Sun 29 August 2021: The US carried out a military strike on Sunday in Kabul, two US officials told Reuters. The Taliban spokesman says the strike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to attack Kabul airport. Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to journalists that the strike happened Sunday. US military officials […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: A priest and three other men have been charged with the gang rape and murder of a low-caste nine-year-old girl, Indian police said, in a case that sparked days of protests in New Delhi. The girl was allegedly assaulted by the priest, 53, and three workers on August 1 after she […]
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Sun 29 August 2021: Japan’s Okinawa region suspended the use of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine on Sunday after another contamination was spotted, the local government said. It comes a day after the Japanese health ministry said it was investigating the death of two men who received shots from tainted Moderna batches — though the cause of […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: The United Nations issued an urgent appeal Saturday for aid for some seven million Afghan farmers in the war-ravaged nation facing the threat of severe drought. Covid-19 has further squeezed agricultural workers in the country, which is now controlled by the Taliban after they toppled the US-backed government this month. The […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday confirmed that negotiations are being carried out with the Taliban on the humanitarian operations and the evacuation of vulnerable Afghans. “Yes, talks have begun with the Taliban on humanitarian operations and the ability to protect and evacuate Afghans at risk,” Macron said told a press […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: Future Retail filed a new case against Amazon.com Inc in India’s Supreme Court on Saturday, in the latest attempt to secure approval for its $3.4 billion retail assets sale, which the US company has disputed. The conflict arose after Future, India’s second-largest retailer with over 1,700 outlets, including the famed Big […]
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Sat 28 August 2021: An American drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed a “planner” of the ISIL-affiliated group, a day after an attack outside Kabul’s airport that killed at least 175 Afghans and 13 US troops. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” a US military statement said […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: Due of the severe and extended COVID-19 epidemic, Malaysian firms are more gloomy about their business prospects in the third quarter of 2021, according to an official survey released on Thursday. In its Business Tendency Report, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) stated that the confidence index dropped to minus 21.3 […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: The United Nations warned on Friday that up to half a million additional refugees might flee Afghanistan’s violence-torn country by the end of 2021. According to the organization, there is currently no flood of people escaping across Afghanistan’s borders, but it is preparing contingency measures in case that changes as the […]
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Fri 27 August 2021: At the Taliban’s proposal, Turkey may end up running the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, with the Taliban itself providing security, but a decision is still pending, said Turkey’s president on Friday. “The Taliban has proposed that we operate Kabul airport. We have not yet made a decision on this […]
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