Spending on international transfer fees nearly tripled in 10 years: FIFA

Spending on international transfer fees over the last decade increased from $2.66 billion in 2012 to a peak of $7.35 billion in 2019, while players' agents received $3.5 billion in commissions, a study by world governing body FIFA said.

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Use of leaded petrol eliminated in 'milestone' for health, environment, UN says

Leaded petrol has been eliminated after the world's last remaining stocks were used up last month, the UN's Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Monday, after heading a 19-year campaign to end use of the poisonous substance that poses major health and environmental risks.

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Aaliyah’s ‘One in a Million’ finally cracks the Billboard top 10

Vinyl helped Olivia Rodrigo reclaim the No. 1 spot on the Billboard album chart this week, while a long-delayed arrival on streaming brought a 25-year-old album by Aaliyah to the Top 10 for the first time.

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The dos and don’ts of fermented foods

I was fascinated by a recent story about fermented foods by my colleague Anahad O’Connor. The story explains the science of how six servings a day of fermented foods can lower inflammation and improve the diversity of your gut microbiome, which may lower your risk of chronic disease. But I wanted to know how to put the advice into practice. I asked Anahad, the smartest food science reporter I know, for more details. Here’s our conversation:

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Police tighten security ahead of Xulhaz murder verdict

The police have tightened security in the court premises in Dhaka ahead of a verdict in the murder case of Bangladesh LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy.

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Malaysian PM in quarantine after contact with COVID-19 patient

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob is under quarantine following a close contact with a COVID-19 patient, his office said in a statement on Monday.

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EU drops US from list of COVID-safe countries for travel

European Union governments agreed on Monday to remove the United States from the EU's safe travel list, meaning US visitors and those from five other countries are likely to face tighter controls, such as COVID-19 tests and quarantines.

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Americans give Biden low marks on Afghanistan pullout, want to see evacuations through

Less than 40 percent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden's handling of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and three quarters wanted US forces to remain in the country until all American civilians could get out, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.

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New data confirm COVID-19 vaccines still provide strong protection

New data presented to a Centres for Disease Control and Prevention committee provided more evidence that the COVID-19 vaccines provided robust protection against severe disease through July, after the delta variant of the coronavirus had spread widely through the United States.

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China culture crackdown a sign of 'profound' political change

China's crackdown on celebrity culture and its moves to rein in giant internet firms are a sign of "profound" political changes under way in the country, a prominent blogger said in a post widely circulated across state media.

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South Africa detects new coronavirus variant, still studying its mutations

South African scientists have detected a new coronavirus variant with multiple mutations but are yet to establish whether it is more contagious or able to overcome the immunity provided by vaccines or prior infection.

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An unceremonious end, and a shrouded beginning

The end of the United States’ longest war was unceremonious — trash blowing across the single airstrip of Kabul’s international airport, Afghans lingering outside the gates, still hoping in vain for evacuation, Taliban firing victoriously into the night sky.

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US suspends diplomatic presence in Afghanistan, moves mission to Qatar

The United States has suspended its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan and will conduct its operations out of Qatar, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, adding Washington will press ahead with its "relentless" efforts to help people leave the country, even after its troops have pulled out.

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US completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war

The United States completed the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan on Monday, ending 20 years of war that culminated in the militant Taliban's return to power.

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Cavani's Uruguay call-up cancelled due to quarantine rules

Manchester United striker Edinson Cavani's Uruguay call-up for next month's World Cup qualifiers has been cancelled due to quarantine rules, Uruguay's football association (AUF) said on Monday.

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Man City defender Dias extends contract to 2027

Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has signed a six-year contract extension until 2027, the Premier League club said on Monday.

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Can Afghanistan’s leading broadcaster survive the Taliban?

Over the past two decades, the Afghan broadcaster Tolo has been known for provocative programs such as “Burka Avenger,” in which an animated superheroine uses martial arts to vanquish villains trying to shut down a girls school.

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Sevilla ask for Barca game to be postponed

Sevilla and LaLiga have requested that the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) postpones the club's game against Barcelona scheduled for Sept 11, Sevilla said on Monday.

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ইউএস ওপেনের দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডে হালেপ-মুগুরুসা

গ্র্যান্ড স্ল্যামে ফেরাটা জয়ে রাঙালেন মেয়েদের র‍্যাঙ্কিংয়ের সাবেক এক নম্বর খেলোয়াড় সিমোনা হালেপ। ইতালির কামিলা জর্জিকে সরাসরি সেটে হারিয়ে উঠলেন ইউএস ওপেনের দ্বিতীয় রাউন্ডে।

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আমি দারুণ আছি: এমবাপে

স্বপ্ন দেখেন রিয়াল মাদ্রিদের জার্সি পরার; তবে বর্তমান ঠিকানায় খারাপ নেই কিলিয়ান এমবাপে। এবারই নাকি তিনি দল ছাড়তে চান; কিন্তু পিএসজির সঙ্গে সম্পর্ক খারাপ করে নয়। তাকে পেতে উঠেপড়ে লেগেছে মাদ্রিদের দলটি, পিএসজি আবার তাকে ছাড়তে নারাজ। এমন অনেক ঘোরপ্যাচের মধ্যে কেমন আছেন ফরাসি ফরোয়ার্ড?

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Families of LGBT activist Xulhaz, friend Tonoy demand death penalties for the killers

The families of murdered Bangladesh LGBT rights activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend Mahbub Rabbi Tonoy are hoping the eight killers, including sacked army officer Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haque, will be handed down death penalties.

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Italy can get better before World Cup, says coach Mancini

Italy coach Roberto Mancini said his European champions can improve even further before the World Cup takes place in Qatar next year.

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Family says 10 of its members were killed in US drone strike in Kabul

Hours after a US military drone strike in Kabul on Sunday, Defense Department officials said that it had blown up a vehicle laden with explosives, eliminating a threat to Kabul’s airport from the Islamic State Khorasan group.

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New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

New Zealand on Monday reported what authorities said was the country's first recorded death linked to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

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What we know about climate change and hurricanes

Hurricane Ida intensified overnight, becoming a Category 4 storm over the course of just a few hours. The rapid increase in strength raises questions about how much climate change is affecting hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. While researchers can’t say for sure whether human-caused climate change will mean longer or more active hurricane seasons in the future, there is broad agreement on one thing: Global warming is changing storms.

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Multiple rockets fired at Kabul airport, intercepted by defence system: US official

As many as five rockets were fired at Kabul's international airport but were intercepted by a missile defence system, a US official told Reuters, as the United States' nears the complete withdrawal of its troops from the city.

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Formula One under fire after Spa 'race' farce

Sunday's rainswept Belgian Grand Prix will go down in history as Formula One's shortest ever race, and also as a leading contender for most farcical.

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North Korea appears to have restarted nuclear reactor, IAEA says

North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog has said in an annual report.

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Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha dies in Kolkata

Noted Bengali writer Buddhadeb Guha died in a Kolkata hospital late Sunday, The Hindustan Times reports. He was 85.

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Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

torrential downpours and pounding surf that submerged much of the shoreline under several feet of water.

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Afghanistan's 'Gen Z' fears for future and hard-won freedoms

When 20-year-old Salgy found out last week that she had topped some 200,000 students who took Afghanistan's university entrance exam this year, she was elated.

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Dragons fly as Chinese millennials take a shine to gold

For many affluent young Chinese consumers, modern simplicity is out and tradition is back in when it comes to jewellery.

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For France, American vines still mean sour grapes

The vines were once demonised for causing madness and blindness, and had been banned decades ago. The French authorities, brandishing money and sanctions, nearly wiped them out.

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Osaka vows to celebrate her own accomplishments ahead of US Open title defence

Naomi Osaka said she intends to celebrate her own achievements more and will not worry about the expectations others place on her as she prepares to begin her US Open title defence.

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Japan's Gunma prefecture reports contaminant in Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

A contaminant was found in Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday in Japan's Gunma prefecture, near Tokyo, the latest such case in the country involving the US company's vaccines.

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US conducts drone strike in Kabul and winds down airlift as deadline nears

A US drone strike on Sunday destroyed an explosives-laden vehicle that the Pentagon said posed an imminent threat to Afghanistan’s main airport, as the massive airlift of Afghans fleeing Taliban rule shut down just two days before the scheduled final withdrawal of US forces.

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মেসির অভিষেকে পিএসজির জয়ের নায়ক এমবাপে

সবার নজর আটকে ছিল পিএসজির বেঞ্চে, কখন নামবেন লিওনেল মেসি। শেষ হলো অপেক্ষা, মাঠে নামলেন সাবেক বার্সেলোনা তারকা। তার আগেই অবশ্য জোড়া গোল করে ম্যাচের গতিপথ ঠিক করে দেন কিলিয়ান এমবাপে।

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Messi makes Ligue 1 debut as Mbappe shines for PSG

Lionel Messi made his much-anticipated Ligue 1 debut for Paris St Germain on Sunday as Kylian Mbappe bagged a double to give the capital club a 2-0 victory at Stade de Reims.

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Why is it taking so long to get a COVID vaccine for kids?

As kids around the country head back to school, there has been disappointing news for parents of children younger than 12. While many health experts had hoped for an early fall approval of a vaccine for young children, two of the nation’s top public health officials said it’s not going to happen.

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Biden attends grim homecoming for US troops killed in Afghanistan attack

US President Joe Biden shut his eyes and tilted his head back as the flag-draped cases carrying the remains of 11 American service members killed in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan emerged on Sunday from a military plane at a base in Delaware.

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As the Taliban tightens its grip, fears of retribution grow

When Taliban troops seized control of the Afghan capital two weeks ago, the invading units made a beeline for two critical targets: the headquarters of the National Security Directorate and the Ministry of Communications.

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‘Show source of income’: Bangladesh making guidelines on setting up worship, funeral places

The Bangladesh government is making guidelines on setting up places of worship or funeral, such as mosque, temple, graveyard and crematorium.

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Palestinians finally have vaccines. But will people take them?

Since the coronavirus first emerged in the occupied West Bank, Suha Gadeon has worn her mask assiduously, avoided mingling with friends and declined to host family members or attend public gatherings.

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Militant fire across Afghan border kills two Pakistan soldiers, says army

Militant fire from across the border in Afghanistan killed two Pakistani soldiers on Sunday, the army said, in the first such attack since the Taliban took over Kabul ten days ago.

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গ্রিনউডের গোলে ইউনাইটেডের রেকর্ড গড়া জয়

প্রথমার্ধের বিবর্ণ পারফরম্যান্সে আবারও পয়েন্ট হারানোর শঙ্কায় পড়েছিল ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেড। তবে শেষ দিকে ব্যবধান গড়ে দিলেন ম্যাসন গ্রিনউড। উলভারহ্যাম্পটন ওয়ানডারার্সকে হারিয়ে অসাধারণ এক কীর্তি গড়ল উলে গুনার সুলশারের দল।

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Taliban, US aim for swift handover of Kabul airport: Taliban official

The Taliban, Afghanistan's new rulers, and the departing US forces are aiming for a swift handover of Kabul airport, a Taliban official told Reuters on Sunday.

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Heart problem more common after COVID-19 than after vaccination, study finds

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is associated with an increased risk of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, a large new study from Israel confirms. But the side effect remains rare, and COVID-19 is more likely to cause myocarditis than the vaccine is, scientists reported on Wednesday.

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Among the troops who died, 2 women on the frontline

One of the last photos that Marine Sgt Nicole Gee shared with her family shows her in dusty body armour with a rifle, her long blond hair pulled back, her hands in tactical gloves. Amid the chaos of Kabul, those hands are carefully cradling a baby.

