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UK denies report over Kabul bombing as world weighs Taliban response

Taliban Badri special force fighters stand guard next to an Afghan Air Force plane at the airport in Kabul on Tuesday. /Wakil Kohsar/AFPThe UK has denied reports it pus

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COVID-19: EU removes U.S. from safe travel list

01:21 New figures from the European Union on Tuesday showed it's beating the U.S. in the vaccination race.EU officials are so worried about the soaring infection rates here, that they'v

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How India can stop its rape crisis

09:22 High profile cases of sexual violence against women and girls in India seem to follow a similar trajectory. A brutal rape takes place, people protest, officials sometimes make som

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Hurricane Ida rips off part of roof at Lady of the Sea hospital after Louisiana landfall

A rampaging Hurricane Ida ripped off a portion of the roof from the Lady of the Sea General Hospital in Galliano, Louisiana, on Sunday.Authorities said they had no imme

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Hurricane Ida: Power outage, post-Katrina levee system tested

The category-four Hurricane Ida made a landfall in the U.S. state of Louisiana on Sunday, lashing the coast with 150 mile-per-hour winds, torrential downpours and pound

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A week into Taliban rule in Kabul, we talk to locals

Editor's note: On the 7th day of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Mohammad Amini and his brother went to the streets of Kabul to speak with residents and Taliban members. The following first-person ac

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Turkey, Greece take measures anticipating new wave of Afghan refugees

Turkey builds concrete wall at Iranian border. /Reuters Fearing a new influx of refugees from Afghanistan, Greece and Turkey have started taking measures.Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagioto

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Afghans in UK worry about nation's future after Taliban takeover

02:41 As the world scrambles to react to the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, millions of Afghans outside the country are watching events closely.One of the largest diaspora communiti

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Nvidia-ARM takeover raises serious antitrust concerns, finds UK’s CMA

The UK’s competition watchdog has raised serious concerns about Nvidia’s proposed takeover of chip designer, ARM.Its assessment was published today by the government which will now need to

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Twitter asks users to flag COVID-19 and election misinformation

Twitter introduced a new test feature Tuesday that allows users to report misinformation they run into on the platform, flagging it to the company as “misleading.” The test will roll out starting toda

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Taliban tells the world 'we don't want enemies'

Zabihullah Mujahid, left, addressing media in Kabul. /AFP/Hoshang Hashimi A day after scenes of chaos at Kabul airport and the Taliban asserting control over Afghanistan and its capital, a sp

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OnlyFans promotes its SFW app as it seeks funding at a $1B+ valuation

OnlyFans — the platform where adult creators can directly monetize their audience — is pushing its safe-for-work app OFTV, which is available on iOS and Google Play. The ad-free app launched in Januar

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Audio out-of-home advertising is reinventing personalization

Do you remember the first time you received a personalized ad? Perhaps you discussed a product with a friend, and the next day, an advertisement for that product popped up on social media. It almost m

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What happens when Wall Street falls out of love with your sector?

It’s been an awful week for public neoinsurance companies. A subsector of the larger insurtech world, neoinsurance providers tackled a number of insurance categories using a blend of modern app

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Green channels for pregnant women during COVID-19 outbreak in Yangzhou

01:58 Pregnant women in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, can utilize green channels when undergoing testing amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak in the city.Seniors and ch

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Airbnb, DoorDash report earnings as COVID threatens to slow the IRL economy (again)

Home-stay giant Airbnb and on-demand delivery concern DoorDash reported their quarterly results today after the bell.Both companies were heavily impacted by the onset of COVID-19. Airbnb saw its reven

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The odds of a hazardous asteroid hitting Earth are higher than previously thought, NASA says

Osiris-Rex has been investigating Bennu since 2018, and is now heading back to Earth on a long, roundabout loop, after collecting samples of rock and dust.