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Fauci said at least 117 countries around the world are facing the delta variant, which is more than twice as transmissible than the previous strain of coronavirus.

Amid the ruckus over the new host of Jeopardy!, contestant Matt Amodio has methodically scooped up resounding victories and a place in the quiz shows hall of fame.

Envoys from the United States, China and other states on Thursday called for an accelerated peace process for Afghanistan as a "matter of great urgency" and for an immediate halt to attacks on provincial capitals and cities in Afghanistan.

Since foreign troops began to withdraw they have seized most of the country's territory and now control the capitals of eight of 34 provinces.

The conflict in Afghanistan has escalated dramatically since May, when US-led forces began the final stage of a troop withdrawal.

The Mi-8 helicopter carrying 16 people came down in a nature reserve on the mountainous Kamchatka peninsula, the local government said in a statement.

The governments of Panama and Colombia agreed Wednesday to impose a daily limit on the number of migrants passing through the thickly jungled and roadless Darien Gap on the two countries border.

Lebanon's central bank said it would offer credit lines for fuel imports based on the market price for the Lebanese pound from Thursday, effectively ending a fuel subsidy that has drained its reserves since the country descended into financial crisis.

Norway said on Wednesday it was involved in upcoming talks between the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the political opposition, the first time Oslo has confirmed its involvement.

Lebanons central bank said Wednesday it will provide a line of credit for fuel importers at market price, ending subsidies on the scarce resource. The move is likely to send prices soaring in a country already in the throes of an economic crisis.

A former Florida deputy who worked at a school for children with emotional and behavioral problems was fired Wednesday, nearly two years after a video showed him slamming a female student to the ground after she tapped his knee with her foot.

The decision is the latest involving OPEC-member Nigeria's oil-producing south where local communities have long fought legal battles over oil spills and environmental damage.

The Taliban have captured the city now. Both sides have also suffered heavy losses

Premier Brian Pallister, leader of the Canadian province of Manitoba, said on Tuesday he will not seek reelection, amid waning popularity over his handling of the COVID19 pandemic and for his government's inflamed relations with indigenous groups.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Kind, who served more than 24 years in a southwestern Wisconsin district that former President Donald Trump carried in 2020, announced Tuesday that he wont seek reelection next year.

Republican leaders had a duty to promote COVID19 vaccinations at Kentucky's marquee political event, and their failure to do so showed they put politics above the very lives of our people, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday.