UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (APP): The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President, Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, Tuesday underscored the need for a committed multilateral effort to “bounce back and rebuild” the coronavirus-affected countries and to enable them realize the vision of anti-poverty 2030 development agenda.
WASHINGTON, July 6. /TASS/: The US withdrawal from Afghanistan is over 90% complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement Tuesday.
"The withdrawal process continues; US Central Command estimates that we have completed more than 90% of the entire withdrawal process," the statement says.
Specific figures are not provided in order over concerns of personnel safety, the command notes.
(AP) --- The first waves of arrests in the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol focused on the easy targets. Dozens in the pro-Trump mob openly bragged about their actions on Jan. 6 on social media and were captured in shocking footage broadcast live by national news outlets.
05 July 2021; MEMO: The United States has placed Turkey on its list of countries involved in the practice of recruiting child soldiers, in a move that is set to further strain already-tense relations between the two.
NEW YORK, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Water leak at one of the control towers at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Saturday evening caused the delays or cancellations of hundreds of flights, according to media reports on Sunday.
Nearly 300 flights were reportedly delayed or diverted.
The disruption occurred on the busiest Independence Day weekend for travel since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Some 3.7 million Americans would reportedly fly this weekend, a 164 percent increase from last year.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As shockwaves spread across the country from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, corporate America took a stand against the lies that powered the mob. Or so it seemed.
Dozens of big companies, citing their commitment to democracy, pledged to avoid donating money to the 147 lawmakers who objected to Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s victory on the false grounds that voting fraud stole the election from then-President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling a vaccination “the most patriotic thing you can do,” President Joe Biden on Sunday mixed the nation’s birthday party with a celebration of freedom from the worst of the pandemic. He tempered the strides against COVID-19 with a warning that the fight against the virus wasn’t over.
“Today, all across this nation, we can say with confidence: America is coming back together,” Biden declared as he hosted more than 1,000 service members, first responders and other guests for a July Fourth celebration on the South Lawn of the White House.
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday that brought down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers seek access to new areas of the rubble.
A loud rat-at-tat of explosions echoed from the structure just before 10:30 p.m. Then the building began to fall, one floor after another, cascading into an explosion of dust. Plumes billowed into the air, as crowds watched the scene from afar.
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 03 (APP): The world is in a very “dangerous period” of the coronavirus pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta — first detected in India — which is continuing to evolve and mutate, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned.
“In countries with low COVID-19 vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm,” Tedros told his bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva.”But no country is out of the woods yet”, he added.
Kaseya said Friday evening it had limited the attack to “a very small percentage of our customers” who use its signature VSA software – “currently estimated at fewer than 40 worldwide.”
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