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US sees spike in kids hospitalisations due to Delta variant
In a two-week period (August 14-27), Covid-19-related emergency department visits and hospital admissions among the mentioned age group in the states with the lowest vaccination coverage were 3.4 and 3.7 times than in those with the highest inoculation rate, respectively, said the study published on Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Report.
'UNHCR not seeing large influx of Afghans crossing into Pak, Iran'
In fact, a displacement crisis is taking place inside Afghanistan, Xinhua news agency quoted UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch as saying in a statement on Friday. However, it is difficult to gather information on the uncertain situation inside Afghanistan, as well as at the borders with neighboring countries, he added.
Over 27,000 Texas students test Covid positive
The data released on Friday revealed that public schools in the state self-reported 27,353 student cases and 4,447 staff cases on campus through August 29, reports Xinhua news agency. The combined school cases, 31,800, made up about 30 percent of all cases in Texas.
EU FMs set conditions for engagement with Taliban
For the EU to operatively cooperate with the Taliban, Afghanistan must fulfil its commitment that the country will not serve as "a base for the export of terrorism to other countries", the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told journalists on Friday after the end of a two-day informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers.
Taliban unlikely to model its political system on Iran
While details about the Afghan model under Taliban are yet to emerge, it is unlikely to echo the Iranian political contraption, devised under the guidance of the late Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri.
Qatar becomes ground zero for the world and Taliban
The latest in that frenzied diplomatic activity is the UK which has sent its Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to hold talks with the Amir of Qatar and also the Foreign Minister. Raab is on a regional tour to assess the Afghan situation.
EU, AstraZeneca reach agreement on Covid vaccine supply dispute
The settlement will ensure the delivery of the remaining vaccine doses still due to EU member states, and put an end to a lawsuit that the EU had launched against the pharmaceutical company before the Brussels Court, explained European Commission Spokesperson for Health Stefan De Keersmaecker, Xinhua reported.
Joe Biden signs order to let some 9/11 documents go public
The order directs the Justice Department and other federal agencies to review documents and release declassified information over the next six months. "We must never forget the enduring pain of the families and loved ones of the 2,977 innocent people who were killed during the worst terrorist attack on America in our history," Biden said in a statement.
Fierce fighting in Panjshir; both Taliban, Resistance claim 'upper hand'
The Resistance includes former Vice-President Amrullah Saleh, former Afghan security force members, and local militias. Both sides are claiming to have gained the upper hand. Saleh has also dismissed claims that he had fled, but said the situation was "difficult", the BBC reported.
After US exit, Taliban declares China as its main partner in Afghanistan
The Taliban also announced that it will be joining Chinese president Xi Jinping's ambitious project Belt and Road Initiative to revive the Ancient Silk route. In return, China will be allowed to fully tap Afghanistan's mineral resources, copper, lithium and rare earth minerals--the feedstock of the electric-car revolution.
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