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Sept 10, 2021 571 The Latest: Pakistan says Afghanistan in crisis helps no one

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s foreign minister says it is the collective responsibility of the international community to help Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian crisis. 1111r In a statement Friday, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that despite having l…
Sept 10, 2021 572 China’s notorious female serial killer Lao Rongzhi sentenced to death for killing 7 people including a child after 20 years on the run

A notorious female serial killer who has been on the run for 20 years after killing seven people with her former boyfriend was sentenced to death in southeast China on Thursday. Lao Rongzhi, aged 47, received the death penalty for her invol…
Sept 10, 2021 573 WHO seeks Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations, 'not empty promises'

GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday (Sept 8) said low-income countries were ready to run effective Covid-19 vaccination campaigns and it was now down to manufacturers and rich countries to deliver the pledged doses to …
Sept 10, 2021 574 Moderna developing single-dose booster shot for Covid-19 and flu

Rose Period: 1904–1906 The Rose Period is characterised by a lighter tone and style utilising orange and pink colours and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins known in France as saltimbanques. The harlequin, a comedic chara…
Sept 10, 2021 575 Ethel Kennedy opposes parole for husband RFK's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan

LOS ANGELES - Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, voiced opposition on Tuesday (Sept 7) to a California review panel's recommendation that the man serving a life term for assassinating her husband during his 1968 presidential campaign…
Sept 10, 2021 576 France to give free access to contraception for women aged up to 25

PARIS - France will make access to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old from Jan 1 onwards, in a new measure that will cost the state 21 million euros (S$33 million) per year, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thu…
Sept 9, 2021 577 Can kids get ‘long COVID’ after coronavirus infections?

Can kids get “long COVID” after coronavirus infections? 1111r Yes, but studies indicate they’re less likely than adults to be affected by symptoms that persist, recur or begin a month or more after infection. Estimates vary on how often the…
Sept 9, 2021 578 Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police

MONROE, La. (AP) — The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took to official messaging channels to…
Sept 9, 2021 579 Naked cartoon on Flying Dog beer label rejected by NC alcohol board for ‘bad taste’

The regulatory agency governing alcohol sales in North Carolina has snubbed an out-of-state brewery’s request to sell bottles of seasonal beer with a label depicting a naked cartoon, calling it “inappropriate.
Sept 9, 2021 580 The strangers who fell in love when 9/11 diverted their flight

Nick and Diane explained they weren't married -- it turned out everyone else had figured they were.
Sept 9, 2021 581 Los Angeles Unified School District set to vote on mandating Covid-19 vaccines for eligible students

(CNN)Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second largest, is set to vote on mandating Covid-19 vaccines for all eligible students in a special meeting Thursday afternoon.
Sept 9, 2021 582 Dozens of Westerners board commercial flight from Kabul

She was born on February 20, 1988, in Barbados, and her name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty. She is known for her singing, business, and acting careers. The music Industry Association of America (RIAA) has certified her digital single more times th…
Sept 8, 2021 583 Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.
Sept 8, 2021 584 ‘There’s no good news’: Biden’s rough summer puts Dems on high alert

Joe Biden was billed as the steadying antidote to four turbulent years of Donald Trump. But after being buffeted this summer by one crisis after another — Covid, Afghanistan, wildfires in the West and Hurricane Ida in the East — his young p…
Sept 7, 2021 585 Biden marks Labor Day delivering sandwiches to union members

NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden marked the Labor Day holiday on Monday by delivering deli sandwiches to union members, the people he says built the middle class. A casually dressed Biden stepped from his dark SUV holding boxes o…
Sept 7, 2021 586 President Joe Biden Ignoring Stranded, Dying Americans (opinion)

Mr. President, I’m ashamed of you! You do not care about all Americans. You lied. An American father who wishes to remain anonymous, and his three-year-old daughter are stranded in Vietnam, waiting for a life-saving covid vaccine that will …
Sept 7, 2021 587 Victorious Taliban focus on governing after US withdrawal

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban reveled in their victory after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, reiterating their pledge Tuesday to bring peace and security to the country after decades of war. Their anxious citizens, meanwhi…
Sept 6, 2021 588 Taliban stop planes of evacuees from leaving but unclear why

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — At least four planes chartered to evacuate several hundred people seeking to escape the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan have been unable to leave the country for days, officials said Sunday, with conflicting acco…
Sept 6, 2021 589 What happened to US military equipment left behind in Afghanistan?

The U.S. military likely abandoned tens of millions of dollars’ worth of aircraft, armored vehicles and sophisticated defensive systems in the rush to leave the airport in Kabul safely. 1111r Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, head of U.S. Centr…
Sept 6, 2021 590 Two anchors of COVID safety net ending, affecting millions

Kanye West is no more. After filing paperwork to change his name, the rapper, born Kanye Omari West, finally got what he asked for, and will be legally known as "Ye." Judge Michelle Williams granted the change on Monday in a California cour…
Sept 5, 2021 591 Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women’s protest

KABUL, Afghanistan – Taliban special forces in camouflage fired their weapons into the air Saturday, bringing an abrupt and frightening end to the latest protest march in the capital by Afghan women demanding equal rights from the new ruler…
Sept 5, 2021 592 9/11:As the decades pass, the act of remembering evolves

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Across the vast field where the plane fell out of the sky so many years ago, all is quiet. The hills around Shanksville seem to swallow sound. The plateau that Americans by the millions ascend to visit the Flight 93 …
Sept 1, 2021 593 Taliban supporters hold mock funerals with coffins draped with American flags

Photos emerged Tuesday showing Taliban supporters in Afghanistan holding a mock funeral while hoisting coffins draped with flags from the U.S. and other NATO countries. Reuters obtained some of the photos that were taken in Khost on Tuesday…
Sept 1, 2021 594 Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds

Air pollution is cutting short the lives of billions of people by up to six years, according to a new report, making it a far greater killer than smoking, car crashes or HIV/Aids.
Sept 1, 2021 595 Most extreme abortion law in US takes effect in Texas

The most radical abortion law in the US has gone into effect, despite legal efforts to block it. A near-total abortion ban in Texas empowers any private citizen to sue an abortion provider who violates the law, opening the floodgates to har…
Sept 1, 2021 596 Oklahoma congressman allegedly threatened embassy staff while trying to enter Afghanistan: report

No matter what the outcome, Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine spells bad news for his regime. Neither taking Kyiv and declaring victory nor beginning peace negotiations will save the Russian president from the serious, if not fatal, domestic …
Aug 31, 2021 597 As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the final five U.S. military transport aircraft lifted off out of Afghanistan, they left behind up to 200 Americans and thousands of desperate Afghans who couldn’t get out and now must rely on the Taliban to allow their…
Aug 31, 2021 598 Trump acolytes poised to push out Senate dealmakers

If Senate Republicans seem conservative now, just wait until next year. The 2022 midterms could usher in a wave of full-spectrum MAGA supporters who would turn the GOP conference an even deeper shade of red — and make the Senate a lot more …
Aug 31, 2021 599 South African researchers keep wary eye on yet another new coronavirus variant

(CNN) Genetics researchers who have been watching for new coronavirus variants say they've seen a troubling new lineage that carries many of the same hallmarks as other strains, including Alpha, Beta and Gamma. The variant they are watching…
Aug 31, 2021 600 Florida defies judge and punishes 2 school districts over masks

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida Department of Education on Monday defied a recent ruling from a state judge and leveled its first sanctions against school board members who rejected the DeSantis administration’s orders on local mask mandates. Sta…