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Iran to maintain 'ordinary, technical' cooperation with IAEA
"If some people with political motives want to contaminate cooperation based on technical understanding, Iran's response will be appropriate," Xinhua news agency quoted Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as saying to reporters on Monday. His remarks came ahead of an IAEA board of governors meeting in Vienna.
153 Afghan media outlets stop operations after Taliban takeover
The TOLO News report on Monday said these outlets include radio, print and TV channels, and their closure was mainly due to economic problems and restrictions. "If the organisations supporting media do not pay attention to the outlets, soon we will witness the closing of the remaining ones in the country," TOLO News quoted Hujatullah Mujadadi, deputy head of the Afghanistan Federation of Journalists, as saying.
Taliban fighters force men into car boots
Michelle Bachelet, speaking at the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, said she has seen "credible reports" that Taliban fighters are searching house-to-house to track down anyone who helped the former government or the US. "Officials who worked for previous administrations and their family members (are) being arbitrarily detained. In some cases, the officials were released, and in others, they were found dead."
US doubles down on vax efforts amid Covid resurgence
A surge in Covid-19 deaths caused by the Delta variant is hitting working-age people hard while highlighting the risks for people who remain unvaccinated, Xinhua news agency quoted The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) as saying in a report on Monday. Federal data revealed that Covid-19 deaths among people under 55 have roughly matched highs near 1,800 a week set during last winter's surge, said the report.
Climate change greatest challenge to human rights: UN official
In her opening statement for the 48th session of the Human Rights Council which will last until October 8, Bachelet on Monday noted that the interlinked crises of pollution, climate change and biodiversity act as threat multipliers, amplifying conflicts, tensions and structural inequalities, and forcing people into increasingly vulnerable situations.
Fence surrounding Capitol to return before pro-Trump rally
"The fence will go up a day or two before, and if everything goes well it will come down very soon after," Xinhua news agency quoted Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger as saying to reporters on Monday. Saturday's rally, titled "Justice for J6", aims to protest the arrest of hundreds of rioters in the wake of the January 6 Capitol attack.
UK to offer Covid-19 vaccines to 12 to 15-year-olds
England's CMO Chris Whitty said on Monday that they came to their decision after considering "what effect this will have on transmission in schools and effects on education", Xinhua news agency reported. "It's a useful tool to reduce the disruption," he added.
Kabul airport to be ready for int'l flights soon: Official
"Domestic flight operations have already started and the international flights would begin soon and efforts are underway to remove the remaining 10 to 15 per cent technical problems at the airport," Xinhua news agency quoted Hamadani as saying in a video clip on Monday.
US remains prepared to engage with N.Korea after missile tests
"Our position has not changed when it comes to North Korea," White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters aboard Air Force One. "We remain prepared to engage in diplomacy with the North Korea toward our objective of a complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula," Xinhua news agency quoted her as saying.
US likely to join International Solar Alliance
Launched jointly by India and France in 2015, the ISA is an alliance of 124 countries, most of them being sunshine countries, either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. "America has shown willingness to join the International Solar Alliance. There is positivity (from the American side) about solar energy and the ISA," a top level source from the Environment, Forests and Climate Change Ministry told IANS.
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