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Afghan president joins stampede to flee country as Taliban close in
Belfast Telegraph 15 Aug 2021
Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country on Sunday, joining his fellow citizens and foreigners in a stampede fleeing the advancing Taliban and signalling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan ... Smoke rose near the compound as staff destroyed important documents ... AP. / ... Enter email address ... AP. / ... AP. / ... AP. / ... AP. / ... .
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Lebanon fuel tank explosion: Death toll climbs to 28
The New Arab 15 Aug 2021
At least 28 people were killed and nearly 80 injured after a fuel tank exploded in northern Lebanon on Sunday, scalding a crowd that was clamouring for gasoline in the crisis-hit country ... George Kettani, the secretary general of the Lebanese Red Cross, said they were still searching for missing people after hospitalising the wounded ... ....
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Disc-shaped UFO spotted in Manhattan skies, alien hunter says humans are being monitored
International Business Times 15 Aug 2021
A mysterious video that was recently submitted to Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is now the hottest debating point among conspiracy theorists and alien enthusiasts. The video apparently shot from Manhattan on August 07 shows a dark disc-shaped UFO hovering in the skies ... Self-styled UFO researcher assures alien presence ... UFO video baffles netizens ... Taliban.
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Putin alarmed over 'absolutely unprecedented' natural disasters in Russia
Straits Times 14 Aug 2021
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (Aug 14) said the scale of natural disasters that have hit Russia this year has been "absolutely unprecedented". Speaking at a video conference with officials on the effects of Siberia's record-setting forest fires, he said it was important�to work on the climate agenda systematically ... �.
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Zambian President Lungu claims elections 'not free and fair' as opposition candidate surges ahead
News24 15 Aug 2021
As opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema surges ahead in election preliminary results, Zambian President Edgar Lungu has alleged that the vote was not free and fair ... .
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7.2 magnitude earthquake hits Haiti; at least 304 killed
The Times of India 15 Aug 2021
PORT-AU-PRINCE. A powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southwestern Haiti on Saturday, killing at least 304 people and injuring at least 1,800 others as buildings tumbled into rubble. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he was rushing aid to areas where towns were destroyed and hospitals overwhelmed with incoming patients ... ``The needs are enormous ... .
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Lebanon premier blames corruption for fuel tank explosion
Anadolu Agency 15 Aug 2021
Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab has blamed corruption for Sunday’s fuel tanker explosion, describing the incident as a "humanitarian tragedy". At least 28 people were killed and 79 others injured when a fuel tanker exploded in Akkar region in northern Lebanon early Sunday ... *Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara .
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‘Immense concern’ as Ivory Coast detects first Ebola case in 25 years
The Independent 15 Aug 2021
Ivory Coast has declared its first case of Ebola in more than 25 years after a teenage girl suffering from a fever was diagnosed at a hospital in the capital, Abidjan ... .
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Will Prevent Instability, Says Afghan President Amid Reports He May Quit
NDTV 14 Aug 2021
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Saturday the remobilisation of the country's armed forces was a "top priority", as Taliban terrorists inched closer to the capital after routing the country's... .
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Nico Ali Walsh, Muhammad Ali’s grandson, wins in pro debut
The Grio 15 Aug 2021
“It’s been an emotional journey, this whole ride,” Nico Ali Walsh says. Nico Ali Walsh made a successful pro debut Saturday night, winning in the first round and then paying homage to his grandfather, Muhammad Ali ... “It’s been an emotional journey, this whole ride,” Ali Walsh said. “Obviously, my grandfather, I’ve been thinking about him so much ... .
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Marburg Virus - another major virus Africa has to battle
Independent online (SA) 15 Aug 2021
LESS than two months after Guinea declared an end to its most recent Ebola outbreak, the country has confirmed a case of the Marburg virus - a highly infectious disease that causes hemorrhagic fever ... The previous outbreak in 2005 resulted in over 200 infections in Angola, 90% of whom died ... Ki-Zerbo said ... and then they generate outbreaks of diseases.
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Ghana Health Service (GHS) issues alert as Marburg virus kills one person in Guinea
Modern Ghana 15 Aug 2021
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has directed all its regional offices to be on ...
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US warns Taliban against military takeover in Afghanistan
Anadolu Agency 13 Aug 2021
Washington’s top peace broker for Afghanistan on Friday reiterated that the US demanded an immediate end to Taliban attacks against cities and an agreement on a political settlement ... This came as the Taliban have advanced into provincial capitals one after another after overrunning more than 200 rural and suburban districts ... 10-12 ... .
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Earth has hottest month; climate change is blamed
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 14 Aug 2021
Earth sizzled in July and became the hottest month in 142 years of recordkeeping, U.S. weather officials announced. As extreme heat waves struck parts of the U.S. and Europe, the globe averaged 62.07 degrees last month, beating out the previous record set in July 2016 and tied again in 2019 and 2020 ... The margin was just .02 degrees ... On Friday, Aug.
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With Taliban at Kabul's doorstep, US embassy officials rush to destroy classified documents
The Times of India 14 Aug 2021
KABUL As Taliban races to take control of Afghanistan and the terrorist group literally on the doorstep of Kabul, the US embassy in the capital city of the war-torn country is scrambling to destroy its classified documents and evacuate American citizens ... Now what they want to do if they achieve that isolation I think only they can speak to." ... .
