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The Taliban Have Seized U.S. Military Biometrics Devices
The Intercept 17 Aug 2021
The Taliban have seized U.S. military biometrics devices that could aid in the identification of Afghans who assisted coalition forces, current and former military officials have told The Intercept ... military personnel, all of whom worried that sensitive data they contain could be used by the Taliban ... It’s unclear how much of the U.S ... I’m in ... .
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'A big win': USPS must turn over docs about DeJoy's potential conflicts of interest
Alternet 19 Aug 2021
A leading government ethics watchdog on Wednesday cheered a federal judge's ruling ordering the United States Postal Service to hand over documents concerning potential conflicts of interest involving embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. U.S. District Judge John D ... USPS claimed the documents were FOIA-exempt ... This is a big deal ... Rep ... Rep ... .
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'We were bribing them to fight!' Trump inadvertently admits Biden is 100 percent right about Afghan army
Raw Story 18 Aug 2021
In a strange agreement with President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump railed against the war in Afghanistan and the pointlessness of continuing to be there ... He claimed that, for years, Afghan fighters were doing the work on the ground because the U.S ... The U.S ... .
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Guinean authorities identify 58 contacts of Ebola sufferer
Manila Standard Today 19 Aug 2021
Guinean authorities on Wednesday announced that 58 people had been confined to their homes after being identified as contacts of a woman who contracted the Ebola virus ... It was Ivory Coast's first known case of the disease since 1994. Ebola is often deadly, causing severe fever and, in the worst cases, unstoppable bleeding ... .
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Pakistan: Outpouring of anger after woman assaulted by over 400 men
Deutsche Welle 18 Aug 2021
Cases have been registered against 400 unidentified people after a viral video showed a woman being assaulted at Minar-e-Pakistan on the country's independence day. ... In a video that went viral days after August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day, hundreds of men could be seen picking up the woman and throwing her up in the air ... .
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Taliban: West has 'moral obligation' to rebuild Afghanistan
TVNZ 18 Aug 2021
A Taliban spokesperson on Tuesday said the United Kingdom and its western allies have a "moral obligation" to "help reconstruct Afghanistan". In front of a Taliban flag, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, centre, speaks at his first news conference, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Source. Associated Press ... Source. Breakfast ... Source. 1 NEWS ... .
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Beijing prepares to build airport on reclaimed land near Taiwan amid rising tension across strait
South China Morning Post 18 Aug 2021photo: AP / Joe Giddens/Pool Photo
Why Queen did not approve Kate Middleton to marry Prince William
The News International 18 Aug 2021
Before Kate Middleton was set to tie the knot with Prince William in 2011, the Queen had doubts over her because one habit of the Duchess of Sussex’s ... Royal expert Katie Nicholl discusses the topic in her 2010 book William and Harry and said that the Queen found her "frivolous displays of wealth" to be "unpalatable" ... More From Entertainment ... report. .
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'Pool of blood, loved ones around her': Taliban kill woman for not wearing burqa
NewstalkZB 19 Aug 2021
Taliban fighters shot and killed a woman for not wearing a burqa in Afghanistan Tuesday — the same day the group pledged to usher in a new inclusive era in the country that honours "women's rights" ... The militants urged women to return to school and work, and another Taliban spokesman granted a televised interview to a female journalist ... Photo / AP ... .
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Taliban takeover risks emboldening jihadists worldwide: analysts
The Jakarta Post 19 Aug 2021
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Biden sees chaos as US presses Taliban to let Afghans leave
The New Arab 19 Aug 2021
US President Joe Biden said Wednesday it had been impossible to leave Afghanistan without chaos, as the United States pleaded with the victorious Taliban to allow safe passage for people to flee ... But for the first time he said they could stay longer, adding. "If there's American citizens left, we're going to stay to get them all out." ... ....
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Holocaust mass grave unearthed in Poland
The Jerusalem Post 19 Aug 2021
A Holocaust mass grave was found in a backyard in Poland as Israeli relations with Poland plunge due to the anti-restitution law. The grave was found in the Polish town of Wojsławice, otherwise known as Voislavize to its Yiddish-speaking residents ... cnxps.cmd.push(function () { cnxps({ playerId ... Mass grave discovered in Polish town (credit. SHEM OLAM) ... .
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Huawei CFO's extradition hearing in Canada comes to a close
Gulf News 19 Aug 2021
Vancouver. Chinese Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s fight in a Canadian court against extradition to the United States to face fraud and conspiracy charges wrapped up on Wednesday after nearly 1,000 days of legal wranglings and diplomatic brawls ... Days later China detained two Canadians, businessman Michael Spavor and former diplomat Michael Kovrig ... .
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Texas: US court upholds ban of common abortion procedure
Deutsche Welle 19 Aug 2021photo: AP / Joseph Odelyn
Haitians plead for help as storms add to quake misery
Irish Independent 19 Aug 2021
Haitians left homeless by a devastating earthquake that killed around 2,000 people voiced anger over a lack of government aid as they spent a fourth night in the open yesterday, many without clean water or food ... “No one from the government has come here ... “We have the will to do everything but we don’t have the money or resources,” Mr Milford said ... .
