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'My house is burning, oh my God': Villagers tell of devastation as Turkey hit by worst fires in a decade

The ferocity of the fires in Turkey is quite something to behold. ...

British special forces investigating suspected Iranian oil tanker drone attack

British special forces are helping to investigate a suspected Iranian attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker in the Arabian Sea… ...

Afghan president blames West as increased Taliban offensive threatens key cities

The president of Afghanistan has blamed the rapid withdrawal of western forces for an increase in Taliban offensives in parts… ...

Afghanistan: Street fighting rages as Taliban attack key city

The militants are battling to take control of a provincial capital for the first time in years. ...

UK and Iran summon diplomats after tanker attack

Two people were killed in the attack on an oil tanker, which the UK, US and Israel blame on Iran. ...

West faces dilemmas over tanker attack

A drone attack on a ship off the coast of Oman has worsened already strained ties with Iran. ...

Less than 1% of fully vaccinated people have breakthrough infections, analysis finds

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Biden administration expands access to refugee program for Afghans who worked with US

The State Department announced Monday that it will expand access to the US refugee program for certain Afghans amid fears… ...

Kathy Griffin announces she has lung cancer

Years after Kathy Griffin shaved her head in solidarity with her sister who was undergoing chemotherapy, the comedian and actress… ...

US, UK Embassies In Afghanistan Accuse Taliban Of Possible War Crimes

The US and British embassies in Kabul said on Monday the insurgent Taliban may have committed war crimes in southern… ...

Germany Sends Warship To South China Sea Amid Tension With Beijing

Germany on Monday sent a warship to the South China Sea for the first time in almost two decades, joining… ...

Russia Says US Has Asked 24 Of Its Diplomats To Leave By September 3

Russia's ambassador to the United States said Washington had asked 24 Russian diplomats to leave the country by September 3… ...

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Covid Live Updates: Mayor of New York Urges Mask Use Indoors But Stops Short of Mandate

Officials in several states impose vaccine-or-test rules for certain public… ...

Your Tuesday Briefing

How Covax went wrong. ...

Germany Will Offer Vaccine Booster Shots Starting in September

In rich countries, the momentum is growing for giving additional… ...

DIE NEUSTEN ENTWICKLUNGEN - Coronavirus weltweit: Später als geplant sind in den USA 70 Prozent der Erwachsenen geimpft, 30 Prozent der Infektionen fallen auf Europa zurück

Rund 198 Millionen Menschen sind laut der Johns-Hopkins-Universität weltweit positiv… ...

Israels höchste Richter versuchen im Streit um Sheikh Jarrah den Spagat

Das Oberste Gericht hat die Klage von Palästinensern gegen ihre… ...

Deutsche Gesundheitsminister wollen allen Kindern ab zwölf Jahren ein Impfangebot machen

Künftig sollen Minderjährige auch in Impfzentren immunisiert werden. Zudem werden… ...

Court accepts petition against internet blocking

The Civil Court has accepted a petition by a group… ...

Free rides on Red Line during trial

A three-month trial run of the Red Line electric train… ...

Prisons' first harvest of green chiretta in Sept: Somsak

Prisons throughout the country are expected to produce a large… ...

Schlimmer als bei Baerbock: Die grösste Schmutzkampagne Deutschlands

In den Wahlkämpfen 1961 und 1965 wurde Willy Brandt als… ...

Pegasus-Affäre: Der Anwalt von Prinzessin Latifa wurde ausspioniert

Das Handy von David Haigh wurde gehackt. Der Menschenrechtsaktivist setzte… ...

Billig und effizient: Kamikaze-Drohnen, die Waffen des Schattenkriegs

Mit Drohnen allein kann man keinen Krieg gewinnen. Einen Gegner… ...

Space
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for Europa Clipper Mission

NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to… ...

NASA Selects 2 Missions to Study ‘Lost Habitable’ World of Venus

NASA has selected two new missions to Venus, Earth’s nearest planetary neighbor. ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Heads for Earth with Asteroid Sample

After nearly five years in space, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft is on its… ...

Hubble finds evidence of water vapor at Jupiter's moon Ganymede

Astronomers have uncovered evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. This water vapor forms when ice… ...

'Feel good' brain messenger can be willfully controlled, new study reveals

Researchers have discovered that spontaneous impulses of dopamine, the neurological messenger known as the brain's 'feel good' chemical, occur in… ...

Potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer

Researchers have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene,… ...

Human infection with avian influenza A (H5N8) – the Russian Federation

On 18 February 2021, the National IHR Focal Point for the Russian Federation notified WHO of detection of avian influenza… ...

Ebola virus disease – Guinea

On 14 February 2021, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea informed WHO of a cluster of Ebola Virus ...

Rift Valley fever – Kenya

Rift Valley fever (RVF) has been reported in Kenya in humans in Isiolo and Mandera counties and in ...

NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales tweaked to notify fewer contacts

The app in England and Wales will now only alert contacts from the previous two days in asymptomatic cases. ...

Warship positions faked including UK aircraft carrier

Nearly 100 naval ships may have had their locations faked through manipulation of AIS safety system. ...

Anti-Semitic social posts 'not taken down' in 80% of cases

A report tracking hundreds of anti-Semitic social posts finds firms fail to act in 80% of cases. ...

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