Taliban take strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on road to Kabul
KABUL (Reuters) -Taliban fighters captured the strategic Afghan city of Ghazni on Thursday, taking them to within 150 km (95 (More…)
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Officials in Japan warn of potential earthquake, that could be worse than Fukushima, is overdue
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The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)Health & Science
Kids with COVID-19 often have no symptoms; smoking linked to vaccine response
By Nancy Lapid
(Reuters) – Here is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants (More…)
California becomes first state to order teachers to get COVID vaccine or test
By Lisa Shumaker and Peter Szekely
(Reuters) -California on Wednesday became the first U.S. state to require that its teachers (More…)
Coronavirus surge pushes Cuba’s healthcare system to brink
By Sarah Marsh
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is bringing back hundreds of doctors working abroad and converting hotels into isolation (More…)
At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires
ALGIERS (Reuters) -Wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state television reported on (More…)
With fuel scarce, Yemen’s forests are next casualty of war
By Khaled Abdullah
KHAMIS BANISAAD, Yemen (Reuters) – Yemeni lumberjack Ali al-Emadi spends hours chopping down an acacia tree with (More…)
U.S.-bound migrants fill Colombia town as COVID-19 border closures lifted
By Steven Grattan
NECOCLI, Colombia (Reuters) – After traveling for more than a year by ship, bus and car from (More…)
10 dead, dozens trapped after landslide in India’s Himalayas – officials
By Devjyot Ghoshal and Alasdair Pal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -A landslide in the mountainous Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has (More…)
Blazes flare anew in Greece but spare ancient Olympia
By Lefteris Papadimas and Leon Malherbe
EVIA, Greece, (Reuters) – A big blaze that swelled overnight forced the evacuation of (More…)
Florida, Texas schools defy governors’ bans on mask mandates as COVID cases soar
By Sharon Bernstein
(Reuters) – School districts in Florida and Texas are bucking their Republican governors’ bans on requiring masks (More…)
