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Afghan Taliban say rescue effort almost complete one day after earthquake kills 1,000

23 Jun 2022

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib GAYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Aid began arriving on Thursday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people, with Taliban officials saying the rescue operation was almost complete. The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck early on Wednesday about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of Kabul, in arid …

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Taliban’s isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

23 Jun 2022

By Charlotte Greenfield and Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago. The hardline Islamist group is governing …

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to prison from undisclosed location – BBC

23 Jun 2022

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s ruling military authorities have transferred deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison from the undisclosed location she has been held at since last year’s army coup, news outlets including the BBC reported on Thursday. The BBC’s Burmese-language service cited sources as saying the Nobel laureate, 77, was now being held …

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U.N. readies for possible cholera outbreak after Afghanistan earthquake

23 Jun 2022

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. humanitarian office (OCHA) said preparations were underway to avoid a cholera outbreak in Afghanistan after Wednesday’s earthquake, saying that half a million cases of acute, watery diarrhoea had already been reported. “Cholera outbreaks in the aftermath of earthquakes are of particular and serious concern,” OCHA said in a statement on …

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China’s Xi criticises sanctions ‘abuse’, Putin scolds the West

23 Jun 2022

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday criticised “the abuse” of international sanctions, while Russian President Vladimir Putin scolded the West for fomenting global crisis, with both leaders calling for greater BRICS cooperation. Xi called on Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) to take up the responsibility conferred …

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WHO eyes decision on monkeypox ’emergency’, Africa says it’s long overdue

23 Jun 2022

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization will decide on Thursday whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency, stirring criticism from leading African scientists who say it has been a crisis in their region for years. The deliberations and scrutiny of the WHO’s response to the outbreak follows concerns over how the …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy looks to EU offer as Russia pounds cities

23 Jun 2022

By Pavel Polityuk and Vitalii Hnidyi KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday hailed the European Union’s expected offer of candidate status for his battle-weary nation, as Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s second-biggest city Kharkiv and the eastern Donbas region. European leaders will formally set Ukraine on the long road to EU membership at …

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China appoints Cong Liang as new reserves bureau Party chief

23 Jun 2022

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s Communist Party has appointed Cong Liang the new Party secretary of the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration, the bureau said on Thursday. Cong will take up the role, the most senior position in a government organisation, from Zhang Wufeng, who is currently under investigation for suspected violations of law and …

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Factbox-Health emergencies: WHO’s highest form of alert

23 Jun 2022

LONDON (Reuters) – World Health Organization (WHO) experts meet on Thursday to evaluate whether monkeypox constitutes an international emergency, its highest form of alert. Only six such emergencies have previously been declared: COVID-19 (2020), the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (2019), Zika virus (2016), polio (2014), West Africa’s Ebola outbreak (2014), and the …

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