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US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul

US forces are in the final phase of their evacuation from Kabul and just over 1,000 civilians inside the airport remain to be flown out before troops are withdrawn, a Western security official in the Afghan capital said on Sunday.

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Britons, unfazed by high COVID rates, weigh their ‘price of freedom’

Nearly 60,000 soccer fans packed London’s Emirates Stadium last Sunday to watch Chelsea outplay Arsenal. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cinderella” made its glittering debut in the West End after multiple COVID-19-related delays. On the subway, where masks are still mandatory, half of the riders go barefaced.

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US officials warn Americans again to leave Kabul airport after Biden says a new attack is ‘highly likely’

US officials again warned Americans to leave the Kabul airport area immediately because of a security threat, hours after President Biden said that another terrorist attack there was “highly likely” in the coming days, The New York Times reports.

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Migrants depart southern Mexico in caravan to protest slow asylum process

Mexico has deployed hundreds of security forces to head off a caravan of migrants and asylum seekers who departed the southern Mexican city of Tapachula en masse on Saturday in efforts to reach the Mexican capital, where they hoped to seek expedited asylum proceedings.

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Delta variant poses twice the risk of hospitalisation

People who get the Delta variant of the coronavirus are twice as likely to be hospitalised as those who were infected by the Alpha variant which was first detected in England last year, a study showed on Friday.

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US reports world's first deer with COVID-19

The US government said on Friday it had confirmed the world's first cases of COVID-19 in deer, expanding the list of animals known to have tested positive for the disease.

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Taliban prepare to form new cabinet as US evacuation nears end

The Taliban said on Saturday they were preparing a new cabinet as the US evacuation nears its end and they expected that sharp currency falls and economic turmoil following their takeover of Kabul two weeks ago would subside.

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Biden warns another militant attack in Afghanistan is highly likely

President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as US troops began leaving Kabul airport after a two-week scramble by Washington and its allies to evacuate citizens and at-risk Afghans.

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Juve start life without Ronaldo with shock loss to Empoli

Lacklustre Juventus began life without Cristiano Ronaldo by suffering a surprising 1-0 defeat at home to promoted Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.

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এক ম্যাচ পর জয়ে ফিরল রিয়াল

আক্রমণ-পাল্টা আক্রমণে লড়াই জমল বেশ। অনেক চেষ্টার পর মিলল কাঙ্ক্ষিত গোল। রিয়াল বেতিসের বিপক্ষে প্রত্যাশিত জয় পেল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ।

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Birth certificates issued online in Chattogram when registration was suspended

Birth registration was paused for weeks due to new conditions and software update early this year, but 18 certificates were issued in this period in Chattogram.

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Evacuations from Kabul wind down as US prepares to pull last troops

The sweeping international effort to evacuate thousands of vulnerable Afghans and foreign nationals from Kabul’s airport neared completion Saturday as the United States continued to withdraw its remaining troops from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan after carrying out a retaliatory airstrike in response to a devastating terrorist attack.

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ইউভেন্তুসকে হারিয়ে নবাগত এম্পোলির চমক

প্রথম রাউন্ডে পয়েন্ট হারানোর হতাশা চেনা আঙিনায় কাটিয়ে উঠবে কী, উল্টো শুরুর দিকে গোল হজম করল ইউভেন্তুস। বাকি সময়ে তা শোধ করতেও পারল না মাস্সিমিলিয়ানো আল্লেগ্রির দল। দারুণ এক জয় নিয়ে ফিরল নবাগত এম্পোলি।

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লেভানদোভস্কির হ্যাটট্রিকে বায়ার্নের গোল উৎসব

ম্যাচের পর ম্যাচ অসাধারণ ছন্দে এগিয়ে চলেছেন রবের্ত লেভানদোভস্কি। পোলিশ ফরোয়ার্ডের হ্যাটট্রিকে এবার হের্টা বার্লিনকে গুঁড়িয়ে দিয়েছে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ।

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১০ জন নিয়ে লিভারপুলকে রুখে দিল চেলসি

প্রথম দুই রাউন্ডে জিতে আসায় দুই দলের সামনেই সুযোগ ছিল এগিয়ে যাওয়ার। শুরুর দিকে গোল করে আশা জাগাল চেলসি। কিন্তু প্রথমার্ধের শেষ দিকে করে বসল বড় ভুল। ১০ জনের দলে পরিণত হওয়ার পাশাপাশি প্রতিপক্ষকে উপহার দিল স্পট কিক, সমতা ফেরাল লিভারপুল। বাকি সময়ে ইয়ুর্গেন ক্লপের শিষ্যরা অনেক চেষ্টা করেও আর জালের দেখা না পাওয়ায় মূল্যবান পয়েন্ট নিয়ে ফিরল টমাস টুখেলের দল।

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'He is a good manager', Guardiola defends under-pressure Arteta

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola said Mikel Arteta was a good manager who would turn things around at Arsenal with a bit of patience despite his team being thrashed 5-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

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Ten-man Chelsea held on for point at Liverpool

Ten-man Chelsea held on for a 1-1 draw against Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday after defender Reece James was sent off just before halftime. Chelsea had taken the lead against the run of play when Kai Havertz met a James corner at the near post and his glancing header looped into the far corner past the helpless Alisson Becker.

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Taliban condemn US drone attack, prepare to set up new Afghan government

The Taliban said on Saturday they would announce a new government for Afghanistan in the coming week and expected the economic turbulence and sharp currency falls that followed their take-over of the city two weeks ago to subside quickly.

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Japan sends 634,900 more doses of Oxford COVID vaccine to Bangladesh

Bangladesh has received another 634,900 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from Japan under the global vaccine-sharing platform COVAX.

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US intelligence community says cannot solve COVID mystery without China

The US intelligence community does not believe it can resolve a debate over whether a Chinese laboratory incident was the source of COVID-19 without more information, US officials said in a declassified summary on Friday.

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Dozens of unaccompanied Afghan children evacuated to the United States

About three dozen unaccompanied Afghan children have been placed in US government custody after being evacuated from Afghanistan during the hurried US withdrawal in recent weeks, US officials told Reuters.

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India's new COVID-19 cases jump to two-month high

India on Saturday reported 46,759 new coronavirus infections, the most in nearly two months, as cases surged in the southern state of Kerala after a big festival.

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Peruvian bus carrying mining workers plunges into abyss, killing 16

A bus in the Peruvian Andes transporting contract workers at MMG Ltd's Las Bambas copper mine plunged off a cliff on Friday, the company said, killing 16 people and injuring two.

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Up to 48 missing after boat capsizes off coast of Senegal, says army

Up to 48 people were missing on Friday after a boat carrying around 60 people capsized off the coast of northern Senegal, the Senegalese army said in a statement.

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Resurgent Pujara leads India's resistance at Headingley

Cheteshwar Pujara orchestrated India's spirited resistance with an unbeaten career-reviving 91 but England remained on course for a series-levelling victory in the third test at Headingley on Friday.

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Why Apple won its legal settlement with developers

Apple said Thursday that it had reached a legal settlement with app developers who accused it of abusing its control of the mobile-app market.

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Two weeks before Kabul airport attack, ISIS-K commander told CNN the group was waiting to 'strike'

A senior ISIS-K commander told CNN journalist Clarissa Ward during an interview that his group was “lying low and waiting for a time to strike” two weeks before the deadly attack outside Kabul's airport on Thursday.

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With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban

Teacher Shirin Tabriq spent five days and nights outside Kabul airport trying to get on a flight from Afghanistan. Humiliated and enraged by her ordeal, she has given up and plans to return to her village to start a new life under the Taliban.

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After airport bombing, an Afghan family buries a father, and hope

In a shed beside the mosque his father had helped to build, Hussein’s body lay on a marble slab Friday morning as his brother Hamid and other relatives washed him for burial. Delicately, they patched the shrapnel wounds that had killed him the day before, using bits of cotton and plaster, and clear plastic tape.

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Anger, grief for family members of 13 US troops killed in Afghanistan

Steve Nikoui had been glued to TV reports on Thursday, desperate for hints his son, Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, survived the deadly airport suicide bombing in Afghanistan when three Marines arrived at his door with the worst news possible.

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As US troops searched Afghans, a bomber in the crowd moved in

The suicide bomber waited until the last possible moment, US officials said.

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US strikes Islamic State in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul attack

The US military announced its first reprisal strike in Afghanistan since an attack on the Kabul airport killed 13 US service members and as many as 170 other people, as the US officials again warned Americans to leave the airport because of security threats.

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টিভি সূচি (শনিবার, ২৮ অগাস্ট ২০২১)

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Biman plane arrives in Dhaka after emergency landing in Nagpur for pilot’s illness

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines jet from Muscat that made an emergency landing in India’s Nagpur after the pilot fell ill has flown 124 passengers into Dhaka.

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Messi, Mbappé and running out the clock

Real Madrid’s first offer for Kylian Mbappé arrived, in writing, on Tuesday afternoon. It did not come as a shock to anyone at Paris St.-Germain, not really. Mbappé had only a year left on his contract. Negotiations over an extension had long ago hit an impasse. It was an open secret he had eyes only for Real Madrid. Clumsily, the Spanish club had made clear it reciprocated his affection.

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Troubled online marketplace Evaly ‘forcing’ workers out

“Our only job was to give customers false hopes. It’s too much for a person to lie nonstop 14 to 15 hours a day,” says a former employee of e-commerce firm Evaly who worked at the troubled firm’s call centre.

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ফার্গুসনের ফোন আর ফের্নান্দেসের বার্তায় রোনালদোর ফেরা

একটা সময় পর্যন্ত শোনা যাচ্ছিল, সম্ভাবনায় সবচেয়ে এগিয়ে ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি। ঘরের ছেলে কি না যাবে নগর প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী শিবিরে! ফোন করলেন কিংবদন্তি কোচ স্যার অ্যালেক্স ফার্গুসন। বার্তা দিলেন জাতীয় দলের সতীর্থ ব্রুনো ফের্নান্দেস। তৎপর হয়ে উঠলেন ম্যানচেস্টার ইউনাইটেডের এক সময়ের সতীর্থরা। ব্যস বদলে গেল গতিপথ, ইউভেন্তুস থেকে প্রিয় ওল্ড ট্র্যাফোর্ডেই ফিরলেন ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো। 

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ব্রাজিল দলে আরও ৯

কোভিড-১৯ পরিস্থিতিতে আসন্ন আন্তর্জাতিক সূচিতে অনেক দেশের খেলোয়াড়কে ছাড়তে রাজি নয় প্রিমিয়ার লিগ ও লা লিগার ক্লাবগুলো। পরিস্থিতি বিবেচনায় আগামী মাসে হতে যাওয়া বিশ্বকাপ বাছাইপর্বে তিনটি ম্যাচের জন্য পূর্বঘোষিত দলে নতুন ৯ জন খেলোয়াড় যোগ করেছে ব্রাজিল।

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Advisers tell Biden of danger ahead in Afghan mission, White House says

Advisers told President Joe Biden on Friday that the next few days of the evacuation mission from Afghanistan will be the most dangerous to date, the White House said on Friday, after an attack in Kabul left scores dead, including 13 US service members.

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China will soon surpass Russia as a nuclear threat: senior US military official

China, in the midst of a rapid nuclear weapons buildup, will soon surpass Russia as the United States' top nuclear threat, a senior US military official said on Friday, warning that the two countries have no mechanisms to avert miscommunication.

