Following the record surge in COVID-19 cases during the Omicron-driven wave, some 58% of the U.S. population overall and more than 75% of younger children have been infected with the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, according to a U.S. nationwide blood survey released on Tuesday.

The study issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

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Afghans are reportedly acquiring digital assets that they use to preserve their savings and to lessen the chance of having their money seized by the new authorities, Bloomberg reported this week.

According to Bloomberg, the demand for digital currencies in Afghanistan has surged as some Afghans look to buy stablecoins like tether because they are...

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Fourteen people were injured when a van collided with a car in Afghanistan&s Herat province on Tuesday.

Mamood Shah Rasooli, a spokesman for provincial police, said that the incident happened on the highway between the provincial capital, also Herat, and Islam Qala town which borders Iran.

He said that all those who were injured in the...

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A bomb blast hit a passenger van on the premises of a university in Pakistan&s Karachi city on Tuesday, killing four people including three Chinese nationals, local media reported.

The explosion happened near the Confucius Institute — a Chinese language teaching center at the University of Karachi, Geo News reported, adding one of those...

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The United States, as well as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), is contributing to the suffering of women in Afghanistan through asset freezes, U.N. independent experts said on Monday.

The United Nations and foreign governments, including Washington, have condemned moves by the IEA to backtrack on women&s rights commitments such as on...

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Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world&s richest person, Reuters reported.

Discussions over the deal, which last week appeared uncertain, accelerated over the weekend...

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