Tue 03 August 2021: Officials reported powerful blasts followed by sporadic gunfire shook Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, on Tuesday near the heavily defended “Green Zone,” which houses government facilities and foreign embassies. A senior security official said the first blast, which struck just after 8pm local time (15:30 GMT), appeared to have been caused by a […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan approved legislative amendments on Tuesday that allow firms to fire workers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. A bill on the amendments was passed by the parliament last week and entered into force after it was signed by the president and published. “In case an […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: The Taliban would not receive international support if it takes control of Afghanistan by force, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Taliban has embarked on an offense since the US and other foreign troops began their pullout from Afghanistan this spring, with projections showing the group is on […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: At a press briefing on Tuesday, senior Wuhan official Li Tao stated the city of 11 million people is “swiftly launching comprehensive nucleic acid testing of all residents.” Wuhan, central Chinese city where the coronavirus emerged reported its first local infections in more than a year. A new wave of coronavirus cases […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: The Taliban seized the office of the national broadcaster in the southwestern Afghan city of Lashkargah where clashes with government forces have intensified, the Tolo news agency reported on Monday, citing sources. Fighting in Lashkargah, the capital of the country’s largest province of Helmand, reportedly intensified on Sunday. Employees of […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: According to a senior US State Department official, there has been no major outflow of people from Afghanistan, but some people are crossing the border into neighboring countries as a result of the ongoing Taliban offensive. “We have not seen major large outflows of people yet, but we have seen some […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: Monday’s session was cancelled over COVID infections with the fragile government under pressure over its handling of the pandemic. Opposition members of Malaysia’s parliament were met by riot police and threatened with arrest as they tried to march to the parliament building on Monday amid rising political tension over the government’s […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: Approximately 200 Uzbek soldiers have arrived in Tajikistan to participate in a trilateral military exercise near the Afghan border, Russia’s Central Military District said on Sunday. “About 200 soldiers from Uzbekistan have arrived at the Kharb-Maydon training ground to participate in the joint drills of the Russian, Uzbek and Tajik armed […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: Taliban fighters fired at least three rockets towards Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, according to a spokesman for group, with the goal of thwarting air attacks by Afghan government forces. “Kandahar airport was targeted by us because the enemy were using it as a center to conduct air strikes against […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: Kris Wu, a Chinese-Canadian pop singer, was arrested by Beijing police on suspicion of rape. Wu was being investigated after accusations surfaced online that he was “tricking young females into having sex with him,” according to a statement released late Saturday by police in Beijing’s Chaoyang district. The 30-year-old former member of the Korean boyband EXO had previously been accused by a teenager of having […]
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