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It’s almost certain Afghanistan’s Taliban won’t speak at UN

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Published by Al-Araby It’s almost certain that Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers won’t get to speak at this year’s UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders. The Taliban challenged the credentials of the ambassador from Afghanistan’s former government, which they ousted on August 15, and asked to represent the country at the assembly’s high-level General Debate. It […]

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U.S. CDC director breaks with panel, backs COVID-19 boosters for high-risk workers

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Published by Reuters By Michael Erman and Manojna Maddipatla (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday backed a booster shot of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for Americans aged 65 and older, some adults with underlying medical conditions and some adults in high-risk working and institutional settings. The

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Mexico urges Haitians at US-Mexico border to give up and head south

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Published by Reuters By Daina Beth Solomon CIUDAD ACUNA, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican officials are urging Haitians on the Texas border trying to reach the United States to give up and return to Mexico’s frontier with Guatemala to request asylum, even as discontent grows over the treatment meted out to the beleaguered migrants. Up to

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Kash Doll pregnant

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Published by BANG Showbiz English Kash Doll is pregnant. The rapper feels “so overwhelmed with joy” about expecting her first child, and she has thanked God for “blessing” her with a baby. She wrote on Instagram: “The Lord just keep on blessing me! Look it’s a baby in there and today it’s the bmf premiere.

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Julia Roberts leads tributes to late Notting Hill director Roger Michell

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Published by BANG Showbiz English Julia Roberts has led tributes to ‘Notting Hill’ director Roger Michell, after he died aged 65. The 53-year-old actress – who starred alongside Hugh Grant in the 1999 romantic-comedy – praised the late filmmaker as “such a kind and gentle man”. She told E! News: “He always had a sweet

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German millionaires rush assets to Switzerland ahead of election

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Published by Reuters By Oliver Hirt ZURICH (Reuters) – A potential lurch to the left in Germany’s election on Sunday is scaring millionaires into moving assets into Switzerland, bankers and tax lawyers say. If the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), hard-left Linke and environmentalist Greens come to power, the reintroduction of a wealth tax and a

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Internet freedoms ‘under attack’ in MENA: Freedom House

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Published by Al-Araby All Middle Eastern and North African countries featured in a newonline freedoms report have been ranked as “partly free” or “not free”, with many experiencing a decline in digital freedoms over the past year. In a ‘Freedom of the Net 2021’ report, written by US-watchdog Freedom House, the MENA region was the

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German election race tightens three days before vote

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Published by Reuters BERLIN (Reuters) – The German election race heated up on Thursday as the lead of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives narrowed to just four points, three days before the federal election. The SPD, whose candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz is currently vice chancellor and finance minister in

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