Australia’s new daily cases of Covid-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since the global pandemic began, as two major hospitals in Sydney set up emergency outdoor tents to help deal with a rise in patients.
Serena Williams Is The Latest Tennis Star To Withdraw From The U.S. Open
Serena Williams added herself to the list of big-name withdrawals from the U.S. Open, pulling out of the year’s last Grand Slam tournament because of a torn hamstring.
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China wants families to have three children. But many women aren’t convinced
Faced with a worrying demographic crisis of its own making, China is encouraging couples to have more children.
The CIA Chief And Taliban Leader Meet As Taliban Hold Firm Against Extending Deadline
The talks between CIA Director William Burns and Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar come as an Aug. 31 deadline looms for the end of the U.S. airlift and withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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Zambia’s President sworn in after pulling off rare victory for an African opposition leader
Zambia’s newly-elected president, Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn into office after pulling off a stunning rare victory for an African opposition leader.
China reports no new local Covid-19 cases for first time since July, as Delta outbreak wanes
China reported no new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases on Monday for the first time since July, according to its National Health Commission (NHC), as authorities double down on the country’s stringent zero-Covid approach.
Beijing wants women to have more babies. So why isn’t it loosening rules on egg freezing?
Eva Cai knows she wants a child. She’s just not sure if she wants a husband.
Greece finishes wall on border with Turkey, amid fears of Afghan migrant crisis
Greece has finished building a 40-kilometer (25-mile) wall along its border with Turkey, amid concerns in parts of Europe that the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan could cause an influx of people seeking asylum.
England dropped most of its Covid restrictions. Here’s how it’s going
It’s been a month since England dropped most of its coronavirus restrictions, a move that was welcomed by much of the country’s hard-pressed business sector but criticized by thousands of scientists as a “dangerous and unethical experiment.”
‘Haiti is reeling:’ Earthquake survivors overwhelm hospitals in disaster-hit nation
Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake and urgently need help to treat them, medical staff say.