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KABUL, (Reuters) – The United States and Germany yesterday told their citizens in Afghanistan to avoid travelling to Kabul airport, citing security risks as thousands of desperate people gathered trying to flee almost a week after Taliban Islamists took control.

AMAGANSETT, N.Y., (Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast braced yesterday to take a direct hit from Hurricane Henri as it threatened to pound the region with fierce winds and heavy rains that could cause “life-threatening” storm surge and flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended the country’s lockdown strategy to combat coronavirus outbreaks until at least 70% of population is fully vaccinated.

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – A council member of a professional group of solicitors in Hong Kong yesterday dropped his bid to seek re-election next week, citing fears for his safety and that of his family.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Moscow pledged retaliatory measures after a new set of sanctions imposed by the United States on a Russian ship and two companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement yesterday.

(Reuters) – The U.S. East Coast braced today for the arrival of Hurricane Henri as it threatened to bring fierce winds and heavy rains that could cause dangerous storm surge and flooding across the region, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

KABUL/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Chaos around the Kabul airport was so bad this week that the U.S.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – Canada’s five biggest banks are mandating that employees working from their offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall, taking a firmer stance than some of their U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro raised the stakes in his battle with the country’s Supreme Court yesterday, sending the Senate a request for the impeachment of one of its justices, according to the request seen by Reuters.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use approval for Zydus Cadila’s COVID-19 vaccine, the world’s first DNA shot against the coronavirus, in adults and children aged 12 years and above.

(Reuters) – China’s tech stocks slumped to new lows yesterday and Hong Kong’s benchmark index hit an almost 10-month trough, as an unrelenting series of Chinese regulatory crackdowns crushed investors’ confidence.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The FBI has found scant evidence that the Jan.

KAMPALA, (Reuters) – Uganda said today it had suspended the operations of 54 non-governmental organisations, a move that one of the groups described as “political persecution”.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – The Taliban called on Afghanistan’s imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities yesterday, including the capital, Kabul.

CAVAILLON, Haiti, (Reuters) – A drip of foreign aid began to reach more rural areas of southwestern Haiti yesterday, arriving five days after a powerful earthquake https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/magnitude-7-quake-strikes-western-haiti-usgs-2021-08-14

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department said yesterday it had imposed sanctions on three Cuban officials it said were involved in the suppression of protests on the island that began on July 11.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil is negotiating with Argentina on the construction of a billion-dollar pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale gas reserves, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said yesterday.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Flag-waving protesters took to the streets of more Afghan cities today as popular opposition to the Taliban spread, and a witness said several people were killed when the militants fired on a crowd in Asadabad in the east.

KABUL,  (Reuters) – Armed members of the Taliban kept people desperate to flee Afghanistan from reaching Kabul’s airport yesterday, witnesses said, while President Joe Biden vowed to keep U.S.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba introduced tighter controls on the use of social media this week, including a ban on publications that might damage “the country’s prestige,” angering many citizens and international rights activists.