The Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany

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The Afghan minister who became a bicycle courier in Germany

REUTERS Sayed Sadaat used to be communications minister in the Afghan government before moving to Germany last December in the hope of a better future. Now he is a delivery man in the eastern city of Leipzig. He said some at home criticised him..
Over 1,000 revellers who partied at Latitude festival 2021 tested positive for Covid

Latitude Festival 2021 formed part of research over the summer looking into the spread of Covid at mass gatherings - other events involved included Royal Ascot and Euro 2020 More than 1,000 people who attended a festival that was part of a huge dr..
Booster COVID-19 shots should be delayed -WHO director-general

REUTERS WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that COVID-19 booster shots should be delayed as priority should be given to raising vaccination rates in countries where only 1% or 2% of the population has been inoculated. ..
Couple who lost their son to Covid win the lottery twice in two weeks

Susan Slater and her husband, from Canvey Island, Essex, scooped more than £30,000 in two People's Postcode Lottery draws, and plan to use the money for a memorial to son Steve who died earlier this year Susan Slater and her husband, fro..
Delta surging in areas of low COVID-19 vaccine coverage - WHO

REUTERS Circulation of the Delta variant in areas of low vaccination is driving transmission of COVID-19 around the world, World Health Organization officials said on Wednesday. "Many of the places around the world where Delta is surging -..
Gorbachev, leader who pulled Soviets from Afghanistan, says U.S. campaign was doomed from start

REUTERS Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 after Moscow's failed decade-long campaign there, said on Tuesday that NATO's own deployment to the country had been doomed from the..
WHO concerned about COVID-19 in Afghanistan as jabs slow

REUTERS The World Health Organization (WHO) is worried about the spread of the coronavirus in Afghanistan as the upheaval caused by the Taliban advance and seizure of power has slowed vaccinations, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. "As the s..
China rejects need for further WHO coronavirus origins probe

China on Friday rejected the World Health Organization's calls for a renewed probe into the origins of Covid-19, saying it supported "scientific" over "political" efforts to find out how the virus started. Pressure is once ..
WHO urges China to share raw data on early Covid cases

AFP The WHO on Thursday urged China to share raw data from the earliest Covid-19 cases to revive the pandemic origins probe -- and release information to address the controversial lab leak theory. The World Health Organization stressed it was &..

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