World

Associated Press: Biden pushing rich nations to share vaccine

President Joe Biden is set to push well-off nations to do more to get the COVID-19 pandemic under control around the world, as world leaders, aid …
Associated Press

Associated Press: US COVID-19 deaths are topping 1,900 a day

COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. have climbed to an average of more than 1,900 a day for the first time since early March, with experts saying the virus is …
Associated Press

Reuters: Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan posts

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers announced several senior appointments on September 21, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the movement’s …
Reuters

RFE/RL: Taliban prime minister meets with Russian, Chinese, Pakistani envoys

The acting head of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, has met in Kabul with representatives from Russia, China, and …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

European court rules Russian government killed Putin critic Litvinenko 

The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Sept. 21 that the Russian government was responsible for the murder of ex-KGB officer Alexander …
Oleg Sukhov

Agence France-Presse: UN chief urges US-China dialogue

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on September 21 urged the United States and China to engage in dialogue, warning of an increasingly divided …
Agence France-Presse

Reuters: Iran says nuclear talks with world powers to resume in few weeks

Iran said on September 21 that talks with world powers over reviving its 2015 nuclear deal would resume in a few weeks, the official Iranian news …
Reuters

Al Jazeera: India seized $2.7 billion in Afghan heroin amid Taliban takeover chaos

Indian officials say they seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200bn rupees ($2,72 billion) amid the …
Al Jazeera

Politico: EU court fines Poland 500,000 euros a day over refusal to shut down coal mine

Poland must pay the European Commission 500,000 euros for each day it continues to extract lignite at the Turów mine near the border with the Czech …
POLITICO

Euronews: President of EU Parliament David Sassoli in hospital with pneumonia

The President of the European Parliament David Sassoli is in “good condition” after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Read more here.
Euronews

CNN: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claims victory in Canada election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will form Canada’s next government following a tightly contested general election against conservative …
CNN

RFE/RL: Orban sets Hungarian election tone with billions in promises

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hoped to woo Hungarian voters ahead of next year’s planned elections as the EU-skeptical populist pledged …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Reuters: Norway promises Europe more gas as prices soar

Norway agreed on September 20 to increase natural gas exports to the rest of Europe as record-high wholesale natural gas prices prompted suppliers in …
Reuters

Putin’s party wins parliamentary election amid record fraud

The Russian parliamentary elections held on Sept. 17-19 saw possibly the most widespread use of fraud in the history of the Russian Federation since …
Oleg Sukhov

Associated Press: UN chief warns China, US to avoid Cold War

UNITED NATIONS — Warning of a potential new Cold War, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair their “completely …
Associated Press

BBC: US to lift travel ban for vaccinated UK and EU travellers

The travel ban for people living in the UK and EU, that was introduced last March by Donald Trump, is finally going to be relaxed. Read more here.
BBC

Wall Street Journal: Pfizer, BioNTech say vaccine is safe for young children

The companies said the COVID-19 vaccine generated levels of antibodies that were similar to those of younger adults, meeting the study’s measurements …
Wall Street Journal

Deutsche Welle: Afghan women demand their rights under Taliban rule

Several Afghan women gathered in Kabul on September 19 to demand the right to work and study under the new Taliban-run government. Read more here.
Deutsche Welle
Repeater ? Photo cut-in with a button ? Photo cut-in without button ? Full-width cut-in with buttons ? Blockquote with button ? Social link to Twitter ? Stories with manual related posts ? Stories with related posts in chosen category ?