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Scientists to explore Thwaites, Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier-
By Associated Press SYDNEY: A team of scientists are sailing to “the place in the world that’s the hardest to ...

20,000 Afghan commandos left behind, lawmakers and veterans urge Biden to rescue them
It’s been four months since the United States left Afghanistan, leaving behind thousands of allies who worked side-by-side with the ...

France allows COVID infected medics to work
France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep ...

UK lifts pre-arrival COVID test rule for overseas travellers-
By PTI LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday that compulsory COVID-19 tests required by overseas travellers no ...

13 dead, including 7 children, in Philadephia house fire-
By PTI PHILADELPHIA: A large house fire in Philadelphia early Wednesday killed 13 people, including seven children, and sent two ...

British Pakistani ex-peer Nazir Ahmed found guilty of sexual assault-
By PTI LONDON: British Pakistani former House of Lords peer, Nazir Ahmed, was on Wednesday convicted of sexual assault against ...

Meghan Markle to receive 1 pound for tabloid’s privacy invasion-
By PTI LONDON: The Duchess of Sussex will receive the nominal sum of 1 pound after a court found that ...

Kazakhstan president’s home ablaze as protests escalate: report
Protesters in Kazakhstan’s largest city stormed the presidential residence and the mayor’s office on Wednesday and set both buildings on ...

New coronavirus variant IHU detected in France, found in traveller returning from Cameroon-
By ANI MARSEILLE: A new coronavirus variant B.1.640.2 also known as IHU variant has been detected in a traveller returning ...

Pope criticizes couples who adopt pets instead of children: ‘a form of selfishness’
Pope Francis on Wednesday branded couples who adopt pets instead of children as “selfish” as part of a call to ...