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Foreign Policy

Biden Promises Ukraine $60M Military Aid Ahead His Meeting with Zelensky

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an official notification sent to Congress, President Joe Biden has announced Tuesday his intention to provide Ukraine with $60 million in military aid only a day ahead his meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, […]

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Administration

FBI 2020 Report Shows Highest Level in Hate Crimes in US in the Last Decade

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Driven by the rise in assaults that targeted Black and Asian victims, the number of hate crimes in 2020 in the United States rose to the highest level in more than a decade, the FBI […]

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Politics

Taliban Supporters Celebrate US Pullout with Mock US and NATO Funeral

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Waving white Taliban flags and holding guns aloft, Taliban supporters celebrated the last US troops’ withdrawal across the country with crowds in the eastern city of Khost parading coffins draped with US and NATO flags. […]

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Foreign Policy

Moscow Believes US Can Convince Ukraine to Implement Minsk-2 Agreements

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the upcoming and several times postponed meeting of Ukraine’s President Vladimir Zelensky and US President Joe Biden, that is now scheduled for September 1, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed that the […]

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Politics

Taliban Claim Kabul Airport Ready to Resume Domestic, International Flights Soon

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban’s political office spokesman Mohammad Naim told Sputnik they want to resume domestic and international flights from Kabul Airport as soon as possible and pointed the […]

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Health

Ohio Judge Defies CDC and FDA, Orders Hospital to Treat Patient with ivermectin

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In a rare case in which a US court has sided with family members’ request with regard to the medical treatment, Butler County Judge Gregory Howard has sided with a suburban Cincinnati woman and granted […]

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Business

The 2021 Lloyd’s Top 100 Global Ports List Ranks Jeddah Islamic Port on 37th Place

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The recently published 2021 edition of Lloyd’s list of top 100 ports that measures the annual container throughput volumes of global ports in 2020 has placed Jeddah Islamic Port, the largest in Saudi Arabia, on […]

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Foreign Policy

Russia Abstains UNSC Resolution Vote Due to Ignored Concerns, US Disappointed

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia explained on Monday Russia’s decision to abstain during the voting on the UNSC draft resolution on Afghanistan despite its will to continue to support the country, pointing […]

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Energy

US Climate Envoy Kerry Discusses Emissions Cut in Japan Ahead UN Conference in November

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In an effort to push forward the climate change fight ahead of a United Nations conference in November, the US Climate Envoy John Kerry arrived on Tuesday for talks in Tokyo where he’s scheduled to […]

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Administration

Photo of the Last Soldier to Leave Afghanistan Marks the End of US Longest Ever Military Conflict

August 31, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

As US troops sped to finish evacuating Americans and Afghan refugees before the Aug.ust31 deadline, a photo of the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division, Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue, boarding a plane at night […]

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Administration

US Flew to Safety Embassy Core Staff from Kabul During Evacuation

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In the final hours of its chaotic withdrawal and faced with missile attack, the United States has transferred to safety out of Afghanistan its core diplomatic staff Monday morning though it isn’t confirm if US […]

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Foreign Policy

State Department Appoints Former Ambassador Shapiro a Liaison to Israel on Iran

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

State Department has officially appointed former US ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro as the liaison to Israel that will focus, above all,on Iranian activity in the region while coordinating with Israel on the nuclear issue, […]

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Business

Apple Officially Warned Against Abusing Dominant Market Position by Russia’s Watchdog

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Following the numerous complaints by iOS users and apps developers, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS)has officially warned Monday the tech giant Apple to stop abusing its dominant position in the distribution market for iOS applications, […]

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Health

EU to Remove the United States from Travel ‘Safe List’ due to Increased COVID Numbers

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The European Union is allegedly planning to reverse its June decision to lift restrictions on US travelers and to recommend its member nations to reinstate the restrictions due to the rising level of COVID-19 infections […]

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Foreign Policy

Russian Envoy Says More US Strikes in Afghanistan to Be Expected

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

In light of the latest drone attacks the US has launched against alleged ISIS-K militants, Russia’s special presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov stressed in an interview on Rossiya-24 TV hat more US strikes against […]

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Administration

US Missile Defense Systems Intercept Rockets Fired at Kabul Airport, One Reaches the Target

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

At least one of the five rockets fired at Kabul’s international airport on Monday morning has hit the target while some of them were intercepted by US missile defense system, an anonymous US official told […]

