Firefighters battle second day of blazes near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Fires tore through the hills west of Jerusalem for a second day on Monday (Aug 16) as...
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As storm looms, medics rush to hospitals overrun by Haiti quake
LES CAYES (REUTERS, NYTIMES) - Doctors and aid workers rushed on Monday (Aug 16) to get flights to southwestern Haiti...
French shopping malls to require Covid-19 health pass; hospitalisations hit above 10,000
PARIS (REUTERS) - Shopping malls in Paris and large parts of France had to ask customers to show a health...
UK’s Johnson plans virtual G-7 leaders meeting on Afghanistan
LONDON (REUTERS) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G-7 leaders to discuss the...
Taleban takeover is world’s failure, says UK
LONDON (AFP) - The Taleban takeover in Kabul is a "failure of the international community", Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace...
Fresh fires force evacuation of Greek villages
ATHENS (AFP) - Greek firefighters struggled to control two new blazes that broke out around Athens on Monday (Aug 16),...
Pfizer submits data for third Covid-19 dose approval in US
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday (Aug 16) submitted preliminary clinical data to US health authorities as part...
S’pore hopes Afghan political transition will be peaceful: Vivian Balakrishnan
SINGAPORE - Singapore hopes that the political transition in Afghanistan will be peaceful, with minimum bloodshed, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan...
Russia says Kabul seems safer under Taleban than it was under Ghani
MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan praised the Taleban's conduct on Monday (Aug 16) and said the group, still...
Biden says Afghan quagmire would have helped Russia, China
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said on Monday (Aug 16) that a longer war in Afghanistan would have...