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9 dead, 40 injured in Mexico pilgrimage bus crash

Shawdesh desk; At least nine people were killed and 40 injured in southern Mexico on Friday when a bus carrying people on a religious outing overturned. The civil defense office

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US approves Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for youngest children

Shawdesh desk: The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization Friday for the use of Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines in the youngest children, the final age group awaiting

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Monkeypox kills 66, infects 1,600 in Africa

Shawdesh desk: The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of procuring thousands of monkeypox tests for Africa but is not recommending mass vaccination at this stage, its Africa

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Zelensky looks far from enthusiastic as Macron leans in for an awkward hug in Kyiv

Shawdesh desk: Emmanuel Macron has copped flak in recent days from Ukrainian officials after urging them not to ‘humiliate’ Russia, suggesting they should negotiate with Vladimir Putin to build an

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Remains of UK journalist Phillips identified in Brazil

Shawdesh desk: The remains of one of the two bodies found in the Amazon rainforest are those of UK journalist Dom Phillips, Brazilian police have confirmed. They say the identification

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Estimated Afghan Job Loss 700,000 to 900,000: SIGAR

Shawdesh Desk: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said that the total job losses since the Taliban takeover is projected to reach between 700,000 and 900,000 by mid-2022.

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Suspect confesses to burying bodies of two men missing in Amazon

Shawdesh Desk: One of two men arrested over the disappearance of a British journalist and an Indigenous expert in the Brazilian Amazon confessed to having buried the pair in the

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Lawmakers launch inquiry into global response to Myanmar coup

Shawdesh Desk: A group of eight international lawmakers on Wednesday launched an inquiry into the global response to the coup in Myanmar on February 1, 2021. The vice-president of the

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