The U.S. intelligence community has assessed that Islamic State in Afghanistan could have the capability to attack the United States in as little as six months, and has the intention to do so, a senior Pentagon official told Congress on Tuesday ... pullout thwarted by suicide bombings and other attacks claimed by Islamic State ... withdrawal in August ... .
Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon speaks to reporters at the US Capitol. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon unveiled a plan to hit 700 American billionaires with new taxes. Billionaires like Musk and Zuckerberg would pay tens of billions in taxes if it's implemented ... The plan was authored by Sen ... "I'm anxious to look at it," Sen ... ....
WASHINGTON. The Biden administration issued on Tuesday its harshest public criticism to date of Israeli plans for Jewish settlement expansion in occupied West Bank, saying that it harmed peace prospects between Israelis and Palestinians...Washington was continuing to raise its views on the issue directly with senior Israeli officials, Price said ... .
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PresidentJoe Biden and China’sPremierLi Keqiang will join an annual summit of 18 Asia-Pacific nations by video Wednesday in a region where the world powers have dueled over trade, Taiwan, democracy, human rights and Beijing’s increasingly assertive actions in disputed territories ... A White House statement Wednesday said Biden will reaffirm U.S ... .
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Berlin, Oct 27. One of a company's main goals is to turn a profit. Study after study have shown that as a rule profits tend to go up with the number of women filling management positions. In 2020, the consulting firm ... .
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BEIJING (XINHUA) - China has formulated new principles on tackling climate change and is contributing its solutions to global climate governance, according to a white paper released Wednesday (Oct 27) by the State Council Information Office...China's Policies and Actions ... More on this topic. � ....
Being cast as a political hero is fraught with dangers ...Somoza was hunted down and killed in Paraguay. The assassination was codenamed “Operation Reptile”. .
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As the world prepares for the UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, the stakes have never been higher. The IPCC report, which confirms that the planet is imminently on course for global warming in the next two decades, has demonstrated that the world needs an urgent and comprehensive shift in energy thinking ... A clear pathway. This pathway is clear ... .
COLOMBO (AFP) - A Sri LankanBuddhist monk long accused of fanning sectarian hatred will head a new task force on legal reforms in the ethnically and religiously fractured nation, according to a government announcement ...There are no women on the committee ... Many of the countries special family laws are heavily patriarchal and disadvantage women ... � ....
Two United States senators have urged PresidentJoe Biden to waive sanctions against India over its purchase of Russia’s S-400 air defence system, saying such a punitive measure would endanger growing cooperation ... Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin Pool/Sputnik/EPA] ... The US imposed sanctions on Turkey for buying the same equipment last year ... .
MOSCOW, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Russia has opened an antitrust case against Apple (AAPL.O) for failing to allow app developers to tell customers about alternative payment options when using its App Store platform, Russia's anti-monopoly regulator said on Wednesday. The U.S ... ....