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ইতালি দলে ফিরলেন জানিওলো, নতুন মুখ স্কাম্মাক্কা

ইতালি জাতীয় ফুটবল দলে প্রথমবারের মতো ডাক পেয়েছেন জানলুকা স্কাম্মাক্কা। চোট কাটিয়ে ফিরেছেন মিডফিল্ডার নিকোলো জানিওলো।

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রোনালদোর হৃদয়ে থাকবে ইউভেন্তুস

ওল্ড ট্র্যাফোর্ডের চেনা আঙিনাতেই ফিরছেন। স্বাভাবিকভাবেই শিহরিত ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো। কিন্তু ইউভেন্তুসকে বিদায় বলে দেওয়ার কষ্টও নেহাত কম নয়। বিদায় বলে দিলেও পর্তুগিজ ফরোয়ার্ড পিছু ফিরে তাকালেন। জানালেন ইউভেন্তুসের প্রতি নিখাদ ভালোবাসা।

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Apple creates $100m fund to pay app developers in a settlement

Apple on Thursday agreed to pay $100 million and tweak one of its App Store rules to settle a lawsuit with app developers, doing away with another legal headache for the company around its control over mobile apps.

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Kabul attacks put bitter adversary Islamic State back into US sights

US military commanders vowed to hunt down the leaders of Islamic State after Thursday's suicide bomb attack on Kabul airport, pledging to exact revenge on the long-time US adversary for the deaths of dozens of Afghans and US troops.

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US braces for more ISIS attacks after carnage at Kabul airport

US troops helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after Islamic State struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport, killing scores of civilians and at least 13 US troops.

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After decades of war, ISIS and al-Qaida can still wreak havoc

The nightmare that kept counterterrorism experts awake even before the Taliban returned to power is that Afghanistan would become fertile ground for terrorist groups, most notably al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.

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Biden warns Kabul airport attackers: 'We will hunt you down'

President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down the attackers of twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he has asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them.

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Bangladesh lays out plan for school return amid pandemic

The government has drawn out a plan to reopen educational institutions amid the coronavirus pandemic in a high-level meeting. 

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What is Islamic State in Afghanistan?

Following are some facts about the Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, which claimed suicide bomb attacks outside Kabul airport that killed dozens of people:

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Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly Kabul airport attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday, the group's Amaq News Agency said on its Telegram channel.

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No trade licence without fire safety clearance: Mayor Atiqul

Dhaka North City Corporation will not issue or renew trade licences if businesses do not ensure fire safety, Mayor Atiqul Islam has said.

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সিটির মঁদির বিরুদ্ধে ধর্ষণের অভিযোগ

ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি ডিফেন্ডার বাঁজামাঁ মঁদির বিরুদ্ধে চারটি ধর্ষণ ও একটি যৌন নির্যাতনের অভিযোগ এনেছে চেশায়ার কনস্টাবুলারি। যদিও বিষয়টি তদন্তের অপেক্ষায় রয়েছে; তবে মঁদি এই ঘটনায় অভিযুক্ত হওয়ায় বৃহস্পতিবার তাকে বহিষ্কার করেছে প্রিমিয়ার লিগের দলটি।

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Jorginho and Putellas win UEFA Player of the Year awards

Chelsea and Italy midfielder Jorginho was named European football body UEFA's men's Player of the Year for 2020-21 on Thursday while Barcelona's Alexia Putellas won the women's award.

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e-CAB suspends membership of Eorange, 3 other e-commerce firms

The e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh or e-CAB has suspended membership of four companies, including Eorange, over allegations of irregularities.

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Champions League group stage draw

The following is the draw for the Champions League group stage which took place in Istanbul on Thursday:

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Messi's PSG draw Guardiola's Man City in Champions League group stage

Lionel Messi's new club Paris St Germain will play Manchester City, managed by the Argentine's former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, after being drawn together in Champion's League Group A on Thursday.

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Real Madrid increase bid for PSG's Mbappe to 170 million euros: Sky Sports

Real Madrid have increased their offer to sign Paris St Germain forward Kylian Mbappe to 170 million euros ($199.80 million) after having an initial 160 million euro bid rejected, Sky Sports reported on Thursday.

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At least four US military personnel killed in Kabul blasts

Four US Marines were killed and three wounded in Thursday's explosions at Kabul airport, US sources told Reuters, in what the Pentagon said was a "complex attack" during its evacuation mission from Afghanistan.

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Ronaldo's future hangs over Juve as they look for first win

The future of Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has dominated the news as his Juventus side prepare for their weekend Serie A clash at home to Empoli.

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Parliamentary committee seeks report on full vaccine production plan

The parliamentary standing committee on the health ministry has asked for a report on the full government plan on the production of coronavirus vaccines in Bangladesh.

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উয়েফার বর্ষসেরা জর্জিনিয়ো

ক্লাব ও জাতীয় দলের হয়ে দুর্দান্ত এক মৌসুম কাটানোর দারুণ এক স্বীকৃতি পেলেন জর্জিনিয়ো। উয়েফা বর্ষসেরা ফুটবলারের পুরস্কার জিতেছেন চেলসির এই ইতালিয়ান মিডফিল্ডার।

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বায়ার্নের গ্রুপে বার্সেলোনা, সিটিকে পেল পিএসজি

দুঃস্বপ্নের সেই হারের পর আবার বায়ার্ন মিউনিখের মুখোমুখি হতে যাচ্ছে বার্সেলোনা। ইউরোপের দুই পরাশক্তির এবার দেখা হবে গ্রুপ পর্বে। গতবারের সেমি-ফাইনালের দুই প্রতিপক্ষ পিএসজি ও ম্যানচেস্টার সিটি এবার পড়েছে একই গ্রুপে। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগের সফলতম দল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ গতবার দুই প্রতিপক্ষ ইন্টার মিলান ও শাখতার দোনেৎস্ককে পেয়েছে এবারও।  

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শর্তে রোনালদোকে বিক্রি করতে রাজি ইউভেন্তস

কিছুদিন আগেই দলবদলের গুঞ্জনে জল ঢেলে দিয়েছিলেন ক্রিস্তিয়ানো রোনালদো নিজেই। জানিয়েছিলেন, সবই কেবল গুঞ্জন। তবে সপ্তাহ ঘুরতেই বদলে গেছে চিত্র। বিবিসি জানিয়েছে, রোনালদো ক্লাব ছাড়তে চাইলে ইউভেন্তস তাকে বিক্রি করতে ইচ্ছুক, তবে সেটা হতে হবে তাদের শর্তে।

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আর্সেনাল ছাড়তে চান উইলিয়ান

দল ছাড়ার ব্যাপারে আলোচনা চালিয়ে যাচ্ছেন আর্সেনালের ব্রাজিলিয়ান উইঙ্গার উইলিয়ান। আগামী সপ্তাহে চলতি দলবদলের সময়সীমা শেষ হওয়ার আগে দলে আরও নতুন সদস্য যোগ হতে পারে বলেও জানালেন দলটির কোচ মিকেল আর্তেতা। 

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Moderna withholds 1.63m COVID-19 vaccine doses in Japan due to contamination

Moderna Inc said on Wednesday it has withheld supply of about 1.63 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Japan after a report of contamination of vials with particulate matter, which it suspects involves a production line in Spain.

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Why the baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album is suing now

Spencer Elden was 4 months old when he was photographed by a family friend in 1991 drifting naked in a pool.

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Judge orders sanctions against pro-Trump lawyers over election lawsuit

A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday night ordered sanctions to be levied against nine pro-Trump lawyers, including Sidney Powell and L Lin Wood, ruling that a lawsuit laden with conspiracy theories that they filed last year challenging the validity of the presidential election was “a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process.”

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China criticises US 'scapegoating' over COVID origin report

China on Wednesday criticised the US "politicisation" of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding without any evidence that American labs be investigated, ahead of the release of a US intelligence report on the virus.

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Afghans told to avoid Kabul airport as Islamic State threat emerges

The United States and allies urged people to move away from Kabul airport on Thursday due to the threat of an Islamic State terror attack as Western troops hurry to evacuate as many Afghans as possible before an Aug 31 deadline.

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Mexico takes in fleeing Afghan journalists, including from NY Times

Mexico received 124 media workers and their family members from Afghanistan, including New York Times journalists, the government said on Wednesday, as people flee after the Taliban militant group's takeover.

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US embassy alert advises US citizens not to go to Kabul airport

The US embassy in Kabul advised US citizens not to travel to the Hamid Karzai International Airport at this time, according to an embassy security alert issued on Wednesday.

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Taliban asked Turkey for support to run Kabul airport, Turkish officials say

The Taliban have asked Turkey for technical help to run Kabul airport after the departure of foreign forces but insist that Ankara's military also withdraw fully by the end-August deadline, two Turkish officials told Reuters.

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Sydney hospitals erect emergency tents amid Delta surge

Two major hospitals in Sydney's west, the epicentre of Australia's coronavirus outbreak, set up emergency outdoor tents on Thursday to help deal with an increase in patients as the city grapples with its worst flare-up in the pandemic.

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টিভি সূচি (বৃহস্পতিবার, ২৬ অগাস্ট ২০২১)

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Western nations rush to complete Afghan evacuation before troops leave

Western nations scrambled to evacuate people from Afghanistan on Wednesday but acknowledged that many Afghans who helped during two decades of war would be left behind to face an uncertain fate under the Taliban when foreign troops leave next week.

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Internal UN document says Taliban threatened, beat staff

The Taliban stopped an Afghan United Nations staff member as he tried to reach Kabul airport on Sunday. They searched his vehicle and found his UN identification. Then they beat him.

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Bangladesh ends pandemic waiver on credit card interests, late fees

Bangladesh Bank has ordered an end to the waiver on interests and late fees on payment of credit card bills that were given over a year ago amid the coronavirus crisis.

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Bangladesh knitwear exporters say new worker safety accord unnecessary

The Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association or BKMEA has opposed a new pact between major global retailers, workers and owners that subjects retailers to legal action if their factories fail to meet labour safety standards.

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Arrest warrants against former president Khandaker Mushtaque’s son, grandson hiding in Canada

A Cumilla court has issued arrest warrants against the son and grandson of late Bangladesh president Khandaker Mushtaque Ahmed who rose to power after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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Global COVID cases remain high, but levelling off, WHO Says

Reports of new coronavirus cases around the world are showing signs of flattening, even though they are still rising rapidly in the United States, the World Health Organisation said in its latest weekly assessment.

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Chinese citizen who documented Wuhan outbreak falls ill in prison hunger strike

A Chinese citizen journalist who was imprisoned for exposing the failures of the government’s initial response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan is seriously ill from a hunger strike, according to messages from her family shared by her former lawyer and a friend.

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Afghans with legal papers will be able to travel beyond Aug. 31, Taliban tell Germany

The Taliban have told Germany that Afghans with legal documents will be able to travel on commercial flights beyond the Aug. 31 cut-off date after which evacuations from Kabul airport will no longer be allowed, a senior German diplomat said on Wednesday.

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ব্রাজিল-আর্জেন্টিনা ম্যাচে থাকবে দর্শক

বিশ্বকাপ বাছাইয়ে আর্জেন্টিনার বিপক্ষে ম্যাচ দিয়ে মাঠে দর্শক ফেরাতে যাচ্ছে ব্রাজিল। ১২ হজার দর্শককে মাঠে বসে দুই চীরপ্রতিদ্বন্দ্বীর লড়াই দেখার সুযোগ করে দিচ্ছে ব্রাজিলিয়ান ফুটবল কনফেডারেশন (সিবিএফ)।

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Pfizer study finds a third shot greatly boosts COVID antibodies

A third shot of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID vaccine sharply increases the levels of antibodies against the coronavirus, the companies reported on Wednesday.

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Afghan commander feels ‘betrayed’ by politicians, American partners

An Afghan commander has blamed “abandonment of the army” by the politicians and American partners for the ongoing chaotic evacuation from Kabul after the Taliban takeover, saying he feels “betrayed”.

