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Six U.S. commercial airlines ordered to provide planes in Afghanistan

The U.S. Department of Defense on Sunday activated the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to assist in the massive evacuation of people from Kabul, Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover of the nation la

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Taliban want ties with all countries, denies kidnapping of foreigners

A Taliban member stands guard in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 21, 2021. /Xinhua The Taliban said on Saturday that it intended to have diplomatic and trade ties with all countries around

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Greece erects 40-km border fence to deter potential Afghan migrants

The fence on the border area between Greece and Turkey in Poros Village, Evros region, Greece, June 18, 2021. /Getty Greece said on Friday it had completed a 40-kilometer fence on its border w

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California’s gig worker Prop 22 ruled unconstitutional by superior court

In a late Friday night blow to Uber, Lyft and other gig worker-centered companies, a superior court judge ruled that California’s Proposition 22, which was passed in 2020 and designed to overrule the

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Biden defends handling of withdrawal from Afghanistan

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday once again defended his administration's handling of withdrawal from Afghanistan, denying America's allies questioning the country's credibility over the ongoing ch

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South Africa opens jabs to all adults to accelerate campaign

FILE PIC: Faced with slowing numbers of people getting COVID-19 vaccinations, South Africa has opened eligibility to all adults to step up the volume of inoculations as it battles a surge in the

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U.S. govt concocts proof to discredit China on virus origins: report

The U.S. government is gearing up efforts to manipulate American media outlets with a series of tactics to discredit China on COVID-19 origins, the Global Times reported on Friday citing an exclusive

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SIGARs admissions and America's negligence of realities in Afghanistan

A screen-grab taken from Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television on August 16, shows Taliban members taking control of the presidential palace in Kabul after Afghanistan's president flew out of the cou

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Two senators urge the FTC to investigate Tesla over ‘Full Self-Driving’ statements

Two Democratic senators have asked the new chair of the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Tesla’s statements about the autonomous capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. The

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Aspirin trialled as part of potential treatment for type of aggressive breast cancer

The trial, funded by the Breast Cancer Now Catalyst Programme, is the first clinical study to examine whether aspirin can make tumours more sensitive to immunotherapy in patients with incurable secondary triple negative breast cancer.

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How Google’s self-driving car project accidentally spawned its robotic delivery rival

Nuro doesn’t have a typical Silicon Valley origin story. It didn’t emerge after a long, slow slog from a suburban garage or through a flash of insight in a university laboratory. Nor was i

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China's embassy in UK slams Daily Telegraph 'prejudice and hostility'

The Chinese embassy in the UK sent an open letter to the Daily Telegraph on Saturday, criticizing that the newspaper's report on the imported cases of the Delta variant in China violates "professiona

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Facebook is bringing end-to-end encryption to Messenger calls and Instagram DMs

Facebook has extended the option of using end-to-end encryption for Messenger voice calls and video calls.End-to-end encryption (E2EE) — a security feature that prevents third-parties from eavesdroppi

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Can the U.S. infrastructure bill retain its domestic focus?

Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland, the U.S., and a former assistant r

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Can the U.S. infrastructure bill retain its domestic focus?

Editor's note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland, the U.S., and a former assistant r

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Emojis are making it harder for tech giants to track down online abuse

Harmful posts can end up being missed altogether while acceptable posts are mislabelled as offensive, according to the Oxford Internet Institute.

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Disney+ beats expectations to reach 116 million subscribers in Q3

Disney’s streaming service is seeing improved growth, after initially seeing slower numbers of subscriber additions in Q2 as COVID lockdowns and mask mandates came to an end. Today, Disney+ beat