Afghanistan is a country marked by war and internal conflicts, which today are struggling to get ahead and achieve peace with the Taliban; however, they are devastating several districts throughout Afghanistan and have seized several border checkpoints in recent weeks, while the United States withdraws its last troops after 20 years of presence in the country. Here are some pictures: …
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A cargo container ship that’s among the largest in the world has turned sideways and blocked all traffic in Egypt’s Suez Canal, officials said, threatening to disrupt a global shipping system already strained by the coronavirus pandemic. The MV Ever Given, a Panama-flagged container ship that carries trade between Asia and Europe, became grounded Tuesday in the narrow, man-made waterway …
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The snowstorm brought unprecedented problems in the southeastern United States, and the most difficult situation is in Texas, where a large number of people froze on the streets. Millions of people have to live in the blackout, panic in the cold, when the state of Texas, US is experiencing an unprecedented snowstorm in history. Some 2.5 million people are still …
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Emotions were high as excited passengers set off on the first flights between Australia and New Zealand as part of a quarantine-free COVID “travel bubble”, that allowed families separated for a long time by the pandemic to reunite. <img src="https://im.indiatimes.in/photogallery/2021/Apr/1afp_607d90673baaa.jpg'm going to scream, scream, cry, hug, kiss, feel happy, all at the same time," Denise O'Donoghue, 63, told AFP at …
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India is one of the world’s biggest drugmakers and rolled out a long list of countries around the world who would be getting vaccines from New Delhi, some as grants and some as commercial exports. From January 20, India has gifted over 55 lakh doses of vaccines in the neighbourhood. The only country left in the neighbourhood (apart from Pakistan) …
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India has climbed eight positions in the Global Hunger Index from the past year and has been ranked 94 among 107 countries in 2020, according to the Global Hunger Index 2020. With a score of 27.2 out of 50, the 2020 Global Hunger Index report terms the level of hunger in India as “serious”. According to the GHI report, neighbouring …
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“World is so full of beautiful miracles,” exclaimed one Twitter user, “This is blowing my mind,” said another as the now-viral video of a woman playing a musical instrument left the internet stunned. Posted on Twitter by Norwegian diplomat Erik Solheim, the video shows a Kazakh woman playing a melody on a dombra, a long-necked musical instrument in Kazakhstan, in …
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In Pakistan’s Lahore, a 1,200-year-old Hindu temple will be restored after ‘illegal occupants’ were evicted from it following a long court fight, the federal body overseeing minority worship places in the country said on Wednesday. Representational Image/ Unsplash The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) last month retrieved the possession of Valmiki Mandir (temple) situated near the famous Anarkali Bazaar Lahore …
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A 33-year-old Russian woman accused of selling her newborn to pay $3,581 (Rs 286,163) for a nose job has been arrested. The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, gave birth to a baby boy on April 25 and who is of two months now has reportedly sold him off just five days later to a local couple looking to …
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Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who was shot in the chest from close range during an election campaign rally in the country’s western region of Nara on Friday, has died, the Japanese government has confirmed. Abe who was rushed to the Nara Medical University Hospital with him not showing any vital signs, died during treatment. AFP “Shinzo Abe was transported to …
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