Afghan grand assembly on fate of hundreds of Taliban prisoners set for Friday

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President Ashraf Ghani’s government has released all but 400, saying their crimes were too grave. KABUL: Afghanistan will convene a grand assembly of elders,...

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Google Cloud prepares for Black Friday ‘peak on top of peak’

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8875" align="alignnone" width="962"] File photo of the Google Cloud computing unit's headquarters at the Moffett Place office complex in Sunnyvale, California, US, Jun 19,...

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Will Young’s twin brother Rupert dies aged 41

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

Rupert Young, the twin brother of UK singer and Pop Idol winner Will, has died at the age of 41. [caption id="attachment_8955" align="alignnone" width="941"] Will...

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Indonesia reports 1,922 new coronavirus cases, 86 deaths

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

[caption id="attachment_8901" align="alignnone" width="945"] The data also showed there were 86 additional deaths. [/caption] JAKARTA: Indonesia recorded 1,922 new coronavirus infections today, bringing the total...

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Hays Travel ‘devastated’ as it cuts almost 900 jobs

August 4, 2020August 4, 2020

The firm which bought Thomas Cook shops has said up to 878 employees out of 4,500 may lose their jobs because of new coronavirus travel...

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Lessons from loudspeaker: Children catch up on studies while maintaining social distancing

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

The children sang rhymes and answered questions, with some of them speaking of the loudspeaker as ‘Speaker Brother’ or ‘Speaker Sister’. [caption id="attachment_8882" align="alignnone" width="977"]...

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Donald Trump bars US government agencies from outsourcing to foreign workers

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

The White House said in a statement the order will “create a policy where Federal agencies will focus on United States labor in lucrative Federal...

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Heavy rains in S. Korea displace more than 1,000 people, 13 dead

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

President Moon Jae-in was set to hold an emergency meeting today, after he had urged national and regional authorities to ‘make all-out efforts to prevent...

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Have you seen the video of this ‘super-flirty’ African grey parrot? It may win you over

August 3, 2020August 4, 2020

The post further details how the caretakers are able to determine the flirty nature of the African grey parrot named Larry. [caption id="attachment_8878" align="alignnone" width="957"]...

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Donald Trump: US Treasury should get cut of TikTok deal

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020

Donald Trump has said the US should get a cut from the sale of TikTok's US unit if it is bought by an American firm....