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Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 18:47 Last update: about 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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 6 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...

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

Sunday, 22 August 2021, 07:32 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving...

EU warns Taliban it has not recognized their regime

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 17:41 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

The European Union’s top officials warned the Taliban on Saturday that the current conversations being held to secure the exit of as many Afghan evacuees as possible do not mean the bloc is...

Historic Rai announcer Nicoletta Orsomando dies

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 17:27 Last update: about 6 years ago

Nicoletta Orsomando, a historic figure on Italian national TV, died today, aged 92, Italian media report. Orsomando was a Rai programme announcer, known as the “signorine buonasera”,...

Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover

Saturday, 21 August 2021, 12:25 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding through the barren hills. So far it only covers a third of the 540-kilometer (335-mile) border, leaving...

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