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Actress Pori Moni moves High Court for bail in drugs case

Actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, with the screen name Pori Moni, has moved the High Court for bail in a case on drugs-related charges, challenging the decision of a trial court to hear her bail plea after three weeks.

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Paris St Germain reject Real Madrid's bid for Mbappe: Leonardo

Paris St Germain have rejected an offer from Real Madrid for France forward Kylian Mbappe, the French club's sporting director Leonardo told BFM and RMC Sport, saying the offer was "not sufficient".

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US, China accuse each other of "bullying" nations

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday again charged China with bullying its Southeast Asian neighbours, the second time in two days she has attacked Beijing during a regional visit aimed at countering China's growing influence.

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এমবাপেকে পেতে রিয়ালের ‘১৬ কোটি ইউরোর প্রস্তাব’

সময়সীমার শেষ প্রান্তে এসে দলবদলের বাজারে নতুন উত্তেজনার ইঙ্গিত। অনেক দিনের গুঞ্জন ও আলোচনার পর অবশেষে পিএসজির তারকা কিলিয়ান এমবাপের জন্য রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ প্রস্তাব পাঠিয়েছে বলে খবর সংবাদমাধ্যমের। দুই ক্লাব অবশ্য আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে কিছু জানায়নি এখনও।

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US intelligence agencies delivered report to Biden on virus’s origins

The director of national intelligence on Tuesday delivered a report to President Joe Biden on the origins of the coronavirus epidemic, according to US officials, but the nation’s spy agencies have not yet concluded whether the disease was the result of an accidental leak from a lab or if it emerged naturally in a spillover from animals to humans.

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China state media says US VP Harris seeking to divide Asia

Chinese state media on Wednesday accused US Vice President Kamala Harris of seeking to drive a wedge between China and its Southeast Asian neighbours with her comments that Beijing used coercion and intimidation to back its South China Sea claims.

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What happens after Biden's evacuation force leaves Afghanistan?

President Joe Biden on Tuesday stuck by his plan to remove the nearly 6,000 US troops from Afghanistan by the end of August, contingent on whether the Taliban cooperates to allow the evacuation of more Americans and their Afghan allies. read more

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FIFA, deemed a victim of its own scandal, will share $200 million payout

Even as top soccer officials were still being arrested as part of a sprawling corruption investigation in 2015, lawyers for the sport’s global governing body and US prosecutors began to embrace an intriguing premise:

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Afghanistan faces humanitarian crisis as airlift deadline looms

Afghanistan's neighbours should open their land borders to allow more people to leave, a NATO country diplomat said on Wednesday, as aid agencies warned of a looming humanitarian crisis under the new Taliban rulers.

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Afghan all-girl robotics team members land in Mexico

Five members of an all-girl Afghan robotics team arrived in Mexico on Tuesday evening, fleeing an uncertain future at home after the recent collapse of the US-backed government and takeover by the Taliban militant group.

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Pope sends personal funds for Haiti, Bangladesh, Vietnam aid

Pope Francis has sent more than 350,000 euros ($411,000) in charity funds at his personal disposal to help with emergency relief in Haiti, Bangladesh and Vietnam, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

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As Taliban government looms, should Bangladesh seek diplomacy with Afghanistan?

Almost two decades after the US-led invasion, the attention of the world was once again drawn on Afghanistan this month as the Taliban completed a dramatic takeover of the country.

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US VP Harris forges on with Vietnam trip despite mystery 'health incident'

Vice President Kamala Harris pushed ahead with a trip to Vietnam on Tuesday after delaying the visit over concerns due to a health incident potentially related to the mysterious Havana syndrome.

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US COVID-19 vaccine approval is 'seismic' shift for legality of mandates, experts say

Formal US approval of the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine will make it nearly impossible to successfully challenge mandates by employers, legal experts said.

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'Don't panic and get back to work', Taliban order former officials

Ashraf Haidari, an economist at the Aghan finance ministry, was waiting anxiously at home when a call came from the Taliban: a commander ordered him back to work so he could help run the country once the "crazy foreigners" had left.

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Biden pushes for Aug 31 Afghanistan pullout as threat of attacks rise

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States is on pace to finish evacuations from Afghanistan by Aug 31, but left open the chance of the deadline being extended, saying reaching that goal is dependent on continued cooperation from the country's new Taliban rulers.

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US data show rising 'breakthrough' infections among fully vaccinated

Some 25% of SARS-CoV-2 infections among Los Angeles County residents occurred in fully vaccinated residents from May through July 25, a period that includes the impact of the highly transmissible Delta variant, US officials reported on Tuesday.

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Real Madrid make 160 million euro bid for Mbappe: L'Equipe

Real Madrid have made a 160 million euro ($188.11 million) bid for Paris St Germain's France forward Kylian Mbappe, French newspaper L'Equipe reported on Tuesday.

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Four years into the influx, are Rohingya refugees any closer to a return home?

Another year has passed since the mass influx of forcibly displaced Rohingya Muslims from neighbouring Myanmar with no resolution in sight amid a rift between Bangladesh and the United Nations over the relocation of the refugees to the island of Bhasan Char while the repatriation plans remain in limbo.

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লাল তালিকার দেশগুলোতে ফুটবলার যেতে দেবে না ইপিএল

আগামী সেপ্টেম্বরের আন্তর্জাতিক বিরতির সময়ে ইংলিশ প্রিমিয়ার লিগের অনেক খেলোয়াড়ের নিজ দেশের হয়ে খেলার কথা ছিল। কিন্তু সেই পথ বন্ধ হয়ে যাচ্ছে। প্রিমিয়ার লিগ কর্তৃপক্ষ জানিয়েছে, করোনাভাইরাসের সংক্রমণের জন্য ‘লাল তালিকায়’ থাকা দেশগুলোতে ফুটবলারদের যেতে না দেওয়ার ব্যাপারে ‘অনিচ্ছাকৃত কিন্তু সর্বসম্মতিক্রমে’ সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছে ক্লাবগুলো।

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What’s the next dream of Digital Bangladesh? Cashless society, says Sajeeb Wazed Joy

After the establishment of Digital Bangladesh, the government aims to create a society with no cash transaction, Sajeeb Wazed Joy says.

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Overweight adults should be screened for diabetes at 35, experts say

Overweight adults should be screened for Type 2 diabetes and abnormally high blood sugar levels starting at age 35, five years earlier than currently advised, an expert task force recommended on Tuesday.

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TikTok adds in-app shopping, in a partnership with Shopify

TikTok and Shopify, the e-commerce platform, said on Tuesday that they were working together to add the ability for consumers to shop directly in the TikTok app for the first time.

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The Taliban block Afghans’ access to Kabul’s airport and reject any delay of US withdrawal

The Taliban said on Tuesday that they would block Afghans trying to leave the country from traveling to Kabul’s airport and would reject any plans to extend the deadline for US troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of this month.

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Charlie Watts, bedrock drummer for the Rolling Stones, dies at 80

Charlie Watts, whose strong but unflashy drumming powered the Rolling Stones for over 50 years, died on Tuesday in London. He was 80.

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Taliban reject extended deadline as US races to finish evacuation

As a desperate US effort to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan gained momentum Monday, Taliban leaders rejected a suggestion from President Joe Biden that US forces might remain past an Aug 31 deadline to complete the operation, injecting fresh urgency into an already frantic process.

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Afghan fiasco raises hard questions for Europe

President Joe Biden says he hears no criticism from America’s allies about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and the collapse of the government. But the criticism in Europe, at least, is loud and persistent.

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$51 billion in foreign aid still stuck in the pipeline

A significant part of the foreign funds committed to Bangladesh by different countries and development partners for implementing development projects has got stuck in the pipeline.

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Pele brings sporting stars together for charity auction

Want a Brazil jersey owned by Pele? An All Blacks shirt signed by Dan Carter? A New York Yankees photo autographed by Derek Jeter? David Beckham’s AC Milan shirt?

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Climate change made deadly floods in Western Europe at least 20% more likely

Climate change has made extreme rainfall events of the kind that sent lethal torrents of water hurtling through parts of Germany and Belgium last month at least 20 percent more likely to happen in the region, scientists said Tuesday.

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US envoy says no hostile intent toward North Korea, calls for talks

The United States has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang and is open to meeting any time and any place, Washington's special envoy for North Korea said on Monday during a visit to South Korea.

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Paralympics to open with empty stands but a bigger stage

One Paralympic swimmer ended up training in the chilly Arkansas River for a while after the coronavirus pandemic cut off her access to a pool.

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5 diet and lifestyle measures to ward off heartburn

The childhood admonition to refrain from swimming for an hour after eating, ostensibly to avoid cramp, is not nearly long enough for me anymore. I now have to wait at least two hours before attempting any vigorous activity, or chores that involve bending over, to avoid the miserable sensation of acid reflux, commonly recognised by its frequent symptom of heartburn.

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Police kill militant group commander and deputy in Indian Kashmir

The top commander of a militant group and his deputy, allegedly involved in dozens of target killings, died in a shootout, Indian police in Kashmir said on Monday.

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UK's Johnson and Biden agree on Kabul evacuation efforts

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden agreed on Monday to work together to ensure all those eligible to leave Afghanistan were able to, including after the initial evacuation phase ended, Johnson's office said.

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Other G7 leaders to press Biden to extend Kabul evacuation deadline

US President Joe Biden will face pressure to extend an Aug 31 deadline to evacuate thousands seeking to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan when he meets Group of Seven (G7) leaders at a virtual meeting on Tuesday.

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G7 leaders plan to pledge unity on Taliban recognition, sanctions

Leaders of the G7 advanced economies are expected to pledge unity on whether or not to officially recognize or sanction the Taliban when they meet virtually to discuss Afghanistan on Tuesday, according to two diplomatic sources.

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India to monetise $81b worth of state assets over next 4 years

India plans to monetise $81 billion worth of state assets over the next four years under a programme announced earlier in the 2021/2022 budget to boost infrastructure spending and spur economic growth in Asia's third biggest economy.

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Afghan refugees find a harsh and unfriendly border in Turkey

In the days before the Taliban took Kabul, an Afghan woman was doubled over sobbing on a bench in a bus station in eastern Turkey, her children wailing at her feet.

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Biden expected to decide within 24 hours on Afghan evacuation deadline

With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul's airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers, US President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday on whether to extend an Aug 31 deadline to airlift Americans and their allies to safety.

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Rise in industrial unit registration brightens investment growth chances

Bangladesh may expect a surge in investment as the number of businesses registering for industrial units in the second quarter of 2021 has shot up.

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Bangladesh tops National Cyber Security Index in South Asia

Bangladesh has improved 27 places to rank top in South Asia, and 38th among 160 countries, in the latest National Cyber Security Index of Estonia-based e-Governance Academy Foundation.

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UK sends cricket star Botham to bat for British exports

Britain appointed former England cricket star Ian Botham as a trade ambassador to seek new deals for exporters in the country he most famously tangled with on the pitch - Australia.

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Oman to lift travel ban on fully vaccinated passengers from Bangladesh, India on Sept 1

Oman is lifting the travel ban on passengers, who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and 18 other countries on Sept 1.

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মেসির পর লিগ ওয়ানে ‘আলপাইন মেসি’

লিওনেল মেসির পর এবার লিগ ওয়ানে পাড়ি জমালেন ‘আলপাইন মেসি’ নামে পরিচিত জেরদান সাচিরি। লিভারপুল থেকে তিন বছরের চুক্তিতে ফরাসি ক্লাব লিওঁতে যোগ দিলেন সুইজারল্যান্ডের এই উইঙ্গার।

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DGHS lifts suspension on Praava Health services after three weeks

The Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS has lifted a suspension on all services of Praava Health three weeks after finding irregularities during inspection.

