With the US troop withdrawal well underway, the United States on Friday announced more than $266 million in new humanitarian aid for Afghanistan as part of what it called an enduring US commitment to the war-torn country.The announcement comes amid unrelenting violence and a stalled peace process that are fueling fears that the departure of US-led international forces is putting Afghanistan on a path to an all-out civil war that could restore Taliban rule two decades after the Islamists were driven from power.Officials of the administration of US President Joe Biden, who ordered an end to the 20-year US troop…
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Almost one-third of adolescents hospitalized with Covid-19 were admitted to an intensive care unit in January-March of this year, and 5% needed machines to help them breath, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Friday.The agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report showed that adolescent hospitalization rates had fallen in mid-March from a peak of 2.1 per 100,000 in January, but then rose again in April to 1.3 per 100,000.The findings also showed that cumulative Covid–associated hospitalization rates for adolescents between October 2020 and April were as much as three times higher than flu-associated hospitalization rates…
People in Bangladesh gathered outside a mosque in Dhaka to commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. On Friday, the demonstrators held candlelight vigils and shouted slogans outside Dhaka’s Baitul Mukarram Mosque. One of the banners used during the candlelight visit read “Genocide Day”.On June 4, 1989, hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers suppressed student-led pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing in a bloody crackdown, now remembered as the Tiananmen Square massacre. Since then, China has not allowed any discussion on the mainland of its bloody crackdown. With increased powers under China’s draconian national security law, Hong Kong, a former British…
Myanmar on Friday reported its highest number of Covid-19 cases since health services and testing collapsed in the wake of the Feb. 1 coup, adding to concerns over a growing outbreak near the border with India.The 212 cases reported from across the country are low compared to many neighbours, but are the highest in over four months.Many of the cases are from Chin State, bordering India, raising concerns that the more transmissible variant first found there is now spreading in Myanmar.”Three people died yesterday alone. Many got scared,” Lang Khan Khai from the Zomi Care and Development aid group told…
The U.S. Department of Justice claimed that ransomware attacks are becoming more serious and more efficient than ever. Due to increasing security concerns, the DOJ decided to use anti-terrorism measures to stop ransomware attacks from breaching giant tech companies. (Photo : Photo by Patrick Lux/Getty Images)Participant hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers’ congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. The 29th Chaos Communication Congress (29C3) attracts hundreds of participants worldwide annually to engage in workshops and lectures discussing the role of technology in society and…
Walmart and Target introduce their own sale days as an answer to Amazon’s Prime Day. On June 3, Target announced the dates of its sale day, which will run from June 20 to June 22. The company called it the biggest digital sale of the summer. Walmart and Target’s Sale Days Named as Target Deal Days, the event will span three days and it will feature thousands of discounts on home essentials, electronics, toys, beauty items, and food and beverage. Target unveiled that it plans to compete with Amazon’s yearly shopping event called Prime Day, scheduled for June 21 to June 22…
In March and April, when COVID-19 vaccinations were starting to keep older adults out of the hospital, more and more children between 12 and 17 years old were being admitted. Many were seriously sick: around one-third of kids in this age group who were in the hospital for COVID-19 this year were in the intensive care unit, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows. None died. The risk of getting seriously ill and needing to be hospitalized from COVID-19 increases with age, but kids and teenagers can still get sick. Hospitalization rates from COVID-19 in this group…
Apple is well known for gadgets with wireless charging capabilities. Now, some rumors and speculations claimed that the tech giant manufacturer might be developing a new wireless charger that could bring more advanced capabilities. (Photo : Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)The Apple logo is displayed outside company’s Regent Street store on September 29, 2016 in London, England. Technology company Apple has announced that Battersea Power Station, a Grade II listed building and former coal-fired power station, is to be its new London headquarters by 2021. The building, which has been unoccupied for decades, is currently undergoing a £9 billion restoration.…
The World Health Organization said Friday a shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses going through the Covax programme in June and July could undermine the efficiency of the roll-out.Covax was set up to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines, particularly to low-income countries, and has already delivered more than 80 million doses to 129 territories.But that is “about 200 million doses behind where we want to be”, Bruce Aylward, the WHO’s Covax frontman, told reporters in Geneva.So while wealthy countries had pledged to give some 150 million doses so far — on top of the doses Covax procures with donated funds –…
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