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UN Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday condemned the terror attacks around Kabul airport in Afghanistan and expressed his support for both the injured and the families of those who have been killed. Stephane Dujarric, the Secretary-General’s spokesman, disclosed this at a briefing for news correspondents at the UN headquarters in New York. “He […]
Two explosions went off Thursday outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The explosion has killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards, a Taliban official told Reuters. Russian Officials say it was a suicide attack. Western nations […]
Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola has said that he plans to leave the club in 2023 when his current contract runs out. The Spaniard, who joined the club in 2016, feels he will need a rest after seven years at the helm. “After seven years at this team, I think I’m going to have […]
Charlie Watts, the Rolling Stones drummer for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. He was 80. His death, in a hospital, was announced by his publicist, Bernard Doherty. No other details were immediately provided. The Rolling Stones announced earlier this month that Mr. Watts would not be a part of the band’s […]
Former Chadian president Hissène Habré, who was serving a life term in Senegal for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has died, Senegalese Justice Minister Malick Sall said Tuesday. He was 79. “Habré is in his Lord’s hands,” Sall told the television channel TFM, while local media said he had died of Covid-19. Habré’s […]
Senegal’s Interior Minister Antoine Felix Abdoulaye Diome is up to his knees in water, in a suburb of the West African country’s capital, surveying flood damage. He’s inspecting a home in the eastern Keur Massar district: The first floor and courtyard have been submerged in brown water for three days. Dragonflies hover over the […]
Barcelona president, Joan Laporta, has said the club will have a female president in the next 10 years. The Laliga club elect a new president every six years. Laporta was elected in March to return for a second spell in the role. All the 41 people who have presided over the club since it […]
The Taliban declared an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join their government Tuesday, trying to calm nerves across a tense capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee. The comments by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission, represent the first […]
Thousands of Afghans rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul’s international airport Monday, so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and plunged to death in chaos that killed at least seven people, U.S. officials said. The crowds of people rushing […]
Beijing authorities on Monday approved the arrest of Chinese-Canadian pop star Kris Wu over allegations of rape, in a scandal that has drawn widespread condemnation on social media. The saga has evoked China’s #MeToo movement, which saw a wave of women come forward in 2018 voicing experiences of sexual harassment — sometimes involving powerful […]
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