Tue 17 August 2021: Malaysia’s king on Tuesday urged rival politicians to unite to battle a worsening coronavirus outbreak as the hunt began for a new prime minister, an opposition leader said. Analysts said the monarch, who appoints the premier, was trying to push the country’s political parties towards forming a unity government following Muhyiddin […]
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Tue 17 August 2021: Most Western media outlets are carrying headlines and hype about the return of the Taliban to Afghanistan after the fighting force swept through the country at a blistering pace which has left military strategists gasping. Within 24 hours of making his “I am staying” speech, President Ashraf Ghani fled from Kabul […]
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Tue 17 August 2021: As a result of criticism over the emerging crisis in Afghanistan, Joe Biden’s approval rating has plummeted to its lowest point in his White House tenure. The president has a 50 percent approval rating, according to FiveThirtyEight’s tracker, which compiles a weighted average of surveys. Biden is facing harsh criticism over […]
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Tue 17 August 2021: Human Rights Watch on Monday called for a United Nations probe into the alleged enforced disappearances of Bangladesh’ opposition activists, demanding sanctions on the officials found responsible. The rights watchdog released a report identifying 86 political activists, businessmen, and student members of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party who went missing over the past […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: US President Joe Biden is defending his decision to withdraw US forces, claiming the mission “was never supposed to be about nation-building.” “It was never supposed to be creating a unified, centralised democracy,” Biden said. “I’ve argued for many years that our mission should be narrowly focused on counterterrorism, not counter-insurgency […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: According to local media, the support rate for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s cabinet has dropped to a historic low of 31.8 percent, down 4.1 points from a month earlier, and 65.1 percent of respondents do not want Suga to stay in office. The disapproval rating increased by 0.8 points to 50.6 percent, the highest level on record since the launch of the Suga cabinet last September. According to the nationwide telephone survey conducted from Friday to Monday, 64.7 percent of respondents want the Tokyo Paralympics, which will open next Tuesday, to […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: Indonesia’s most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted Monday, belching a cloud of ash into the air as red lava flowed down its crater. The early morning explosions spewed clouds as far as 3.5 kilometres (2 miles) from the rumbling volcano, blanketing local communities in grey ash. There were no evacuation orders or reports of casualties. Merapi, close to Indonesia’s […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: Commenting on the Taliban’s conquest of the Afghan capital Kabul, member of Hamas’ Political Bureau Musa Abu Marzouq said that occupied nations should not be deceived by fake slogans handed to them by occupying powers. Taking to Twitter, Abu Marzouq wrote: “The Taliban are victorious today after being accused of backwardness […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) does not plan any changes in its ground operations in Afghanistan and will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to all sides of the conflict in the country, the organization’s spokeswoman told Sputnik on Monday. “The ICRC has been in Afghanistan for more than […]
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Mon 16 August 2021: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all Afghan parties to provide humanitarian workers with access in order to deliver life-saving aid in a timely manner. “I call on all parties to provide humanitarians with unimpeded access to deliver timely and life-saving services and aid,” Guterres told the UN Security […]
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