The Worldwide News August, 13 2021
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Mass Afghan government surrenders as Taliban fighters overrun three key cities in sweeping territorial gains
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The seizures mark the biggest victory yet for the militants, who now control more than a dozen of the country’s provincial capitals and are closing in on Kabul.
A perilous journey and an uncertain future: The plight of Afghan refugees in Turkey
Faced with the prospect of a life under Taliban rule, Afghans are once again leaving their country in search of safety and peace.
Britain’s worst mass shooting in more than a decade leaves 6 dead, including suspected gunman
The shooting sent shock waves through the country, which has strict gun laws that make obtaining a firearm difficult.
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Afghanistan’s rapid collapse is part of a long, slow U.S. defeat
As Afghanistan's provincial capitals fall like dominoes to the Taliban, the echoes of Saigon 1975 are ringing loudly in Kabul 2021.
Hermit crabs may be ‘excited’ by plastic pollution in ocean, researchers say
Crustaceans in England are getting a little too excited by an additive released by underwater waste.
Russia tells veteran BBC correspondent to leave as relations with West deteriorate
Moscow is effectively expelling Sarah Rainsford in a move that may herald more pressure on foreign media in Russia.
‘Why did my friend get blown up? For what?’: Afghanistan war veterans horrified by Taliban gains
Veterans across the world are voicing frustration over the Taliban’s faster-than-expected comeback.
Want to stay long term in France? First come the classes on how to be French.
Foreigners seeking residency visas must sign an “integration contract,” then take a course on civics, culture and customs.
Maduro is poised to launch talks with Venezuela’s opposition. He seems to have the upper hand.
The latest round of negotiations, aimed at restoring democracy and easing a humanitarian crisis in the South American country, open Friday in Mexico City.
In China, the dream of an American education loses some of its gleam
Some experts say the trend is a pandemic-induced blip, but others see a longer-lasting shift underway.
Smartphone bans, unnerving surveillance: Afghans reveal life under spreading Taliban rule
Afghans paint a grim picture of how life already has changed, in what might be a harbinger of the country’s future if the Taliban regains control of the country.
WHO covid report that called lab leak unlikely must be respected, China tells diplomats
Beijing says it is open to further covid origins studies, but only based on findings of the U.N. agency, which downplayed the likelihood of a lab origin.
‘There is panic’: Outback outbreak rings covid alarm for Australia’s Indigenous people
Slow vaccine rollout has left a vulnerable Aboriginal population at risk as infections pop up in remote towns such as Walgett.
Taliban on the verge of capturing two of Afghanistan’s largest cities after taking 11th provincial capital
Clashes pushed into the center of both Kandahar and Herat as Taliban fighters took control of some of the main government buildings in the two cities.
In new documentary, WHO scientist says Chinese officials pressured investigation to drop lab-leak hypothesis
Peter Ben Embarek said that one scenario, in which a researcher inadvertently could have brought the virus from a bat cave to Wuhan, is viewed as “likely.”
Poland pushes ahead with bill criticized as attack on U.S.-owned TV channel and press freedom
The proposed law, which drew protesters to the streets, is regarded by many as targeted at an independent TV news channel controlled by Discovery, the New York-based media company.
Belarus’s weaponization of migration is a desperate ‘attack on the democratic world,’ Lithuanian president says
The E.U. should help build a fence on Lithuania’s border with Belarus, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview.
Indiscriminate Hamas rocket attacks on Israel are war crimes, Human Rights Watch says
A leading human rights group Thursday said that rocket and mortar attacks by Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip during the conflict with Israel in May “violated the laws of war."
A stranger helped a Jamaican athlete get to his Olympic race. He won gold and tracked her down.
The volunteer who helped Hansle Parchment has since been invited to visit Jamaica by its government.
China’s mental health system has long been inadequate. Can AI change that?
Hundreds of Chinese apps have popped up promising to provide support or healing through chatbots, virtual reality or other newfangled technologies.
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