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“They should go,” Suhail Shaheen, a member of the Taliban negotiation team, told reporters in Moscow on Friday. Troop presence beyond May 1, Shaheen warned, will qualify as a “violation of the agreement” struck with the Trump administration and will warrant a “reaction.” “We hope that this will not happen, …

“Yes, I will do the AstraZeneca vaccine,” the prime minister said on Friday during his first news conference since entering office last month.  Italy was among a dozen EU countries to temporarily ditch the vaccine after confidence in the jab was shattered by reports from Austria that a person who …

The Fagradalsfjall volcano, located around 20 miles (32km) south of the country’s capital of Reykjavik, erupted late on Friday night, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (ICO), which noted that all flights to and from the neighboring Keflavik International Airport had been paused. Photos of the eruption have circulated on …

Since being told one year ago that the curve-flattening would be a two-week process, many Canadian small- and medium-sized businesses have instead been forced to close for much of the year (while big-box superstores have remained open). Dan Kelly, the president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, recently …

You didn’t need to be in the room in Anchorage, Alaska to hear the fiery rhetoric and see the sparks fly. The US vs. China talks kicked off with all the ferocity of an Ali vs. Frazier heavyweight clash, with the US Secretary of State, in the blue corner, warning …

The restrictions on gatherings introduced by the government during the pandemic have been “confusing” and ambiguous, the parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights said in a statement on Friday, adding that protests have never been “completely illegal” even during lockdown if held properly. The “confusing” nature of the government regulations …

The charges were revealed in a superseding indictment unsealed on Friday, according to multiple reports.  Federal investigators continued their crackdown on those involved in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol and identified members of the Proud Boys as being chief instigators in the day’s events, which led to …

Claims that the social networking services, all owned by Facebook Inc, had gone down first surfaced at around 1:00pm Eastern Time.  There have been as many as 1.2 million reports of problems with Instagram and at least 23,000 for WhatsApp, according to information on Downdetector.com. Some users were hit with error …

Erdogan’s statement comes despite Turkey’s status as a NATO member, with Ankara appearing to take the side of Moscow over Washington. “Biden’s statements about Mr. Putin are not fitting of a president, and a president coming out and using such remarks against the president of a country like Russia is …

After much consternation, speculation and hype, the eagerly anticipated Justice League Snyder Cut has finally premiered on HBO Max, and I watched all four hours of it.  If you don’t know about the Snyder Cut, then you’re probably a healthy human being living a normal life. But just to get …