Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Taliban, opposition vie to control Panjshir; Pakistan spy chief flies to Kabul
(Reuters) - Taliban and opposition forces were fighting on Saturday for control of the Panjshir valley north of Kabul, the last province in Afghanistan holding out against the Islamist militia, accord...
Sep 04, 2021
Why Hurricane Ida crippled the New Orleans power grid
By Tim McLaughlin and Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida's 150-mph winds crippled a Louisiana electric grid already vulnerable from aging transmission lines, electricity bottlenecks and $2 bill...
Sep 04, 2021
Fewer than 1,400 evacuees from Afghanistan still at Qatar base, U.S. general says
DOHA (Reuters) - The United States has moved most of the 57,000 people it evacuated from Afghanistan to Qatar out of the Gulf state, with fewer than 1,400 still at the U.S. military base there, a U.S....
Sep 04, 2021
Malaysia appoints former PM to lead coronavirus recovery council
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has appointed former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin as chairman of a council that will focus on economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, the government chief...
Sep 04, 2021
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, civilian flights to operate soon – Qatari ambassador
DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar's ambassador to Afghanistan said a technical team was able to reopen Kabul airport to receive aid and that it would be prepared for civilian flights soon, Al Jazeera reported o...
Sep 04, 2021
Florida teachers on edge as mask war, COVID surge mark first weeks of school
By Gabriella Borter HOMESTEAD, Fla. (Reuters) - American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten crouched to sit at a first-graders' table in a Florida school, chatting with masked 6-year-ol...
Sep 04, 2021
Flipkart co-founder challenges Indian enforcement agency probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sachin Bansal, co-founder of e-commerce giant Flipkart, has mounted a court challenge against India's financial crime-fighting agency, which has accused him and others of violati...
Sep 04, 2021
At least 17 killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul – reports
(Reuters) - At least 17 people were killed in celebratory gunfire in Kabul, news agencies said on Saturday, after Taliban sources said their fighters had seized control of Panjshir, the last province ...
Sep 04, 2021
France could ease health pass restrictions in large shopping malls – minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France could ease health pass restrictions that are hurting the activity of large shopping malls if the COVID-19 epidemic situation keeps improving, Labour Minister Elisabeth Borne s...
Sep 04, 2021
U.N. to convene Afghanistan aid conference on Sept. 13
ZURICH (Reuters) - The United Nations will convene an international aid conference in Geneva on Sept. 13 to help avert what U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called a "looming humanitarian catas...
Sep 04, 2021
