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Israel says 500,000 have received fourth vaccine dose as Omicron rages on-
By PTI JERUSALEM: Israel has administered a 4th vaccine dose to more than 500,000 people, the Health Ministry said Friday. Israel ...

Afghan tradition allows girls to access the freedom of boys-
By PTI KABUL: In a Kabul neighbourhood, a gaggle of boys kick a yellow ball around a dusty playground, their ...

Quebec to lift COVID-19 curfew on Monday; Ontario to reopen schools-
By PTI MONTREAL: Quebec’s premier said Thursday the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the French-speaking Canadian province in December will ...

North Korea fires fresh missiles in response to US sanctions
North Korea on Friday fired two short-range ballistic missiles in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea ...

Imran, Pakistan Defence Minister exchange heated words over neglect of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province-
By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Defence Minister Pervez Khattak had a heated exchange of words when ...

North Korea fires likely missile in third launch this month, issues warning to US-
By PTI SEOUL: North Korea on Friday fired at least one possible ballistic missile in its third weapons launch this ...

After six-week surge, Africa's Omicron-driven fourth pandemic wave flattens: WHO
WHO said Africa's fourth pandemic wave-driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in ...

US Embassy in Baghdad targeted by 4 rockets: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD — At least four rockets targeted the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, two Iraqi ...

British Prince Andrew stripped of military honours over sex assault accusations-
By ANI LONDON: Soon after a New York judge gave the green light to a civil lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre, ...

Cambridge professors have public argument over whether the word ‘eloquent’ is racist
An argument has erupted between two Cambridge University professors over whether it was racist to use “eloquent” to describe a ...