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Taliban impose some order around Kabul airport – witnesses
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to...
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Pelosi sets Oct 1 target for infrastructure, Biden spending bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday set an Oct. 1 target date for passing President Joe Biden's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure and social spendin...
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Trump assails Biden for Afghanistan ‘humiliation’
By Lawrence Hurley and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump launched on Saturday a sustained attack on President Joe Biden's handling of the retreat of U.S. forces from Af...
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Australia evacuates more than 300 overnight from Afghanistan – PM
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia ran four flights into Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday night, evacuating more than 300 people, including Australians, Afghan visa holders, New Zealanders,...
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Yokohama mayor election seen as bellwether for Japan PM Suga
TOKYO (Reuters) - Yokohama voters were casting ballots for mayor on Sunday in an election expected to affect unpopular Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's prospects for keeping his post amid a COVID-19 su...
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New Zealand reports 21 local COVID-19 cases
(Reuters) - New Zealand recorded 21 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing infections associated with the current community outbreak to 72, health officials said. Of the 21 new cases, 20 are in Auc...
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Biden to speak Sunday on Afghanistan, Hurricane Henri response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday will provide an update on the administration's response to Hurricane Henri and the evacuation of American citizens and refugees from Afghanist...
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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes South Sandwich Islands region -USGS
(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the South Sandwich Islands region, the U.S. Geological Survey said early on Sunday. The quake had a depth of 10 km, USGS said. (Reporting by Kanishka Sing...
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UK to begin offering COVID antibody testing to general public for first time -media
(Reuters) - The United Kingdom will begin offering COVID-19 antibody testing to the general public in the coming week for the first time, British media reported on Sunday. The government's new program...
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PGA Tour pushes final round of Northern Trust to Monday
The final round of the Northern Trust will be contested on Monday with respect to the projected path of Hurricane Henri, the PGA Tour announced Saturday. The system was upgraded from a tropical storm ...
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