Australia's new daily cases of Covid-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since the global pandemic began, as two major hospitals in Sydney set up emergency outdoor tents to help deal with a rise in patients.
A grave and specific ISIS terror threat is hanging over the frantic endgame of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan with time fast running out to rescue up to 1,500 Americans and the fate of fleeing Afghans looking darker by the hour.
Monrovia, Liberia - President George Manneh Weah has challenged Liberians to rise above hurdles and setbacks facing the nation and help build a just and prosperous one.
The US Food and Drug Administration yesterday granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 16 and older. This is the first vaccine approved by the FDA, and is expected to open the door to more vaccine mandates.
A spokesperson for the anti-Taliban forces gathering in the Panjshir Valley region of Afghanistan said that the group intends to "pursue peace and negotiations before any sort of war and conflict starts".
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is being criticised online for her remarks on female footballers having “flat chests” and being unattractive for marriage.
Following the announcement that refugees fleeing the Taliban are to be hosted in Uganda, the country's gender minister has joked about attractive women being among them.
A New York City pilot program has come under fire by some for what local reports describe as a plan to pay young criminal offenders $1,000 each month for their continued involvement in the program and good behaviour.
President Joe Biden has said he stands "squarely" behind the US exit from Afghanistan as he faces withering criticism over the Taliban's lightning conquest of the war-torn country.
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