Month: August 2021
China proposes strict control of algorithms
China is not done with curbing the influence local internet services have assumed in the world’s largest populous market. Following a widening series of regulatory crackdowns in recent months, the nation on Friday issued draft guidelines on regulating the algorithms
Read MoreKabul airport attack death toll rises to 85, as evacuation flights resume
Western countries continue to airlift their nationals ahead of August 31 deadline; 13 US troops killed in bombings claimed by local Islamic State offshoot
Read MorePelosi reminds lawmakers not to travel to Afghanistan – CNN
Pelosi reminds lawmakers not to travel to Afghanistan CNN ‘A Total F*cking Disaster’: Inside Seth Moulton’s Secret Trip to Kabul New York Magazine Biden, Moulton, and the mess we’re making in Afghanistan The Boston Globe Pelosi’s first tweets after Kabul bombings about Women’s
Read MoreThe Stakes for Tokyo’s COVID-19 Bubble Are Even Higher for the Paralympics. Can It Keep Vulnerable Athletes Safe?
It began much like its bigger counterpart: fireworks, music and a parade of athletes waving to an empty National Stadium in Tokyo. But only two days after the opening ceremony for the Tokyo Summer Paralympic Games, organizers confirmed the first
Read MoreSupreme Court rules Morocco’s Jews can’t be compensated as Holocaust victims
Justices say that while community did face antisemitism from the French regime during WWII, it does not meet the conditions set out in Israel’s Nazi persecution law
Read MoreKabul blasts shatter illusions of Bennett-Biden honeymoon on Iran
The prime minister rode a wave of successes before heading to Washington for his big meeting, but the embattled US president has far more pressing matters on his mind
Read MoreTropical Storm Ida Is Posing A Serious Threat To The Louisiana Coast This Weekend
Tropical Storm Ida is pushing through the Caribbean Sea and is forecast to hit Louisiana’s coastline by Sunday or early next week as a Category 2 hurricane. (Image credit: The National Hurricane Center)
Read MoreUK’s Afghanistan evacuation into ‘final hours’ – with no more people to be called forward
The UK’s evacuation mission at Kabul’s airport has “a matter of hours” left and no more people will be called forward, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.
Read MoreUS to close troubled NYC jail where Jeffrey Epstein killed himself
Inmates and lawyers have complained over abysmal hygienic conditions at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, which will shut down at least temporarily to ‘start anew’
Read MoreThe Supreme Court Allows Evictions to Resume During the Pandemic
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. The court’s action late Thursday
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