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Taliban inherit untapped $1 trillion trove of minerals
The Jakarta Post 22 Aug 2021
The Taliban are already in a financial bind since they returned to power 20 years after their ouster, as major aid donors halted their support for Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan : le mollah Baradar, cofondateur des talibans, est arrivé à Kaboul
L'OBS 21 Aug 2021
Le mollah Abdul Ghani Baradar dirigeait le bureau politique des talibans depuis le Qatar. Pour les nouveaux maîtres de l’Afghanistan, l’heure est à la préparation d’un gouvernement ... .
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Taiwan says China wants to 'emulate' the Taliban
Hong Kong Standard 21 Aug 2021
Taiwan's foreign minister accused China on Saturday of wanting to "emulate" the Taliban, saying the island that Beijing claims as sovereign Chinese territory did not wish to be subject to communism or crimes against humanity ... Writing on Twitter in response to the U.S ... The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android. More>> ... arms sales ... .
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Manny Pacquiao loses to Yordenis Ugas on return to ring
BBC News 22 Aug 2021
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West struggles with Afghanistan chaos, Biden again defends withdrawal
Asahi News 21 Aug 2021
KABUL/WASHINGTON--Chaos around the Kabul airport was so bad this week that the U.S. military was forced to use three helicopters to transport 169 Americans into the complex from a building just 200 meters (656 feet) away, the Pentagon said on Friday ... troops and the Islamic militants' swift takeover of the country ... "... U.S ... 31 U.S. deadline ... 11 attacks ... .
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Hurricane Grace unleashes severe flooding in Mexico, killing eight
Indian Express 22 Aug 2021
Hurricane Grace swept onto Mexico’s Gulf coast as a major Category 3 storm and moved inland Saturday, drenching coastal and inland areas in its second landfall in the country in two days. At least eight people died, authorities said ... Garcia said 330,000 people lost power in the storm but it was gradually being restored. The U.S ... Tags. Mexico ... .
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Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, hospitalized for COVID-19
The Los Angeles Times 22 Aug 2021
CHICAGO — . The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife, Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday ... The two are being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago ... A protégé of the Rev ... Catching up on ‘Real Housewives’? Read our coverage of Erika Jayne and Tom Girardi.
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Australia anti-lockdown rallies: protesters violently clash with police in Melbourne
The Guardian 21 Aug 2021
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Grace makes landfall in Mexico as major hurricane
Urdu Point 21 Aug 2021
Hurricane Grace slammed into Mexico for a second time early Saturday as a major Category Three storm, threatening to bring significant flooding and mudslides, US forecasters said ... Category Three is the third highest of five levels on the Saffir-Simpson scale ... Authorities closed most highways in Veracruz, which is crossed by numerous rivers ... ....
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Official Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknown
Indian Express 21 Aug 2021
aliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents’ official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It is not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English and Dari languages went offline Friday ... sanctions laws.
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As conservatives' fortunes plunge, Merkel rides to rescue
Urdu Point 21 Aug 2021
Berlin, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Aug, 2021 ) .German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday gave her would-be successor Armin Laschet a ringing endorsement, in a bid to shore up his ailing election campaign which has triggered fears their party could crash out of government ... I have no desire to go into opposition." ....
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Taliban co-founder in Kabul for talks to set up government
The New Arab 21 Aug 2021
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new "inclusive" government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Other senior Taliban leaders seen in the capital in recent days include Khalil Haqqani - one of America's most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head ... ....
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Kidnapping: Northern Nigeria’s Most Lucrative Industry
OWP 22 Aug 2021
The international attention of kidnappings labelled #BringBackOurGirls in 2014, and #BringBackOurBoys in 2020 may have started a chain reaction in Northern Nigeria. Boko Haram shook the world in 2014 when they abducted 276 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State ... Despite this, 112 girls remain missing ... ....
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Arab Israelis believe Muammar Qaddafi was the ‘King of Arabs’
Blitz 21 Aug 2021
“Yet what they fail to obtain despite their crawling, others ...
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Apple II manual signed by Steve Jobs sold for $787,484 at auction
Indian Express 21 Aug 2021
The Apple II computer user manual from 1979 signed by Steve Jobs and Mike Markkula was sold for $787,484 (or over Rs 5.85 crore) as part of an auction in the US. The document was sold to Jim Irsay, Owner & CEO of the Indianapolis Colts ... The guide is signed and inscribed opposite the Table of Contents ... Go change the world! Steven Jobs, 1980 ... .
