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Lady Gaga dubbed 'The Icon' on People's best dressed list

Published On: September 17, 2021 02:56 PM NPT By: Reuters

Lady Gaga on Wednesday led a list of People magazine's best-dressed celebrities that included Euphoria star Zendaya and Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis.

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China, France denounce U.S. nuclear sub pact with Britain, Australia

Published On: September 17, 2021 10:10 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON/CANBERRA, Sept 17: China on Thursday denounced a new Indo-Pacific security alliance between the United States, Britain and Australia, saying such partnerships should not target third countries and warning of an intensified arms race in the region.

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Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine protection wanes, makes case for booster

Published On: September 16, 2021 08:21 AM NPT By: Reuters

CHICAGO, Sept 16: New data from Moderna Inc's (MRNA.O) large COVID-19 vaccine trial shows that the protection it offers wanes over time, supporting the case for booster doses, the company said in a news release on Wednesday.

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One month after fall of Kabul, economic crisis stalks Taliban

Published On: September 15, 2021 09:57 AM NPT By: Reuters

REUTERS, Sept 15: A month after seizing Kabul, the Taliban face daunting problems as they seek to convert their lightning military victory into a durable peacetime government.

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Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is dead

Published On: September 14, 2021 03:51 PM NPT By: Reuters

Sept 14: The Taliban have denied that one of their top leaders has been killed in a shootout with rivals, following rumours about internal splits in the movement nearly a month after its lightning victory over the Western-backed government in Kabul.

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N.Korea tests first 'strategic' cruise missile with possible nuclear capability

Published On: September 13, 2021 10:35 AM NPT By: Reuters

SEOUL, Sept 13: North Korea carried out successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile over the weekend, state media said on Monday, seen by analysts as possibly the country's first such weapon with a nuclear capability.

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Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez make romance official in Venice

Published On: September 12, 2021 03:28 PM NPT By: Reuters

After weeks of smooching on yachts and holding hands on intimate walks, Jennifer Lopez and old flame turned new again Ben Affleck made it official Friday night on the red carpet for the premiere of Affleck’s “The Last Duel” at the Venice International Film Festival.

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For Affleck and Damon, working together is a lot of fun

Published On: September 12, 2021 12:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

Childhood friends and Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon said teaming up again to write "The Last Duel," Ridley Scott's film about rape and justice in medieval France, was above all a lot of fun.

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Art Collection featuring Warhol, Picasso heads to auction, valued at $600 million

Published On: September 10, 2021 03:13 PM NPT By: Reuters

Sotheby’s on Thursday announced the sale of a private modern and contemporary art collection featuring Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso pieces valued at more than $600 million, saying that was the highest estimate ever placed on any collection to come to auction.

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Jennifer Lawrence is pregnant, expecting first baby with husband Cooke Maroney

Published On: September 10, 2021 01:27 PM NPT By: Reuters

Jennifer Lawrence has announced she is pregnant and expecting her first child with her husband, art dealer Cooke Maroney. A representative for the actor confirmed the news to People magazine, in a report published late on Wednesday.

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Afghanistan commercial flights resume as U.N. warns of humanitarian crisis

Published On: September 10, 2021 07:41 AM NPT By: Reuters

Sept 10: Kabul on Thursday saw the departure of its first international commercial flight since last month's chaotic Western airlift, but hopes for a return to order were offset by U.N. reports of rising restrictions on women and a looming humanitarian disaster.

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Taliban interim government agrees to let foreigners leave Afghanistan

Published On: September 9, 2021 04:24 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, Sept 9: Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed to their evacuation, a U.S. official said.

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Who to blame for Taliban takeover? Former Afghan envoy points finger at Kabul

Published On: September 9, 2021 10:37 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Sept 8: Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover of her country. But she is not surprised.

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Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

Published On: September 9, 2021 08:12 AM NPT By: Reuters

CHICAGO, Sept 9: The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Some have equipped the virus with better ways of infecting humans or evading vaccine protection.

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UN says basic services in Afghanistan are collapsing

Published On: September 8, 2021 11:33 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, Sept 8: Afghanistan is facing the collapse of basic services and food and other aid is about to run out, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.

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Fire at overcrowded Indonesian prison kills at least 40 -official

Published On: September 8, 2021 10:43 AM NPT By: Reuters

JAKARTA, Sept 8: A fire tore through an overcrowded block in a jail in Indonesia's Banten province in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and injuring dozens, a government spokeswoman and media reports said.

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Belgian collects a treasure trove of 60,000 vintage tin boxes

Published On: September 7, 2021 04:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

Belgian collector Yvette Darden was surrounded by a pile of colored tins, with items ranging from Chocolate, toffee, coffee and rice to tobacco, talc and shoe polish, and come from as far away as India

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Kate Hudson, Jeon Jong-seo star in tribute to outsiders 'Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon'

Published On: September 7, 2021 12:55 PM NPT By: Reuters

Hollywood star Kate Hudson and South Korean actress Jeon Jong-seo play two outsiders on a collision course with their surroundings in Ana Lily Amirpour’s Venice Film Festival competition entry “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon”.

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Hundreds of health centres at risk of closure in Afghanistan - WHO

Published On: September 7, 2021 07:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

GENEVA, Sept 6: Hundreds of medical facilities in Afghanistan are at risk of imminent closure because the Western donors who finance them are barred from dealing with the new Taliban government, a World Health Organization official said on Monday.

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Taliban claim control of Panjshir, promise formation of government 'soon'

Published On: September 6, 2021 07:12 PM NPT By: Reuters

KABUL, Sept  6: The Taliban claimed victory on Monday over opposition forces in the Panjshir valley northeast of Kabul, declaring that it completed the Islamist group's takeover of Afghanistan and promising to announce a new government soon.

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