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Closing ceremony, medals and results on August 8

Paris will host the next Summer Olympics, but weather conditions have thwarted plans to fly the “biggest flag” ever from the Eiffel Tower to help mark the moment the French capital takes on responsibility for the Summer Games in three years as Tokyo 2020 comes to an end. “We want to start with a world […]

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August 8, 2021

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Will consumer demand outstrip supply in the U.S. running up to Christmas?

In this week”s Business Line, we look at how consumers in the U.S. may not get much in the way of promotions and discounts as demand is set to outsrip supply in the retail sector. We also report on Taiwan’s hope for an economic recovery in its final quarter of 2020, as its main export […]

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December 2, 2020

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Here’s how Biden’s decision making on Afghanistan unfolded

President Joe Biden speaks about troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on July 8, in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images President Biden convened a meeting of his senior national security team Wednesday night based on the rapid gains of the Taliban over the last several days, according to a […]

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August 14, 2021

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Federal future for Cyprus is ‘going nowhere’, says Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar

Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar said Tuesday efforts to resolve Cyprus’ ethnic division should start fresh and aim to achieve a two-state deal because decades of negotiations for a federation-based agreement have got nowhere. Tatar said a regional “new state of affairs” that takes into account the discovery of significant gas deposits off Cyprus creates […]

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December 3, 2020

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US carriers can now operate Kabul evacuation flights with approval from Defense Department

Taliban fighters patrol in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in the city of Kabul on Wednesday, Aug. 18.  (Rahmat Gul/AP) The Taliban’s stunningly swift takeover of Afghanistan has caused dread across much of the nation, as Afghans anxiously readjust to life under a militant group that repressed millions when last in power. Under the Taliban’s rule between 1996 […]

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August 19, 2021

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Deadly flooding hits Indonesia's Sumatra island

Flash floods hit the Indonesian city of Medan on Sumatra island. Source link

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December 4, 2020

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More than 3.5 million people internally displaced in Afghanistan

Soldiers stand guard near a canal as Afghans wait outside the foreign military-controlled part of the airport in Kabul, hoping to flee the country following the Taliban’s military takeover of Afghanistan, on August 22. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images) An estimated 6,500 people were waiting for evacuation flights inside Kabul airport on Tuesday morning, a source close […]

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August 24, 2021

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Capsule carrying first samples of asteroid subsurface recovered in Australia

A Japanese mission to collect the first samples of asteroid subsurface has been a success, after the capsule carrying the material landed safely in the Australian Outback. The spacecraft Hayabusa2 released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it towards Earth to deliver samples taken from below the surface of asteroid Ryugu, which it departed […]

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December 6, 2020

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Kabul attack and Taliban takeover news

Nine members of one family were killed in a US drone strike targeting a vehicle in a residential neighborhood of Kabul, according to a relative of those killed. Those killed included six children, the youngest being a 2-year-old girl, the brother of one of the dead told a local journalist working with CNN.   He said […]

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August 30, 2021

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New Zealand mosque shootings report says intelligence agencies overlooked far-right threat

A new report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were killed found that agencies were too focussed on the threat posed by Islamist extremism at the expense of other threats. The 800-page Royal Commission of Inquiry report says New Zealand”s domestic intelligence service overlooked the danger of far-right terrorism and […]

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December 8, 2020

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Analysis: Blow to Meghan and Harry with UK watchdog ruling but war on offensive media coverage continues

His comments on ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” show following the Sussexes’ explosive Oprah Winfrey sit-down in March questioned Meghan’s veracity regarding her suicidal thoughts and the revelation that a royal family member had raised concerns over her baby’s skin tone. Royals routinely face criticism in the press but it’s rare that they take formal action […]

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September 4, 2021

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Explosions hit three Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands

This footage shows the aftermath of explosions at three Polish supermarkets in the Netherlands over the course of two days. The supermarkets, all called Biedronka, were hit by blasts on Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Tuesday’s blasts saw stores targeted in Aalsmeer, near Amsterdam, and in a small town in the North Brabant province. No-one was […]

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December 10, 2020

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