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US asks 150 countries not to come to UN meeting
The Independent 19 Aug 2021
The United States is urging the more than 150 countries planning to send their leader or a government minister to New York to speak in person at the UN General Assembly next month to consider giving a video address instead to prevent the annual high-level week from becoming “a super-spreader event.” ... ASSOCIATED PRESS. .
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Rainfall observed at peak of Greenland ice sheet for first time on record
Raw Story 20 Aug 2021
This past weekend, researchers at the National Science Foundation's Summit Station observed rainfall at the peak of Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet for the first time on record—an event driven by warming temperatures. "It's something that's hard to imagine without the influence of global climate change." ... "Like the heat wave in the [U.S ... .
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Putin rejected role for US forces near Afghanistan at summit with Biden
Live Mint 20 Aug 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a June 16 summit meeting with President Biden, objected to any role for American forces in Central Asian countries, senior U.S. and Russian officials said, undercutting the U.S. military’s efforts to act against new terrorist dangers after its Afghanistan withdrawal ... and Russian leaders has complicated the U.S.
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Angela Merkel Asks Vladimir Putin To Free Jailed Kremlin Critic
NDTV 20 Aug 2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to free his political opponent Alexei Navalny from prison on the anniversary of the opposition leader's poisoning ... .
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Afghanistan: Taliban carrying out door-to door manhunt, report says
RNZ 20 Aug 2021
The Taliban have stepped up their search for people who worked for Nato forces or the previous Afghan government, a UN document has warned. It said the militants have been going door-to-door to find targets and threatening their family members ... But there are fears the Taliban have changed little since the brutal 1990s ... In other developments ... -BBC. .
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Lindsey Graham threatens Biden with impeachment over Afghanistan
The Independent 20 Aug 2021photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo
Japan urges Israel to ‘restore confidence’ with Palestinians
Anadolu Agency 20 Aug 2021
Tokyo has urged Israel to “restore confidence” with Palestinians, the Japanese foreign minister said during his official trip to Israel. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu told his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Wednesday evening in Tel Aviv that Japan supports a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ... .
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2 children killed in suicide attack near vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Gwadar
Dawn 20 Aug 2021
At least two children were killed in a "suicide attack" targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Balochistan's Gwadar district on Friday, the provincial government's spokesperson said. Three people, including the car's driver, were also injured when a suicide bomber blew himself near the vehicle ... .
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Messi left to wait for PSG debut
Joy Online 20 Aug 2021
Lionel Messi must wait to make his much-anticipated debut for Paris St-Germain after being left out for Friday’s Ligue 1 game at Brest ... Forward Neymar and defender Sergio Ramos miss out as well.
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Wealth gap sparks Xi’s call for ‘common prosperity’
Asiatimes 20 Aug 2021
China could soon reduce the gap between the rich and poor by imposing new taxes on property and inheritance, capping state-owned-enterprise (SOE) executives’ salaries, strengthening antitrust enforcement and promoting more charity ... Didi rides were forced to take a break as authorities demand changes to its data-collection practices. Photo. AFP ... Photo.
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Hackers steal $97 million from Japan's Liquid crypto exchange
Engadget 20 Aug 2021
Just days after a hacker pulled off an audacious crypto heist, another major public breach has occured. Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid is the latest victim of a cyberattack that has seen hackers make off with an estimated $97 million in stolen assets ... The incident is the second major crypto heist to take place this month ... .
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Ethiopia: UN head decries 'hellish' humanitarian situation
Deutsche Welle 20 Aug 2021
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he spoke with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed about the unfolding crisis in Tigray and called for a cease-fire ... .
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Dominic Raab faces resignation calls over Afghanistan crisis
The New Arab 20 Aug 2021
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure to resign following reports that he dodged a critical call to Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar days before the Taliban seized Kabul ... It has been reported that the call never took place ... Members of the British public have also lobbied for Raab to go ... ....
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In Haiti, close relation between the living and the dead
Info News 20 Aug 2021
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s unusually close relationship between the living and the dead has helped hide, in part, the huge toll of Saturday’s earthquake. People in Haiti want to be close to their deceased relatives, to the point of sometimes burying them in their front yards ... And some of the living came closer to the grave than anyone should.
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Bangladesh’s firebrand Islamist leader dies
Asiatimes 20 Aug 2021
Tens of thousands of people on Thursday attended the funeral of the firebrand leader of Bangladesh’s top hardline Islamist organization just hours after he died in the port city of Chittagong, police said ... As the news of his death spread, thousands of Hefazat supporters gathered outside the hospital ... – AFP ....
