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Global Covid cases near 199 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching the 199-million mark as different countries continue their battle against the deadlier Delta variant of coronavirus amid slow

Global Covid cases top 198 million

Shawdesh Desk: The overall number of global Covid cases surpassed 198-million mark as different countries continue their battle against deadlier variants of coronavirus amid slow vaccination rate. Although the situation

Myanmar junta chief says new elections in two years

Shawdesh Desk: Myanmar’s junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military’s initial timeline given when it deposed

Niger floods claim 35 lives, leave over 26,000 homeless

Shawdesh Desk: Heavy rains lashing arid Niger since June have killed 35 people and made more than 26,500 homeless, the civil protection agency said Saturday. Twenty people died in house

Police guard killed at UN compound as fighting rages for Afghan city

Shawdesh Desk: An Afghan police guard was killed Friday when a United Nations compound came under attack in Herat, officials said, as fighting raged between government forces and the Taliban

India logs 41,649 new Covid-19 cases, 593 new deaths

Shawdesh Desk: India recorded 41,649 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 31,613,993, and its death toll climbed to

Global Covid cases top 197 million

Shawdesh desk: As the mass vaccination rates lags, the second wave of the pandemic continues to spread fast with the global Covid-19 caseload sugaring past 197-million mark. Vaccination rates across

Call to let more Afghan interpreters move to UK

Shawdesh Desk: Dozens of former military commanders have called on the government to allow more Afghans who worked for British forces to resettle in the UK. UK ministers have recently