark US deal with the Taliban, focusing on whether the insurgent group has reduced attacks in Afghanistan, in keeping with its side of the agreement. Washington struck a deal with the Taliban in Qatar last year, to […]

Trump impeachment trial to commence week of Feb 8

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Friday that the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump’s will begin the week of Feb. 8. During a speech in the Senate, the New York Democrat said House of Representatives managers will read the article of impeachment, “incitement […]

Pfizer-BioNTech, WHO strike deal on 40M vaccine doses

The World Health Organization (WHO) and makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine announced Friday that they are ready to provide up to 40 million initial doses to poorer countries through the COVAX facility. “The urgent and equitable rollout of vaccines is not just a moral […]

UK imams mobilise to counter Covid vaccine disinformation

Agencies London Imams across Britain are helping a drive to dispel coronavirus disinformation, using Friday sermons and their influential standing within Muslim communities to argue that Covid-19 vaccines are safe. Qari Asim, chairman of the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board (MINAB) which is leading […]

US Senate confirms Austin as first Black Chief of Pentagon

Washington – The US Senate confirmed retired general Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense Friday, the second cabinet nominee of new President Joe Biden to gain approval and the first African American to lead the Pentagon. Austin gained overwhelming support from both Biden’s […]

Israel concerned over Biden’s stance on Iran, Palestine

Israeli officials expressed concern Thursday over the new US administration’s plan to revive a nuclear deal with Iran as well as reengaging in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, Israeli dailies reported. This follows the swearing-in on Wednesday of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the […]

Biden warns dark days ahead as he outlines COVID plan

US President Joe Biden rolled out his national strategy Thursday to bring America out of the nadir of its grim coronavirus pandemic, warning that even with his efforts the worst is yet to come. Biden inherited a pandemic raging out of control when he […]

US resumes WHO support, launches $1.9 trillion virus plan

Geneva – The United States on Thursday said it would resume its funding of the UN’s health agency as President Joe Biden shifts towards greater international cooperation in the fight against Covid-19, while also launching a $1.9 trillion plan to tackle the pandemic at home. […]

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