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Dhaka ranked 54th among 60 in Safe Cities Index 2021

Dhaka has been ranked 54th among 60 in the Safe Cities Index 2021 from The Economist Intelligence Unit, improving slightly from the 56th position in 2019.

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Risks of party revolt grow for Japan's PM Suga after local poll loss

Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga looks increasingly vulnerable to a challenge from within his party for the nation's top job after an ally's defeat in a local election on Sunday seen as a referendum on Suga's COVID-19 response.

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Kenya's golden region seeks new champions after steeplechase setback

On a cloudy day at a school in Elgeyo Marakwet county in Kenya's west, children jump over wooden desks serving as hurdles placed on the course of a steeplechase race, as their classmates cheer excitedly from the side.

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Turkey reinforces border to block any Afghan migrant wave

Afghans who manage to make the weeks-long journey through Iran on foot to the Turkish border face a three-metre high wall, ditches or barbed wire as Turkish authorities step up efforts to block any refugee influx into the country.

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Rising prices, shuttered banks add to misery for Kabul

A week after the Taliban's lightning seizure of Kabul, growing numbers of people in the Afghan capital are facing a daily struggle to get by with their jobs gone, banks still shuttered and food prices soaring.

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US is getting a crash course in scientific uncertainty

When the coronavirus surfaced last year, no one was prepared for it to invade every aspect of daily life for so long, so insidiously. The pandemic has forced Americans to wrestle with life-or-death choices every day of the past 18 months — and there is no end in sight.

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US recruits commercial airlines to help move Afghanistan evacuees

The United States has enlisted the help of six commercial airlines to help transport people after their evacuation from Afghanistan as Washington seeks to step up the pace of departures of Americans and at-risk Afghans from Kabul.

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Kamala Harris visits Singapore to deepen ties, counter China's influence

US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Singapore's leaders on Monday on the first working day of a trip to Southeast Asia aimed at bolstering ties as part of Washington's efforts to counter China's growing influence.

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Biden pledges evacuation support, Taliban beat back crowds at airport

The United States has an "unwavering commitment" to get US citizens and at-risk Afghans to safety out of Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said, as Taliban fighters beat back thousands desperate to flee outside Kabul airport on Sunday.

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Real Madrid draw 3-3 at Levante in epic encounter

Gareth Bale scored his first goal in almost two years for Real Madrid in LaLiga on Sunday but substitute Vinicius Jr stole the show with two late strikes to grab a 3-3 draw at Levante in a game that had it all.

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নাটকীয়তায় ভরা ম্যাচে লেভান্তে-রিয়ালের ড্র

প্রথমার্ধে যেন একাই খেলেছিল রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ। দ্বিতীয়ার্ধে দারুণভাবে ঘুরে দাঁড়াল লেভান্তে। ১২ মিনিটের মধ্যে দুই গোল করে এগিয়েও গেল। কিন্তু বদলি নেমে দুইবার সমতা ফিরিয়ে রিয়াল মাদ্রিদকে ম্যাচে রাখলেন ভিনিসিউস জুনিয়র। শেষটায় ১০ জন নিয়ে খেলেও কার্লো আনচেলত্তির দলকে রুখে দিল লেভান্তে।

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Barishal mayor meets officials of administration, police after clash

Barishal City Corporation Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah has met officials of the local administration and police after a clash.

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Doctor Nitai murder trial stuck in final stage

The murder trial of doctor Narayan Chandra Dutta Nitai is stuck at the final stage, with the deposition of one of the last witnesses pending and writings on worn documents fading.

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Low-lying lands in Bangladesh flooded by upstream water

Water from upstream is swelling the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Padma rivers, triggering floods across the low-lying lands of several districts.

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Israel finds COVID-19 vaccine booster significantly lowers infection risk

A third dose of Pfizer 's COVID-19 vaccine has significantly improved protection from infection and serious illness among people aged 60 and older in Israel compared with those who received two shots, findings published by the Health Ministry showed on Sunday.

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Substitute Ronaldo denied last-gasp winner by VAR as Juve held at Udinese

Juventus substitute Cristiano Ronaldo was denied a stoppage-time winner by VAR as Udinese came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw in their thrilling Serie A season opener on Sunday.

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Gnabry double helps Bayern to beat Cologne 3-2 for first win of season

Defending champions Bayern Munich secured their first win of the Bundesliga campaign with a 3-2 victory over battling Cologne on Sunday thanks to Serge Gnabry's double and a Robert Lewandowski strike.

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‘No one quite knows what to say’: A war easily ignored ends with few answers

At the main gate of this busy Army post is a sandstone slab etched with the names of Fort Carson soldiers killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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গোলরক্ষকের ভুলে পয়েন্ট হারাল ইউভেন্তুস

প্রথমার্ধজুড়ে দাপুটে পারফরম্যান্সে দুই গোল করে এগিয়ে যাওয়া ইউভেন্তুস বিরতির পর ছন্দ হারাল। মারাত্মক ভুল করে বসলেন গোলরক্ষক ভয়চেখ স্ট্যাসনি। মাস্সিমিলিয়ানো আল্লেগ্রির দলের নতুন মৌসুমের শুরুটা হলো ভীষণ হতাশার।

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জিনাব্রির জোড়া গোলে বায়ার্নের প্রথম জয়

দুই গোলে পিছিয়ে পড়েও দারুণভাবে ঘুরে দাঁড়ালো কোলন; কিন্তু শেষরক্ষা হলো না। সের্গে জিনাব্রির জোড়া গোলে বায়ার্ন মিউনিখ পেল বুন্ডেসলিগায় চলতি আসরে প্রথম জয়ের স্বাদ।

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At Kabul’s airport, the situation grows increasingly dire

As the United States scrambled Sunday to control the mayhem at the Kabul airport, the situation was growing increasingly dire for the thousands of desperate Afghans trying to flee the Taliban, with surging crowds turning deadly and the potential threat of attacks looming.

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Bangladesh orders quarantine of 21 sailors on ship from China for COVID symptoms

The Chattogram Port Authority has asked 21 sailors on a ship from China to quarantine after seven of them caught fever, a symptom of COVID-19.

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Returning hero Lukaku sets Chelsea on way to 2-0 win at Arsenal

A goal by Romelu Lukaku on his second Chelsea debut and a strike by defender Reece James earned the Blues a 2-0 win at London rivals Arsenal on Sunday, their second victory in as many games at the start of the Premier League season.

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Hurricane Grace unleashes severe flooding in Mexico, killing eight

Hurricane Grace pummeled Mexico with torrential rain on Saturday, causing severe flooding and mudslides that killed at least eight people after becoming one of the most powerful storms in years to hit the country's Gulf coast.

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Trump assails Biden for Afghanistan 'humiliation'

Former President Donald Trump launched on Saturday a sustained attack on President Joe Biden's handling of the retreat of US forces from Afghanistan, which he called "the greatest foreign policy humiliation" in US history.

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Central Park comeback concert is silenced by lightning

It was supposed to be a glorious celebration of the reemergence of New York City after more than a year of pandemic hardship — a concert bringing thousands of vaccinated fans on Saturday evening to the Great Lawn of Central Park to hear an all-star lineup.

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Taliban impose some order around Kabul airport: witnesses

Afghanistan's new Taliban rulers imposed some order around chaotic Kabul airport on Sunday, making sure people formed orderly queues outside the main gates and not allowing crowds to gather at the perimeter, witnesses said.

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Is an exoskeleton suit in your future?

Those of us who are slow or reluctant runners or walkers might soon be able to slip on a lightweight, lower-body exoskeleton and up the speed and ease of our exercise, according to several new studies examining the effects of these high-tech robotic devices. Personal, or wearable, exoskeletons, usually amalgamated from motors, cables, straps, springs and ingenuity, can shoulder a substantial portion of the work when we walk or run, the new studies show, potentially allowing us to move much faster or farther. They can even harvest energy from the movement — almost enough to power a cellphone.

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Health officials warn people not to treat COVID-19 with a drug meant for livestock

Ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug commonly used for livestock, should not be taken to treat or prevent COVID-19, the Food and Drug Administration said Saturday.

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Gunmen kill at least 16 in latest Niger village attack

At least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Niger where Islamist militants have repeatedly massacred civilians this year, a local official and a security source said on Saturday.

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Fears rise about safety of Afghan airport as US warns Americans to stay away

Panic and desperation rose Saturday among thousands of Afghans struggling to flee the week-old Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, as gates to the Kabul airport were closed off and the US Embassy warned US citizens to stay away from the airport, citing “potential security threats outside the gates.”

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Haiti faces anger and despair a week after quake, fanning security fears

Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over a lack of aid to remote areas hardest hit by last week's devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in the impoverished Caribbean country.

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UK says Russia, China needed for 'moderating influence' over Taliban

Britain would have to turn to Russia and China to exercise a "moderating influence" over the Taliban, despite a mistrust between the UK and those governments, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.

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Afghans speak of despair, uncertainty after evacuation to Qatar

Afghans who fled their country this week have spoken about their despair at leaving loved ones behind and the uncertain future ahead of them after the Taliban's rapid takeover.

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Depay thunderbolt earns Barca point at Athletic Bilbao

Memphis Depay scored his first goal for Barcelona to salvage a 1-1 draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday in LaLiga, while defender Eric Garcia was shown a straight red card in added time for a last-ditch foul.

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বিলবাওয়ের মাঠে বার্সেলোনার ড্র

বল দখলে এগিয়ে বার্সেলোনা কিন্তু সুযোগ বেশি তৈরি করল আথলেতিক বিলবাও। কঠিন পরীক্ষা নিল কাতালান দলটির রক্ষণের। আশা জাগাল তিন পয়েন্টের। তবে ঘুরে দাঁড়িয়ে হার এড়াতে পারল বার্সেলোনা।

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Hasina congratulates new Malaysia PM Ismail Sabri Yaakob

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated her newly appointed Malaysian counterpart Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

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Bangladesh COVID vaccine registration number nears 35 million

The number of people who have signed up for coronavirus vaccination in Bangladesh has neared 35 million with the government gradually expanding the inoculation drive against COVID-19.

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Fears rise about safety of Afghan airport as US warns Americans to stay away

Panic and desperation rose Saturday among thousands of Afghans struggling to flee the week-old Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, as gates to the Kabul airport were closed off and the US Embassy warned US citizens to stay away from the airport, citing “potential security threats outside the gates.”

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Major rivers rising in Bangladesh as rains in the upstream continue

With monsoon fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay, water in major rivers have continued to rise due to rains in the upstream.

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I never fear death, am ready to sacrifice my life for the people: Hasina

She has faced attacks and survived attempts on her life time and again, but nothing has stopped Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The most gruesome of these assassination bids was the grenade attack on an Awami League rally on Aug 21, 2004. Hasina cheated death, but 24 leaders and activists lost their lives, and hundreds were injured in the carnage. Saturday was the 17th anniversary of the grisliest of the attacks on the political parties of Bangladesh. In an interview marking the day, the Awami League chief spoke at length about the backdrop of the attack, who had carried it out, what their goal was, and who came up with the plan. “I'm ready to give up my life for the people just as my parents did. I'm never afraid of dying,” she said. Taken by her speech writer Nazrul Islam, Bangladesh’s national broadcaster BTV aired the interview - “Pheere Dekha: Bhayala Ekushey August” (A Look Back at Dreadful Aug 21).

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Protesters in France demonstrate against COVID pass for sixth weekend

Thousands demonstrated across France for a sixth consecutive weekend on Saturday against a COVID-19 health pass required for daily activities, highlighting a simmering political risk for President Emmanuel Macron.

