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Published by Reuters By Arshad Mohammed, Jonathan Landay and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donors including the United States are expected to allow the transfer of $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan weather its humanitarian crisis, five sources familiar with the matter said on Friday. The sources, […]

Published by The Bangkok Post WASHINGTON: Democracy faces “sustained and alarming challenges” worldwide, US President Joe Biden said on Thursday at a virtual summit on democracy where he sparked controversy by pointedly not inviting China and Russia. Biden, who took office in January amid the biggest US political crisis for decades, said trends are “largely […]

Published by The Bangkok Post The United States government under President Joe Biden is putting up the right fight in a counterproductive way in its online organisation of a “summit for democracy” this week. Much touted since he won the election in November last year, President Biden’s summit of democracies has proved controversial, with both […]

Published by Al-Araby An inter-city train driver in Pakistan has been suspended after he made an unscheduled stop to pick up some yoghurt. A video of the driver’s assistant collecting the snack from a street stall before climbing back into the carriage has been circulating onsocial media. The incident on Monday raised questions about the […]

Published by uInterview.com Kim Kardashian has helped several female athletes escape Afghanistan. Members of the women’s youth development soccer team were brought to London alongside their families, where they will start new lives. The women had to leave their country due to new rules put in place by the Taliban, who prohibit women to play […]