Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered U.S. airlines to provide 18 aircrafts to support evacuation missions from Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Sunday. Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a statement that Austin has ordered the Commander of U.S. Transportation Command “to activate Stage …
Read More »Anti-Taliban fighters evict Taliban from districts in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan
Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Militants opposing the Taliban have evicted Taliban fighters from three districts in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province, but the Taliban fighters have recaptured one of them, a local television channel Tolo news reported on Sunday. The anti-Taliban fighters seized Pul-e-Hisar, Deh Salah and Banu districts on Friday, but …
Read More »7 Afghan civilians killed amid chaos at Kabul airport
London, UK | XINHUA | Seven Afghan civilians were killed amid chaos near the Kabul airport as people swarmed the area in hopes of boarding an evacuation flight following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday. The ministry did not elaborate when they were killed or …
Read More »Grealish on mark as Man City join Liverpool as winners
TODAY 4pm – Southampton 🆚 Manchester United 6:30pm – Arsenal 🆚 Chelsea London, UK | XINHUA | Manchester City recovered from their opening day defeat away to Tottenham with a comfortable 5-0 win at home to recently promoted Norwich City on Saturday afternoon. Jack Grealish scored his first goal since …
Read More »Merkel, Putin discuss Afghanistan in farewell visit
Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | Russian President Vladimir Putin and visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday exchanged views over current situation in Afghanistan, Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, among other pressing issues of mutual and international concern. The talk was held here as the German chancellor is nearing the …
Read More »PUTIN: Imposing external values on Afghanistan ‘irresponsible’
Moscow, Russia | XINHUA | The imposition of external values on Afghanistan is an irresponsible policy, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday during a press conference following talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Moscow. “It is necessary to end the irresponsible policy of imposing one’s external values from the …
Read More »Uganda lifts ban on travelers from India
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health (MOH) has lifted the travel ban on travelers from India. Health Minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng told a news conference on Friday that the country has now been placed under category 2, down from category 1 countries, implying that travellers …
Read More »Container ship Ever Given crosses Suez Canal for return trip
Cairo, Egypt | Xinhua | The Panamanian-flagged and Japanese-owned ship Ever Given on Friday crossed the Suez Canal for the first time since it blocked the waterway for six days in March, the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) said in a statement. “The 400-metre, 220,000-ton container ship that was docked at the …
Read More »Success of nations depends on technology: Nokia CEO
Helsinki, Finland | Xinhua | Nokia’s CEO expressed concern on Thursday about the slow outreach of the 5th generation mobile network (5G) and artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe, and warned against excessive regulation. The success of nations in the future will depend on technology, said Pekka Lundmark, the CEO of the …
Read More »Study finds evidence of novel coronavirus circulating in Italy in late summer 2019
Rome, Italy | Xinhua | A new study has revealed evidence that the novel coronavirus may have been circulating undetected in northern Italy as early as late August or early September 2019, months before the first infections were officially reported. The study report entitled “Molecular evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in samples collected …
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