More than six million people worldwide have died from Covid-19 two years after the novel pathogen started spreading globally, despite the distribution of vaccines that slashed fatality rates across the globe.

The latest one million recorded deaths came more slowly than the previous intervals. It took about 125 days to go from five million deaths to...

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An ACB delegation led by Chairman Mirwais Ashraf met top management officials from Bangladesh Cricket Board recently and discussed strengthening ties between the two cricket bodies and the need for more matches with the senior men&s teams and technical support between countries.

Both parties agreed to arrange bilateral cricket series for...

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Afghanistan&s acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi has met with Tariq Ali Bakheet, special envoy of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for Afghanistan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

During their meeting held on Sunday, Muttaqi and Bakheet discussed the efforts made by the OIC concerning the...

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Da Afghanistan Bank, Afghanistan&s Central Bank, has announced that the 17th cash delivery from the United Nations to Afghanistan, of $32 million, arrived in Kabul on Sunday.

This brings the total amount of cash to $540 million that has been delivered to the country and handed over to Afghanistan&s International Bank (AIB).

Da...

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Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) unveiled its fourth data centre in India on Monday, betting on rising digital consumption in one of its fastest-growing markets, Reuters reported.

Microsoft India head Anant Maheshwari said the company was making long-term investments in the country, although he declined to confirm reports by local media of a $2 billion...

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Russia&s military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities on Monday, the Defence Ministry said, after fighting halted weekend evacuation efforts and civilian casualties from Russia&s invasion mounted, Reuters reported.

The corridors will opened at 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) from the capital Kyiv as...

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