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London still the most vax resistance area of UK: Survey
In the survey released on Monday, the ONS said adults from all regions of England, Scotland and Wales became less likely to report coronavirus vaccine hesitancy during the first half of 2021, but in London, the hesitancy level fell from 11 per cent to 7 per cent, reports Xinhua news agency.
US to press Taliban to stop military offensive
US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad left for Doha on Sunday, where he help formulate a joint international response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the war-torn counyru. A negotiated peace is the only path to ending the war, and the US will continue to work with all parties and with regional and international stakeholders to advance a consensus on a political settlement.
UNSC meet chaired by PM Modi snubs China, underlines primacy of Law of Sea convention
The conference, held under the agenda item "Maintenance of International Peace and Security," was attended by two presidents (Russia and Kenya), two prime ministers (India and Vietnam), and ten ministers, seven of them were foreign ministers. It was one of the greatest levels of participation in the UN Security Council in recent memory. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken represented his nation.
India is answer to almost every question about China: Former Australia PM Tony Abbott
In an opinion piece published in The Australian newspaper, Abbott argued that it is in everyone's best interests that India reclaims its proper place among countries as quickly as possible especially China) is becoming more belligerent with each passing day. Tony Abbott emphasised that Australia needs to break away from Beijing and claimed that India was a “natural partner” for his country.
US to continue to support Afghan forces
Addressing a briefing here on Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said that the security situation in Afghanistan "is clearly not going in the right direction". "We will continue to support them with the authorities we have, where and when feasible, understanding that it's not always going to be feasible," he said. "But where and when feasible, we will continue to support them with airstrikes, for instance."
Quad poses major threat to Beijing's ambitions: Kevin Rudd
Writing in Foreign Affairs, Rudd, Asia Society's president and CEO argues that the group formed by Japan, Australia, India, and the U.S. poses a major threat to Beijing's ambitions. "But the worst-case scenario from Beijing's perspective is that the Quad could serve as the foundation of a broader global anti-Chinese coalition.
Pak planning to host Foreign Ministers of region to discuss Afghanistan
"We are planning to host foreign ministers of the key regional countries on the Afghan situation," a senior Pakistani official told The Express Tribune requesting anonymity. The official added that they could not provide the list of invitees. However, sources said foreign ministers of the neighbours of Afghanistan including Russia, China, Iran and other stakeholders including Turkey would attend the conference.
Journalist taken hostage by Taliban in Helmand province
As per media reports, provincial in charge of Nai (Open Media Advocate in Afghanistan), Abul Sami Ghairatmal said that Hemat was taken out of his home in Nawa district on Monday. The Taliban are now controlling all the districts of Helmand province and have been fighting the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in the provincial capital, Lashkargah.
'No time for delay and no room for excuses': UN, UNFCCC on IPCC report
Terming the IPCC Working Group 1 Report as a "code red for humanity", Guterres, in a global media release soon after the IPCC report was released earlier in the day, said, that "the alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk".
Attacks in Europe could be outcome of terror groups from Afghanistan
As the Taliban continued to make sweeping territorial gains, Gen Sir Richard Barrons warned that attacks in Europe could be the outcome of groups re-establishing themselves in the country. "I don't believe it's in our own interest – in making that decision to leave we've not only, I think, sold the future of Afghanistan into a very difficult place, we've also sent a really unfortunate message to the west's allies in the Gulf and Africa and Asia," he told BBC Radio.
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