Author: News Desk

Aljazeera says THE DEATH TOLL from a powerful earthquake in Afghanistan has climbed to 1,000, with more than 1,500 others wounded, according to the Taliban.

TRT World says BIDEN has called on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for 3 months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures.

PageSix says KENDALL JENNER and Devin Booker have broken up after two years together, according to multiple reports.

BBC News says Eight medical personnel are to stand trial accused of criminal negligence in the death of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona.

Afghanistan earthquake latest as more than 1500 feared dead as the Taliban emergency services race against time to find more survivors. Afghanistan and Pakistan were rocked by their deadliest earthquake in decades on Wednesday when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the country’s east, killing around 1,500 people and wounding hundreds more, according to reports from the ground in Afghanistan. Afghanistan earthquake latest The humanitarian disaster comes at a difficult time for the Taliban-ruled country, currently recovering the country from the hunger and economic crises left by the American forces. The earthquake hit at 1:24 a.m. local time on Wednesday around 46 kilometres…

PMQs Live – Did you consider hiring Carrie? Labour asks PM and Starmer grills Johnson on what he’s doing about strikes.

The PM will face Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer for this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions – the first questioning since the UK’s biggest strikes in 30 years started.

PM accused of ‘race to the bottom’ on pay deals – that’s the Independent’s headline.

A double-digit pension rise is on the cards for pensioners, according to the Metro.

Tory bill accused of fatally weakening human rights – that’s the headline on the front page of the Guardian.