Premier of New South Wales (NSW) Gladys Berejiklian declared a seven-day state of emergency on Monday due to ongoing, unprecedented bushfires which have killed at least three people so far and left a hundred wounded. Read more Australia declares state of emergency due to catastrophic bushfires
Egypt recovered from Germany a rare copy of the historic Cedid-Atlas, dating from the early nineteenth century, after it was smuggled out of the country, the Foreign Ministry reported in this capital. Read more Egypt Recovers One of the World's Rarest Atlases
As confirmed global deaths from COVID-19 near 2 million, the World Health Organization is warning the worst of the pandemic may still lie ahead. Dr. Mike Ryan told reporters in Geneva: “Going into a second year of this could even be tougher, given the transmission dynamics and some of the issues that we’re seeing.” Read more World Health Organization warns worst is yet to come
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More than 25,000 signatures have been collected as of Tuesday in the campaign launched in the United States to call for awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban doctors of the Henry Reeve contingent. Read more Thousands of signatures support Nobel Peace Prize campaign in U.S. for Cuban doctorsThousands of...

Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday on a three-day apostolic visit to Iraq with activities planned in this capital, the Plain of Ur and the cities of Najaf, Erbil, Mosul and Qaraqosh.

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