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Administration

Biden Enrages People Checking His Watch during Ceremony for US Troops Killed in Kabul

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

President Joe Biden has initiated a wave of enraged comments and criticism on Sunday by appearing to check his watch during the ceremony of the arrival of the caskets of the US Marines killed in […]

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NGO

IAEA Warns North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Reactor Might Be Restarted

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), whose inspectors were expelled by Pyongyang in 2009, has warned in its latest annual report on North Korea it appears that after an almost three-year pause, the country has […]

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Health

‘Black Substances’ in Vial Prompts Japan to Suspend Moderna Vaccinations in Okinawa

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Days after another batch of jab was suspended due to unknown materials were found in a vial of the Moderna COVID jab and 1.6 million doses from the batch were suspended, Japan halted on Sunday […]

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Administration

US Drone Strike Kills 9 People of the Same Family in Kabul, Including 6 Children

August 30, 2021 Elizabeta Bozinovska

Targeting a suspected ISIS-K suicide bomber than allegedly posed an imminent threat to the airport, US Central Command organized an airstrike of the US armed forces in Kabul on Sunday, killing nine people of a […]

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Foreign Policy

State Department Reveals that 350 US Citizens Are Still Waiting to Flee Afghanistan

August 29, 2021 Dime

A number of 350 US citizens are still stranded in Afghanistan and are trying to flee in the what is the final US withdrawal effort additionally tarnished by the terrorist bombing that occurred at the […]

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According to Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby, there are presently no indicators of a Russian chemical weapons assault coming, but authorities are keeping a careful eye on the situation
Foreign Policy

Pentagon Says Taliban and Haqqani Network Might Be Commingling

August 29, 2021 Dime

The Pentagon stated on Saturday that there is some commingling between the Taliban forces and the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Fox News informed. The acknowledgment arrives just one day after the Department of State had […]

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Administration

Governor DeSantis Wants Biden Administration to Stop Sending Illegal Immigrants to Florida

August 29, 2021 Dime

Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida sent a letter this week addressed to the Biden administration, requesting it to stop the resettlement of illegal migrants in Florida, Fox News informed. DeSantis also argued that the […]

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Administration

DOJ Opens New Position to Help Improve Diversity in the Legal Branch

August 29, 2021 Dime

The Justice Department has made an opening for a new position in order to improve diversity among employees in the US legal department, Fox News informed. According to the posting for this position, a Chief […]

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Foreign Policy

Pentagon Informs Taliban Forces Released Thousands of ISIS-K Prisoners

August 29, 2021 Dime

The Pentagon stated that thousands of prisoners, who are members of the ISIS-K were released by the Taliban forces in the wake of their takeover of Afghanistan in the period before the bombing that happened […]

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Foreign Policy

President Biden Holds Meeting with Israel’s Bennett after Kabul Bombing

August 28, 2021 Dime

US President Joe Biden met with the new Israel Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday, after 24 hours has passed from the suicide bombings in Kabul, Fox News informed. The meeting between the president and […]

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Administration

Pentagon to Open More Bases to House about 50,000 SIV Applicants from Afghanistan

August 28, 2021 Dime

The Pentagon revealed on Friday that it will open more military bases in order to settle 50,000 Afghan nationals who are applying for SIV (Special Immigrant Visa) status or are believed to be at risk, […]

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US Embassy in Kabul Issues Second Alert for Americans to Avoid Airport Gates due to Security Threats

August 28, 2021 Dime

The US Embassy in Kabul revealed a second alert for US citizens on Friday, advising them not to go near the Hamid Karzai airport and avoid the gates due to some “security threats” in Afghanistan, […]

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Politics

Pentagon Says that US Drone Airstrike in Afghanistan Killed ISIS-K Planner

August 28, 2021 Dime

The United States military conducted a drone attack against the alleged ISIS-K planner after a suicide bomber has killed 13 US soldiers and at least 70 Afghans at the Kabul Airport, Fox News informed. The […]

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Health

Florida Circuit Judge Rules Against DeSantis Order on School Mask Mandates

August 28, 2021 Dime

A judge in Florida rejected the ban on school mask mandates that Governor Ron DeSantis imposed, saying that the GOP governor had violated his authority, Fox News informed. John Cooper, a Leon County Circuit Judge […]

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