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Airlifted from Rajshahi, ailing writer Hasan Azizul Huq transferred to BSMMU

Writer Hasan Azizul Huq, who is suffering from health complications, has been transferred to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University from the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in Dhaka.

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Grealish on target as Man City put five past hapless Norwich

British record signing Jack Grealish marked his home debut for Manchester City with a goal as the Premier League champions demolished promoted Norwich City 5-0 on Saturday.

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Myanmar arrests two more journalists as post-coup media crackdown continues

Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, the army-owned television reported on Saturday, in the latest in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb. 1 coup.

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Biden ran on competence and empathy. Afghanistan is testing that

For most of the past week, in the fires of the worst foreign policy crisis of his young administration, the president who won the White House on a promise of competence and compassion has had trouble demonstrating much of either.

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Rice University turns to online classes

Rice University, a private institution in Houston, has done its best to build a wall against the delta variant that is engulfing Texas.

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Actress Kidman’s quarantine pass generates anger in Hong Kong

When Nicole Kidman flew into Hong Kong to film a television series about wealthy expatriates, residents could not help noticing some of the perks at hand: a private jet, a personal driver and, most important, a pass out of mandatory quarantine.

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It rained at the summit of Greenland. That’s never happened before

Something extraordinary happened last Saturday at the frigid high point of the Greenland ice sheet, 2 miles in the sky and more than 500 miles above the Arctic Circle: It rained for the first time.

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Full FDA approval for Pfizer vaccine is imminent

The Food and Drug Administration is pushing to approve Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine Monday, further expediting an earlier timeline for licensing the shot, according to people familiar with the agency’s planning.

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Inside a doomed migrant boat journey from Mexico to California

As the 40-foot cabin cruiser lurched for 12 hours on the Pacific on its dead-of-night journey to California from Tijuana, a Mexican migrant named Eberardo tried to keep the panicked passengers' spirits up.

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Thirty-seven migrants feared dead at sea off coast of Spain's Canary Islands

Thirty-seven migrants are feared dead after a dinghy carrying dozens of people capsized off the coast of Spain's Canary Islands, the sole survivor to have been found so far told Spain's maritime rescue services on Thursday.

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Taliban vow to be accountable, probe reports of Afghanistan reprisals

The Taliban will be accountable for its actions and will investigate reports of reprisals and atrocities carried out by members, an official of the Islamist militant group told Reuters on Saturday.

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Rafael Nadal joins Roger Federer in missing US Open and rest of 2021

This is no attempt to rush anybody off the court or out the door. Athletes have every right to practice their craft for as long as they are able, to pursue the finish they desire.

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Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan

A suicide bombing targeting a vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in southwestern Pakistan killed two children and wounded three on Friday, police said.

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Fire breaks out at building in Dhaka’s Banani

A fire has broken out on the third floor of a six-storey building in Dhaka’s Banani.

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Patience runs thin in Haiti quake zone as fights erupt for cash, food

Desperate residents who lost their homes and livelihoods nearly a week ago in Haiti’s earthquake are fighting over what little aid has been delivered, angered by the slow trickle of relief and the lack of government help.

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Cowering in the bathroom: Some Afghans dread the Taliban knock at the door

When armed members of the Afghan Taliban knocked on the door of their Kabul apartment, the family of 16 inside had crammed into the bathroom, turned off the lights and mobile phones and covered the children's mouths to keep them quiet.

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রোমাঞ্চকর লড়াইয়ে জিতল পিএসজি

দুই গোলে এগিয়ে থেকে সহজ জয়ের পথেই ছিল পিএসজি। কিন্তু দারুণভাবে ঘুরে দাঁড়িয়ে ম্যাচ জমিয়ে তুলে স্তাদ ব্রেস্তওয়া। শক্তি-সামর্থ্যে পিছিয়ে থাকা দলটি শেষ রক্ষা করতে পারেনি। রোমাঞ্চকর লড়াইয়ে তাদের হারিয়ে টানা তৃতীয় জয় পেল মাওরিসিও পচেত্তিনোর দল।

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Pulisic out of Arsenal game with COVID, Lukaku expected to feature

Chelsea midfielder Christian Pulisic has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday's trip to Arsenal, manager Thomas Tuchel told reporters on Friday.

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Mbappe strikes as PSG beat Brest to go top

France World Cup winner Kylian Mbappe netted with a superb header to help Paris St Germain to a 4-2 win at Brest on Friday which lifted them to the top of Ligue 1 with a maximum nine points from three games.

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Cairns off life support after heart surgery

Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is off life support and recovering in hospital after emergency surgery in Sydney for a heart problem, his lawyer said on Friday.

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Death reference of Aug 21 grenade attack convicts ‘ready’ for High Court hearing

The death reference of convicts and their appeal against the verdict in the Aug 21 2004 grenade attack case are ready to be heard at the High Court.

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Biden vows to bring home every American who wants to leave Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden pledged on Friday that every American who wanted to would be evacuated from Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, with about 13,000 brought home so far.

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Residents panic as building tilts in Dhaka’s Sutrapur

A six-storey building has tilted in Dhaka’s Sutrapur, leaving the residents of the neighbourhood panicked and putting at risk a four-storey building next to it.

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The dreadful day of Aug 21 grenade attack 17 years ago

It was a regular afternoon when the Awami League activists had massed in front of their central office on Bangabandhu Avenue for a peace rally against terrorism. A makeshift stage was raised on a truck.

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PM Johnson says UK will work with Taliban if necessary

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday Britain would work with the Taliban if necessary after the militants capture of Afghanistan, and defended his foreign minister who has come under fire for his handling of the situation.

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Bangladeshi children at 'extremely high risk’ of climate change impacts: UNICEF

Bangladesh is among four South Asian nations where children are most at risk from climate change, with its impacts threatening their health, education, and protection, a new UNICEF report has revealed.

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When theatre installations aim to make room for drama

For the past year and a half, I’ve imagined shuttered theatres as shrines to live performance — the empty seats, the leftover sets, the lone ghost lights lit like memorial candles.

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As Chinese vaccines stumble, US finds new opening in Asia

The arrival of the Chinese vaccines was supposed to help stop the spread of the coronavirus in Southeast Asia.

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J&J seeks nod for COVID-19 vaccine trial in Indian adolescents

Johnson & Johnson has sought approval from Indian drug regulators to conduct a study of its COVID-19 vaccine among 12- to 17-year-olds, the company said on Friday.

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How news organisations got Afghan colleagues out of Kabul

For hours, they waited on the tarmac in the relentless heat, children and suitcases and strollers in tow, hoping for a flight to freedom that would not come. More than 200 Afghans from all walks of life — cooks, gardeners, translators, drivers, journalists — gathered on the runway of the Kabul airport, seeking escape from a country whose government had collapsed with shocking speed.

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NATO pledges to speed evacuations from Afghanistan as criticism mounts

More than 18,000 people have been flown out of Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan's capital, a NATO official said on Friday, pledging to redouble evacuation efforts as criticism of the West's handling of the crisis mounted.

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Thailand reaches 1 million COVID-19 cases

Thailand's passed the 1 million mark in coronavirus cases on Friday, 97% of which were recorded in the past five months, as the country struggles to get on top of one of Asia's most severe COVID-19 outbreaks.

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Bangladesh allows students aged at least 18 to register for COVID-19 vaccine

Bangladesh is now allowing students aged at least 18 to register for a vaccine shot against COVID-19 as part of the efforts to further expand the vaccination exercise in the country.

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Foreign aid trickles in to rural Haiti amid struggle to count victims

A drip of foreign aid began to reach more rural areas of southwestern Haiti on Thursday, arriving five days after a powerful earthquake killed more than 2,000 and flattened tens of thousands of buildings into rubble.

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Scientists question evidence behind US COVID-19 booster shot drive

The Biden administration's plan to provide COVID-19 vaccine boosters is based on concerns that a decrease in the vaccines' ability to protect against milder infections could also mean people will have less protection against severe illness, a premise that has yet to be proven, scientists said on Thursday.

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Hunted by the Taliban, US-allied Afghan forces are in hiding

Columns of Afghan soldiers in armoured vehicles and pickup trucks sped through the desert to reach Iran. Military pilots flew low and fast to the safety of Uzbekistan’s mountains.

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Taliban urge Afghan unity as protests spread to Kabul

The Taliban called on Afghanistan's imams to urge unity when they hold their first Friday prayers since the Islamist group seized control of the country, as protests against the takeover spread to more cities on Thursday, including the capital, Kabul.

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Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn secure Afghan users' accounts amid Taliban takeover

Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn said this week they had moved to secure the accounts of Afghan citizens to protect them against being targeted amid the Taliban's swift takeover of the country.

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Muhibullah Babunagari is acting chief of Hifazat after death of nephew Junaid

Muhibullah Babunagari, a senior Hifazat-e Islam leader and uncle to its chief Junaid Babunagari, has been named acting chief of the organisation after the death of Junaid.

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Agency loses count of complaints against e-commerce firms after discount-triggered order boom

Abu Bakr Siddique ordered four motorcycles at Tk 720,000 on Eorange six months ago. He complained to the Directorate General of National Consumer Rights Protection or DNCRP after failing to get the delivery. Now as the owners of the e-commerce platform have been arrested, he doubts whether he will get the products, ever.

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Messi left out of PSG squad for Brest game

Lionel Messi will not be included in Paris St Germain's squad for Friday's Ligue 1 game at Brest, French daily L'Equipe reported, adding that his former Barcelona team mate Neymar has also been left out.

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Aubameyang and Lacazette among four positive COVID cases at Arsenal

Arsenal forwards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette missed last week's defeat by Brentford due to positive COVID-19 tests, the Premier League side confirmed on Thursday.

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পিএসজি কোচের ‘পর্যবেক্ষণে’ মেসির অভিষেক

বার্সেলোনা থেকে লিওনেল মেসি পিএসজিতে যোগ দেওয়ার পর থেকে সবার নজর নতুন ক্লাবের হয়ে ফুটবল মহাতারকার অভিষেকের দিকে। গুঞ্জন চলছে, লিগ ওয়ানে ব্রেস্তের বিপক্ষে ম্যাচ দিয়ে শুরু হতে পারে তার। সরাসরি কিছু না বললেও দলটির কোচ মাওরিসিও পচেত্তিনো জানিয়েছেন, সম্ভাবনা রয়েছে আর্জেন্টাইন তারকার স্কোয়াডে থাকার।

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সেরা কোচের লড়াইয়ে গুয়ার্দিওলা, টুখেল ও মানচিনি

উয়েফা বর্ষসেরা কোচের সংক্ষিপ্ত তালিকায় জায়গা পেয়েছেন ম্যানচেস্টার সিটির পেপ গুয়ার্দিওলা, ইতালির রবের্তো মানচিনি ও চেলসির টমাস টুখেল।

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Barishal Mayor Sadiq Abdullah prime accused in case over clashes with police

Police have named 94 individuals, including the mayor of Barishal City Corporation, as accused in a clash with the law enforcers.

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Capitol Police investigate ‘bomb threat’ near Library of Congress

The US Capitol Police were negotiating with a man who claimed to have a bomb in a pickup truck outside the Library of Congress on Thursday, prompting evacuations from government buildings in the area.

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Uncapped Inglis joins Australia stars in T20 World Cup squad

Uncapped wicketkeeper Josh Inglis was the surprise inclusion in Australia's 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup as selectors recalled paceman Pat Cummins and leading batsmen Steve Smith and David Warner for the tournament.

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This brain remained intact in a 310 million-year-old fossil

Brain tissue is innately squishy. Unlike bones, shells or teeth, it is rich in fat and rots quickly, seldom making an appearance in the fossil record.

