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UK indicates Afghanistan sanctions possible
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will use all the means it has at its disposal to hold the Taliban to account in Afghanistan, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Monday when asked about possible ...
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Egypt rushes to build public housing for new capital employees
By Patrick Werr BADR CITY, Egypt (Reuters) - Just outside a new capital in the desert east of Cairo, the Egyptian government has been racing to ready new homes for thousands of mid-level civil servant...
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Man who worked on German army base seeks escape from Afghanistan
BERLIN (Reuters) - An Afghan man who worked at the German army base in Mazar-i-Sharif on Monday described his fear of retaliation from Taliban insurgents if he and his family were not lifted out of Ka...
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U.N. Security Council calls for talks to create new Afghan government
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council called for the establishment, through negotiations, of a new government in Afghanistan that is "united, inclusive and representative, including wit...
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U.S. court revives nearly 6,000 lawsuits over 3M surgical warming device
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday revived nearly 6,000 lawsuits alleging that a widely used device produced by 3M Co to keep surgical patients warm caused them to develo...
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Twitter-backed Bluesky picks tech entrepreneur to lead web research group
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Bluesky, an organization funded by Twitter Inc to build technology aimed at fundamentally changing how social media platforms operate, on Monday announced a leader for the p...
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UK’s Johnson plans virtual G7 leaders meeting on Afghanistan
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to host a virtual meeting of G7 leaders to discuss the situation in Afghanistan in the coming days, he told French President Emmanuel Ma...
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Oil industry groups sue Biden administration over leasing pause
(Reuters) - A group of oil industry trade groups on Monday sued the Biden administration for halting drilling auctions on federal lands and waters this year. The American Petroleum Institute and 11 ot...
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Russia’s Lavrov discusses Afghanistan crisis with USA, China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the situation in Afghanistan by phone and agreed to continue consultations with China, P...
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France’s COVID-19 hospitalisations above 10,000 for first time since end June
PARIS (Reuters) - French health authorities said on Monday the total number of people hospitalised for COVID-19 stood at 10,151, going over 10,000 for the first time since June 22. There were also mor...
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