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Peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban open in Qatar
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government opened in Qatar on Saturday, marking what US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ...India, China agree to disengage thousands of border troops
The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have agreed that their troops should disengage from a tense border standoff, maintain proper distance and ...Greece races to shelter thousands after Lesbos migrant camp fire
Thousands of asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos languished on roadsides on Thursday, homeless and hungry after the country’s largest ...Israel’s Netanyahu pressed to sign conflict-of-interest deal
With Israel’s prime minister lashing out at him nearly every day, the country’s attorney general is pressing Benjamin Netanyahu to sign a ...World wildlife plummets more than two-thirds in 50 years
Global animal, bird and fish populations have plummeted more than two-thirds in less than 50 years due to rampant over-consumption, experts said ...US revokes visas for 1,000 Chinese under Trump order
The United States has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order by President Donald Trump that ...Thousands homeless as blaze guts Greece’s main migrant camp
Greece’s Lesbos island was plunged into crisis Wednesday after thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless from a huge fire that gutted ...Inter-Libyan talks in Morocco agree on ‘compromise’
Moroccan-brokered talks between Libya’s two rival administrations have led to agreement on the need for compromise, Morocco’s MAP news agency reported Tuesday. ...U.S., European COVID vaccine developers pledge to uphold testing rigour
Nine leading U.S. and European vaccine developers pledged on Tuesday to uphold the scientific standards their experimental immunisations will be held against ...Russia completes early trials of second potential COVID-19 vaccine: Ifax
Siberia’s Vector virology institute on Tuesday completed early-stage human trials, known as Phase II, of a second potential Russian vaccine against COVID-19, ...













