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Into the future
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 27/08/2021
» Here's something to rattle your brain: we're now past the halfway point of 2021. It's hard to count days when we find ourselves stuck indoors on an endless loop of never-ending Covid cases, a government that denies reality and protests from people who are fed up and tired of all the crap happening around them.
'Total panic' as deadly blasts rock Kabul airport
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» KABUL: Bodies were strewn face-down in a shallow canal at the scene of twin blasts outside Kabul airport on Thursday, as wounded people in blood- soaked clothes were ferried away in wheelbarrows.
Islamic State suicide bombers kill scores at Kabul airport
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» KABUL: Twin suicide bombs ripped through crowds outside Kabul airport on Thursday, killing scores of people including 13 US troops and deepening panic in the final days of an already frenzied evacuation effort from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Digital dissent: Hong Kongers race to archive democracy movement
AFP, Published on 27/08/2021
» HONG KONG - Hong Kong activists are working in the shadows to preserve digital backups of their democracy movement as the physical symbols of their resistance, including an opposition newspaper and a museum, are purged from the city's streets.
Islamic State suicide bombers kill at least 85 at Kabul airport
Published on 27/08/2021
» KABUL: Twin suicide bombs ripped through crowds outside Kabul airport on Thursday, killing at least 85 people including 13 US troops and deepening panic in the final days of an already frenzied evacuation effort from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
Nearly 65,000 Hong Kongers apply for UK visa scheme
Published on 27/08/2021
» HONG KONG: Around 64,900 Hong Kongers applied for a new pathway to British citizenship in the first five months of the scheme, with 47,300 approved, continuing a wave of emigration after the introduction of the national security law.
US aims to complete Kabul airlift despite fraught security risk
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - US military officials say it is nearly impossible to eliminate the threat of another attack on the Kabul airport airlift, and that close cooperation with longtime enemy the Taliban is crucial to keeping it safe.
US warns 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift after IS attack
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» KABUL - The high-risk Kabul airlift operation to evacuate Americans and Afghan allies still faced "specific, credible threats", the Pentagon said Friday, one day after a suicide bomber targeted the throng trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, killing scores of people including 13 US servicemen.
US strikes IS target in Afghanistan, pushes airlift into final stage
AFP, Published on 28/08/2021
» KABUL: The US conducted a drone strike against an Islamic State target in Afghanistan on Saturday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee moved into a fraught final stage with fresh terror attack warnings and encroaching Taliban forces primed to take over Kabul airport.
Domestic air travel in red zones to resume
Published on 28/08/2021
» Domestic air travel will resume in Covid-19 dark-red zones with some requirements, starting on Sept 1, after restrictions in the areas were eased, according to Airports of Thailand.