US orders six commercial airlines to provide planes to transport Afghans and Americans in Middle East
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III on Sunday activated stage 1 of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), ordering six commercial airlines to provide passenger planes to…
Go read this story about Ehtesab, a crisis alert app giving Afghans on-the-ground news
As conditions in Afghanistan continue to deteriorate and the Taliban gain control of its major cities, it’s been a challenge for its citizens to get accurate information…
Private equity firms circling Sainsbury’s with view to launch bids – Sunday Times
Signage for Sainsbury’s is seen at a branch of the supermarket in London, Britain, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Aug 22 (Reuters) – Private equity companies…
Climate change activists target City of London’s Guildhall
LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Climate change activists climbed the outside of the headquarters of the City of London’s government on Sunday as they began two weeks…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah says Iranian fuel vessels setting off soon
BEIRUT, Aug 22 (Reuters) – The leader of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group, Hassan Nasrallah, said on Sunday that vessels carrying Iranian fuel will be setting sail soon…
Anti-Taliban leader Massoud wants to talk but ready to fight
Ahmad Massoud, son of the slain hero of the anti-Soviet resistance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, speaks during an interview at his house in Bazarak, Panjshir province Afghanistan September…
U.S. orders commercial planes to help move Afghanistan evacuees
U.S. soldiers, assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, arrive to provide security in support of Operation Allies Refuge at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August…
Taliban beat back crowd at Kabul airport after seven killed in crush
Britain says seven Afghans killed at airport on Saturday NATO says its forces maintaining strict distance from Taliban Thousands still outside airport hoping to be evacuated British…
Rising prices, shuttered banks add to misery for Kabul
A member of Taliban forces keeps watch at a checkpost in Kabul, Afghanistan August 17, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES KABUL, Aug 22 (Reuters) – A…
Police pin hopes on ‘rainbow cars’ to drive out hate crime
Ms Cooke, who works at Cheshire Police, added that the “cars are there in the communities on normal policing patrol just to show the community that we…
Facial recognition tech ‘being rolled out by police without Parliament’s oversight’
The Home Office and police have been accused of bypassing Parliamentary debate on the rollout of facial recognition by quietly sanctioning its widespread use in new guidance. …
Arsenal 0-2 Chelsea: Romelu Lukaku scores and dominates on second Chelsea debut as Blues impress at Emirates
Club-record signing Romelu Lukaku scored and put in a dominant display on his second Chelsea debut as they beat Arsenal 2-0 at the Emirates on Super Sunday….
Flooding and power outages expected in New England as Hurricane Henri downgraded to tropical storm
Thousands of residents on the US East Coast are being urged to prepare for one of the worst storms in decades. Long Island in New York and…
Just how safe is your staycation swim?
Last year, 153 water users submitted health reports to SAS after falling ill from using the water. “Every report submitted represents a period in which water users…
Afghan veteran JJ Chalmers: ‘It’s heartbreaking to watch something that defines you fall apart’
Chalmers is, at least, grateful for the distraction of his work. A fortnight ago he finished his dream presenting job, hosting Tokyo 2020 for the BBC (albeit…
Mikel Arteta can no longer plead poverty – he is running out of time to prove his credentials
Arteta has big players to come back, including Thomas Partey and Gabriel Magalhaes, but this still looks like a group of players that are short of real…
Not so squeaky clean: the extraordinary story of the Everly Brothers
Gorgeous vocal harmonies and songs that jangled with heartache were among the Everly Brothers lasting gifts to rock ’n roll. But Don and Phil Everly’s legacy went…
We must fight the normalisation of masks
The divide in the House of Commons was striking last week. Nearly all members of the Opposition were wearing masks while only a handful could be seen…
Afghanistan: Tony Blair says US withdrawal from country was made ‘for political reasons’
Tony Blair was prime minister in 2001 and made the decision to send British troops into Afghanistan. after the Taliban refused to hand over al Qaeda’s Osama…
Hidden immunity: Why booster jabs may not be needed after all
Anyone keeping an eye on coronavirus antibody levels in Britain may have noticed an alarming trend in recent months. Since peaking in May, the percentage of older…
Josephine Baker to become first black woman buried in France’s Pantheon monument
The remains of American-born singer and dancer Josephine Baker will be reinterred at the Pantheon monument in Paris, making the entertainer the first black woman to receive…
A four-day working week isn’t the crackpot idea that some think
The result, unsurprisingly, was a sharp rise in real wages. Medieval man reacted to this in a particular way. He seems to have had a target level…