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Taliban urge people to leave airport in Afghan capital after 12 killed since Sunday

A total of 12 people have been killed in and around the airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul,

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Taliban are afraid of educated, independent women: Afghan filmmaker Karimi

Sahraa Karimi had been waiting in line for nearly three hours to withdraw money from a bank in Kabul on Sunday when the bank manager came over and urged her to leave, with the sound of gunfire echoing in the distance.

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Ending subsidies that harm nature could create millions of green jobs: WWF

Tens of millions of green jobs could be created if governments diverted one year's worth of the subsidies that are harming ecosystems and wildlife into spending that protects and restores nature, environmental group WWF said on Thursday.

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We have reached peak ‘exercise dress’

“Just being outside is a workout today,” Arianna Gaujean, 18, said while browsing the sale rack at Awoke Vintage in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It was a scorching July evening and Gaujean, a student at St Francis College, was wearing a short black racer-back dress — the ideal garment, she said, for doing just about anything in the heat.

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Pori Moni brought to Dhaka court from Kashimpur prison

Actress Shamsunnahar Smriti, popularly known as Pori Moni, has been brought to Dhaka from the Kashimpur jail, and will stand before the metropolitan magistrate's court over a narcotics case.

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Scientists correct study that limited some female runners

Controversial rules regarding intersex athletes, which kept Caster Semenya of South Africa from defending her title in the 800-meter run at the Tokyo Olympics, have come under renewed scrutiny as scientists have issued a correction to a study that indicated a causal connection between high testosterone levels and enhanced athletic performance among elite female athletes.

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‘There’s so much more to Afghanistan’: Khaled Hosseini reflects on his birthplace

Like so many people, novelist Khaled Hosseini watched Afghanistan fall to the Taliban over the past few days with horror and sadness.

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Tremors strike Haitian city still reeling from quake

Tremors shook buildings late on Wednesday in the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a Reuters witness said, a few days after a devastating earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across the Caribbean nation and injured thousands more.

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Asian airlines report high vaccination uptake among crew

Asian airlines are reporting high vaccination take-up rates among pilots and cabin crew as they wait for the region's tight pandemic-related border controls to be relaxed.

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US and IMF apply a financial squeeze on the Taliban

Despite the chaotic end to its presence in Afghanistan, the United States still has control over billions of dollars belonging to the Afghan central bank, money that Washington is making sure remains out of the reach of the Taliban.

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Exiled Ghani says he left Kabul to prevent bloodshed, did not take money

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, speaking from exile in the United Arab Emirates, said on Wednesday that he had left Kabul to prevent bloodshed and denied reports he took large sums of money with him as he departed the presidential palace.

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Vaccine effectiveness against infection may wane, CDC studies find

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released three studies Wednesday that federal officials said provided evidence that booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines would be needed in the coming months.

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Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport, as US vows to finish airlift

Armed members of the Taliban kept people desperate to flee Afghanistan from reaching Kabul's airport on Wednesday, witnesses said, while President Joe Biden vowed to keep US troops in the country until all Americans are evacuated.

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S Korea to grant legal status to animals to tackle abuse, abandonment

Jin-hui, a cream-coloured Pomeranian, was buried alive and left for dead in 2018 in the South Korean port city of Busan.

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Taliban go door-to-door telling fearful Afghans to work

Armed Taliban members knocked on doors in cities across Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, telling fearful residents to return to their jobs a day after the militants announced they wanted to revive the country's battered economy.

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Former Malaysia Deputy PM Ismail Sabri poised to win premiership race

Former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob looked set to form the next government after gaining a parliamentary majority from the same coalition that collapsed earlier this week, media and lawmakers said on Thursday.

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No need for COVID booster jabs for now: WHO

Current data does not indicate that COVID-19 booster shots are needed, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, adding that the most vulnerable people worldwide should be fully vaccinated before high-income countries deploy a top-up.

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‘We’re on our own’: Many earthquake survivors expect no help from Haitian officials

The destruction was everywhere. The help nowhere.

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Biden says Aug 31 deadline in Afghanistan might have to be extended

US troops may stay in Afghanistan past an Aug 31 deadline to evacuate Americans, President Joe Biden said on Wednesday, and the Pentagon said the US military does not currently have the ability to reach people beyond the Kabul airport.

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Former Afghan women's captain tells players to burn kits, delete photos

The former captain of the Afghan women's football team has urged players to delete social media, erase public identities and burn their kits for safety's sake now that the country is again under Taliban rule.

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Three killed as Afghan protests test Taliban's promise of peaceful rule

At least three people were killed in anti-Taliban protests in the Afghan city of Jalalabad on Wednesday, witnesses said, as the Islamist group moved to consolidate power and Western countries ramped up evacuations from a chaotic Kabul airport.

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Indonesian ferry turns floating isolation centre for COVID-19 patients

A vehicle with a flashing siren and "Makassar COVID Hunter" written on the side pulls up to a ship docked at a jetty in the Indonesian port city of Makassar, and masked COVID-19 patients carrying bags board the boat.

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US FDA authorises COVID-19 vaccine boosters for the immunocompromised

The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorised a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc for people with compromised immune systems.

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US deploys troops to aid evacuation as Taliban surge

The Pentagon is moving 3,000 Marines and soldiers to Afghanistan and another 4,000 troops to the region to evacuate most of the US Embassy and American citizens in Kabul, as the Biden administration braces for a possible collapse of the Afghan government within the next month, administration and military officials said.

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Pakistan says attack that killed Chinese was a suicide bombing

A bus blast last month that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, was a suicide bombing by Islamist militants backed by the Indian and Afghan intelligence agencies, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday.

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Canada PM Trudeau planning snap election, seeks approval for COVID response

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a snap election for Sept 20 to seek voter approval for the government's costly plans to combat COVID-19, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

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Six people killed in mass shooting in Plymouth, England

Six people, including a child, were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth in southwest England on Thursday evening, in an incident described by the British Home Secretary as "shocking".

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US works with vaccine makers on booster dose for some: CDC director

The US Food and Drug Administration is working with vaccine makers Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc to allow certain vulnerable people to receive a third booster shot of their COVID-19 vaccines to improve their immune response, the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.

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China cities declare rain 'red alerts' as flood death toll hits 21

Five cities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have declared "red alerts" after torrential rain left 21 people dead and forced the evacuation of nearly 6,000 people, state media reported.

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New US census data shows white population shrank for first time

New US census data released on Thursday show the white population declined for the first time in history last decade, with significant increases among people who identify as multi-racial, Hispanic and Asian driving much of the population growth between 2010 and 2020.

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Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks

A backlash over Apple's move to scan US customer phones and computers for child sex abuse images has grown to include employees speaking out internally, a notable turn in a company famed for its secretive culture, as well as provoking intensified protests from leading technology policy groups.

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Taliban advances in Afghanistan, US and Britain to evacuate embassies

The Taliban claimed control over two of Afghanistan's biggest cities on Thursday, according to media reports, as the United States and Britain said they would send thousands of troops to help evacuate their embassy staff.

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Mismanagement, nepotism anger people on last day of mass COVID vaccination

The government’s expanded mass vaccination drive against COVID-19 has ended in mismanagement and nepotism, angering people who were denied a shot for being a voter in a different area or who had no influential relative to pull some strings.

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Afghan collapse accelerates as 2 vital cities are falling to the Taliban

Two major cities in western and southern Afghanistan were on the verge of collapse to the Taliban on Thursday as the insurgency’s race to seize control of the country accelerated.

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New Zealand, a pandemic success story, unveils a reopening strategy

New Zealand, a global standout in its success at fighting the coronavirus, unveiled a cautious plan for reopening on Thursday, vowing to retain its goal of zero coronavirus cases even as it begins to unseal its borders.

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Sikder Group MD Ron and brother Dipu cleared of attempted murder charges

A Dhaka court has acquitted Ron Haque Sikder, managing director of Sikder Group, and his brother Dipu Haque Sikder of charges of trying to kill two officials of Exim Bank.

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Sicily registers record-high temperature as heat wave sweeps island

The Italian island of Sicily may have set a modern record for the hottest day ever recorded in Europe, with a monitoring station near the ancient city of Syracuse in the southeast recording 48.8 degrees Celsius, or 119.84 Fahrenheit.

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Reborn Lukaku returns to Chelsea at peak of his powers

Romelu Lukaku is a familiar face to Premier League viewers, but the player who completed a 97.5 million pounds ($134.7 million)return to Chelsea on Thursday is, by his own admission, not the same one who departed England two years ago.

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Rohit misses century as India take control of rain-hit second Test

India's Rohit Sharma fell short of a well-deserved century as the visitors reached a commanding position at 157-2 at tea on the opening day of a rain-hit second Test against England at Lord's on Thursday.

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Lukaku returns to Chelsea in club record move from Inter

Chelsea signed striker Romelu Lukaku for a second time on Thursday as the Belgian returned to the Premier League club from Inter Milan, seven years on from his departure.

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রেকর্ডময় দলবদলে চেলসিতে ফিরলেন লুকাকু

গত মৌসুমে ইন্টার মিলানের সেরি আ জয়ের নায়ক রোমেলু লকাকুকে ফেরাতে যেন উঠেপড়ে লেগেছিল চেলসি। শেষ পর্যন্ত তাতে সফল তারা। ক্লাবের ইতিহাসে রেকর্ড ট্রান্সফার ফি দিয়েই বেলজিয়ান স্ট্রাইকারকে দলে টানল ইংলিশ ক্লাবটি।

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চলতি বছর আর ট্র্যাকে নামবেন না দ্রুততম মানব

টোকিও অলিম্পিকসে চমক জাগিয়ে ১০০ মিটার স্প্রিন্টে সোনা জয়ী মার্সেল জেকবস আপাতত বিশ্রামে থাকার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছেন। ফলে, ২০২২ সালের আগে আর ট্র্যাকে দেখা যাবে না ইতালির এই অ্যাথলেটকে।

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সিভিসি-লা লিগা চুক্তির পক্ষে ৩৮ ক্লাবের ভোট

রিয়াল মাদ্রিদ ও বার্সেলোনাসহ চারটি দল বিপক্ষে ভোট দিলেও বিশেষ শর্তে অনুমোদন পেয়েছে ‘সিভিসি ক্যাপিটাল পার্টনার্স’ এর সঙ্গে লা লিগার ব্যবসার একাংশ বিক্রির প্রস্তাবিত চুক্তি।

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Channel all that rage into your workout

When I was in high school, I was not particularly athletic. I sat the bench on the junior varsity baseball team and quit freshman basketball after two weeks.

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Bangladesh to allow tourist sites, entertainment centres to reopen Aug 19

The Bangladesh government will allow tourist sites, community centres and other places of entertainment to reopen on Aug 19 as pandemic restrictions are lifted. The government will also allow all public vehicles back on the road from that date.

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Helicopter with 16 people on board crashes in Russia's Far East

A Mi-8 helicopter with 16 people on board crashed in Russia's Far East region of Kamchatka early on Thursday, the emergency service said, and news agencies reported nine had been found alive and seven were missing.

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Canada condemns China's treatment of detained citizens, with issue set to figure in election

Canada condemned China on Wednesday for its treatment of two detained Canadian citizens, days ahead of the anticipated start of an election campaign in which opposition parties are expected to accuse the Liberal government of being soft on Beijing.

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Fortress New Zealand eyes opening to vaccinated travellers early 2022

New Zealand plans to allow quarantine-free entry to vaccinated travellers from low-risk countries from early 2022, as it looks to open its borders again after nearly 18 months of pandemic-induced isolation.

