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Evacuations resume after Kabul bombings as toll now over 100

Friday, 27 August 2021, 10:49 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than...

Russia: 2 suicide attacks outside Kabul airport; 13 dead

Thursday, 26 August 2021, 18:29 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport Thursday, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover...

Nirvana sued by man who was nude baby on 'Nevermind' cover

Thursday, 26 August 2021, 07:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A 30-year-old man who appeared nude at 4 months old in 1991 on the cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” album is suing the band and others, alleging the image is child pornography they...

Daily new COVID-19 cases in Israel approach January peak

Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 07:20 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

New daily coronavirus infections in Israel are approaching record levels, despite the country's largely successful vaccination campaign and the recent rollout of the world's first widespread booster...

Biden holds to Kabul August 31 deadline despite criticism

Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 07:16 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

U.S. President Joe Biden declared Tuesday he is sticking to his Aug. 31 deadline for completing a risky airlift of Americans, endangered Afghans and others seeking to escape Taliban-controlled...

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 18:47 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythms sections and used his "day job" to support his enduring love of jazz, has died,...

US WWII veteran reunites with Italians he saved as children

Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 07:01 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with...

Harris rebukes China in major speech on Indo-Pacific

Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 06:59 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a sharp rebuke to China for its incursions in the South China Sea, warning its actions there amount to “coercion” and “intimidation”...

22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain in Tennessee

Monday, 23 August 2021, 07:02 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters...

'Imbecilic': Ex-UK leader Tony Blair slams Afghan withdrawal

Sunday, 22 August 2021, 18:25 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Tony Blair, the British prime minister who deployed troops to Afghanistan 20 years ago after the 9/11 attacks, says the U.S. decision to withdraw from the country has “every Jihadist...

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