Amid the Olympic Games, host Japan on Friday extended a virus state of emergency from Tokyo and the southern Okinawa region to several other areas, and extend the measures to the end of August. Daily infections nationwide topped 10,000 for the first time on Thursday, with Tokyo reporting a ...
A spokesman for the Taliban claimed Thursday they controlled 90 percent of Afghanistan’s borders, following offensives carried out by the hardline Islamist group as foreign forces withdraw. “Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Iran, or about 90 percent of the border, are under our control,” Zabihullah Mujahid told the ...