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A 7-year-old dies in the Bronx, and records show a history of abuse

Life in a 10th-floor apartment in the Bronx was supposed to be a new start for Julissia Batties and her mother, from whom she had been taken at birth over safety concerns.

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Virus misinformation spikes as delta cases surge

In late July, Andrew Torba, CEO of the alternative social network Gab, claimed without evidence that members of the US military who refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus would face a court-martial. His post on Gab amassed 10,000 likes and shares.

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NASA says an asteroid will have a close brush with Earth. But not until the 2100s

An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building has a slight chance of hitting Earth.

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US finds Pakistan useful only to clean up mess in Afghanistan: Khan

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan accused the United States of seeing his country as useful only in the context of the "mess" it is leaving behind in Afghanistan after 20 years of fighting.

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Australia coach Langer argues with CA staffer over Bangladesh song video after series loss

Australian men’s coach Justin Langer and team manager Gavin Dovey became involved in heated exchanges with a Cricket Australia staffer about a video posted on CA channels of a jubilant Bangladesh team singing their team song after securing a series win against the tourists last week, reports The Sydney Morning Herald.

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India's space agency suffers setback in satellite mission after technical anomaly

India's space agency suffered a setback while trying to put an earth observation satellite into orbit, due to a technical anomaly minutes after the rocket carrying the satellite was launched in the early hours on Wednesday.

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YouTube is underwhelming

This question will sound ridiculous, but it isn’t: Is YouTube a success?

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Taliban advances in Afghanistan could bring political peril for Biden

When President Joe Biden announced his plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, the politics seemed relatively simple: Many polls showed that Americans supported ending the country’s nearly 20-year involvement in a war whose goals had become obscure.

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At least 65 killed in Algerian wildfires, Greece and Italy burn

Exhausted Greek firefighters battled blazes for a ninth day on Wednesday amid sweltering temperatures that also helped stoke wildfires in Algeria, where at least 65 people died, and in southern Italy.

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Hackers return $260m to cryptocurrency platform after massive theft

Hackers behind one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency heists have returned more than a third of $613 million in digital coins they stole, the company at the centre of the hack said on Wednesday.

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Conflicts with humans shrink elephant habitats, corridors in Bangladesh

On the morning of Jul 18, a Buddhist monk died in an attack by wild elephants in Rangamati’s Kaptai after a similar attack had claimed the lives of two men in Bandarban’s Alikadam on Jan 23.

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Chelsea add UEFA Super Cup to Champions League trophy

Substitute goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga made two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain's Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection on Wednesday.

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রোমাঞ্চকর লড়াইয়ে সুপার কাপ জিতে শুরু চেলসির

চেলসির দাপুটে পারফরম্যান্সের জবাবে দ্বিতীয়ার্ধে পাল্টা জবাব দেয় ভিয়ারিয়াল। ম্যাচ অতিরিক্ত সময় পেরিয়ে গড়ায় টাইব্রেকারে। যেখানে পার্থক্য গড়ে দেন চেলসির বদলি গোলরক্ষক কেপা আরিসাবালাগা। চ্যাম্পিয়ন্স লিগ জিতে গত মৌসুম শেষ করা টমাস টুখেলের দল এবার শুরুতেই উঁচিয়ে ধরল উয়েফা সুপার কাপ।

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England's Broad ruled out of India Test series

England seamer Stuart Broad will miss the remainder of the Test series against India due to a tear in his right calf, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Wednesday.

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Bangladesh receives 1.7m more Sinopharm doses under COVAX

Bangladesh has received 1.7 million more doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine from China under the global sharing platform COVAX.

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Amid a second wave, Bangladesh grapple with growing demand for COVID vaccines

Interest in getting inoculated against COVID-19 was low when the vaccines were first rolled out earlier this year but that has changed, now that Bangladesh is in the throes of the second wave of pandemic.

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CID put on six more cases over drug busts in houses of Helena, Piasha and others

The police’s Criminal Investigation Department or CID has been tasked with investigating six more cases over recent drugs busts.

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What to know about breakthrough infections and the delta variant

Citing new evidence that vaccinated Americans with so-called breakthrough infections can carry as much coronavirus as unvaccinated people do, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last month urged residents of high-transmission areas to wear masks in public indoor spaces, regardless of their vaccination status.

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Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people including soldiers

Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital.

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Cuomo resigns amid scandals, ending decadelong run in disgrace

Gov Andrew Cuomo of New York said Tuesday that he would resign from office, succumbing to a ballooning sexual harassment scandal that fuelled an astonishing reversal of fortune for one of the nation’s best-known leaders.

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Taliban control 65% of Afghanistan, EU official says, after series of sudden gains

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday as civilians hid in their homes, and a European Union official said the militants now control 65% of the country after a string of gains as foreign forces pull out.

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India eases rules in scheme to provide cooking gas to poor people

India has relaxed the rules of a scheme to provide easy access to cooking gas that will benefit millions more poor people, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday.

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Chinese court convicts Canadian Michael Spavor on charge of espionage

A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and said he will be deported, but it was not clear when, based on a statement on the court's website.

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Indonesian village turns unwanted trash into COVID helper

A homemade robot designed by Indonesian villagers and scientists for fun has found a new use during the pandemic - bringing food, and hopefully a smile, to self-isolating residents who have contracted COVID-19.

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শুরু হচ্ছে মেসিবিহীন লা লিগা

দুদিন বাদে শুরু নতুন মৌসুম, নতুন চ্যালেঞ্জ। প্রাক মৌসুমে লা লিগার দলগুলো প্রস্তুতির পাশাপাশি ব্যস্ত দল গোছানোয়। সেখানে উল্টো প্রচণ্ড এক ধাক্কা খেয়েছে প্রতিযোগিতাটির দ্বিতীয় সফলতম দল বার্সেলোনা। আর্থিক দুরাবস্থা আর নিয়মের মারপ্যাচে হারিয়েছে এতদিনের কান্ডারী লিওনেল মেসিকে। তাইতো নতুন আসর শুরুর আগে ঘুরে ফিরে আসছে কিছু প্রশ্ন। মেসিবিহীন বার্সেলোনা কেমন করবে? এতবড় তারকাকে হারিয়ে লা লিগার পুরনো জৌলুসই বা থাকবে কতটা?

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Facebook removes Russian network that targeted influencers to peddle anti-vax messages

Facebook said on Tuesday it had removed a network of accounts from Russia that it linked to a marketing firm which aimed to enlist influencers to push anti-vaccine content about the COVID-19 jabs.

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Biden says Afghan leaders must 'fight for their nation' as Taliban gains

Taliban insurgents tightened their grip on captured Afghan territory on Tuesday, now controlling 65% of the country, as US President Joe Biden urged the nation's leaders to fight for their homeland.

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In Lionel Messi’s move, a dim portrait of modern football

In those frantic, final hours in April, before a cabal of owners of Europe’s grandest clubs unveiled their plan for a breakaway superleague to an unsuspecting and unwelcoming world, a schism emerged in their ranks.

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As Bangladesh unlocks, experts emphasise health rules, vaccination

As Bangladesh emerges from an 18-day “strict” lockdown, experts have reconciled with the fact that livelihoods must be saved in pandemic, but they emphasised enforcement of health rules and vaccination to save lives.

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নতুন অধ্যায়ের শুরুতে রোমাঞ্চিত মেসি

সব জল্পনা-কল্পনার অবসান, শেষ হয়েছে অপেক্ষা। পাঁচ দিনের ব্যবধানে আমূল বদলে যাওয়া প্রেক্ষাপটে লিওনেল মেসি এখন পিএসজির খেলোয়াড়। সাফল্যরাঙা ক্যারিয়ারের নতুন ধাপের শুরুতে দারুণ রোমাঞ্চিত আর্জেন্টাইন তারকা।

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COVID vaccine centre will open in the morning. They wait hours in line overnight

Walid Hossain Khan was diagnosed with throat cancer earlier this year and later got better after four cycles of chemotherapy. His doctor has alerted him to the dangers of catching COVID-19 in his delicate health.

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মেসি এখন পিএসজির

পাঁচ দিনের মধ্যে ফুটবল বিশ্ব অনেক বড় এক পরিবর্তন দেখে ফেলল। বার্সেলোনার এতদিনের সবচেয়ে বড় বিজ্ঞাপন লিওনেল মেসি পাকাপাকিভাবে হয়ে গেলেন পিএসজির। প্যারিসের ক্লাবটির সঙ্গে চুক্তি সেরে ফেললেন আর্জেন্টাইন তারকা।

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Factbox: Afghan cities taken over or contested by Taliban

Taliban insurgents have made rapid advances across Afghanistan in recent months as US and other foreign forces withdraw.

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PSG will hope Messi completes dream team and they avoid Barca pitfalls

Barcelona's first European Cup winning side in 1992 was nicknamed the 'Dream Team' yet no club deserves that moniker more now than Paris St Germain, who are poised to add Lionel Messi to their already star-studded squad.

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A Sri Lankan migrant’s death shook Japan. It may not shift refugee rules

The death of a 33-year-old Sri Lankan migrant, trapped in the bowels of Japan’s immigration system, triggered national calls to reform the bureaucracy that allowed her to waste away in a detention centre without proper medical treatment.

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কাম্প নউয়ে সরিয়ে ফেলা হচ্ছে মেসির ছবি

আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে লিওনেল মেসির সঙ্গে বার্সেলোনার চুক্তির প্রক্রিয়া ভেস্তে যাওয়ার পর থেকেই দলটির সঙ্গে তার আর কোনো সম্পৃক্ততা নেই। তারই ধারাবাহিকতায় মেসির ছবি ও পোস্টার সরিয়ে ফেলছে বার্সেলোনা।

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BMW has fallen behind in the electric vehicle race. Can it catch up?

Eight years ago, BMW was one of the first major automakers to sell a battery-powered car: The i3 broke ground with its lightweight carbon-fiber body and aluminum chassis.

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Bangladesh to suspend first dosing of Moderna COVID vaccine, continue Sinopharm

The government has decided to stop administering the first doses of US vaccine produced by Moderna due to low supply but will continue giving out Chinese vaccines by Sinopharm to the masses.

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Senate passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, handing Biden a bipartisan win

The Senate gave overwhelming bipartisan approval to a $1 trillion infrastructure bill Tuesday to rebuild the nation’s deteriorating roads and bridges and fund new climate resilience and broadband initiatives, delivering a key component of President Joe Biden’s agenda.

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This flower hides a secret: It’s actually a carnivore

This wildflower looks innocent. Found in wetlands not far from major cities in the Pacific Northwest, it lures in pollinators with white blossoms atop a long, sticky stem. You can even buy seeds of the Western false asphodel in garden stores.

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Police seek more time to interrogate actress Pori Moni

Police have brought actress Pori Moni, film producer Nazrul Islam Raz and two others before a Dhaka magistrate court following the end of a four-day remand to question them over a drugs case.

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Jay-Z’s ‘Black Album’ helped me beat the odds. Will we finally even them?

In my senior year of high school, I joined the student council. I knew that it might look fishy — adding on another extracurricular so late in the game — but I figured making the effort could also work in my favour. I imagined eagle-eyed college admissions officers poring over my file, spotting any latent passions discovered in the heat of application season. Half amused, they would scribble their verdict in the margins: “Shameless but hungry.”

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Amazon, top Indian seller Cloudtail end relationship amid regulatory heat

Amazon.com Inc and one of its biggest sellers in India, Cloudtail, have decided to end their relationship, they said on Monday, following years of allegations from brick-and-mortar retailers that the seller received preferential treatment.

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Transport sector paying heavily for post-lockdown repairs

On a quiet Monday afternoon, some Zaman Paribahan buses were undergoing repair work at the Gabtali Terminal.

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