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Germany airlifts another 172 evacuees from Kabul to Tashkent
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan] August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Airbus A400M military transport aircraft of the German Air Force delivered another 172 evacuees from the Afghan capital to Uzbekistan, an employee of the Tashkent International Airport told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Spain to send 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Haiti
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain will send on Saturday 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Haiti hit by the powerful earthquake, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said.
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Three US Army CH-47 helicopters pick up 169 Americans outside Kabul airpor
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US military used three CH-47 "Chinook" helicopters to bring 169 Americans to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Fox News reporter Lucas Tomlinson tweeted.
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Taliban harassing press at all levels: US
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US government is raising with Taliban officials whom it engages "at all levels" the growing number of reports that the Islamist movement (banned in Russia) is harassing the press following its occupation of the Afghan capital Kabul, State Departm
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UAE to temporarily shelter 5,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Abu Dhabi [UAE], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Arab Emirates will temporarily host 5,000 Afghan citizens evacuated from the country following the seizure of Kabul by the Taliban Islamist movement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said.
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Afghan baby at Kabul airport handed back to father after receiving treatme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 21 (ANI/Sputnik): A viral video of an Afghan baby being handed over the walled perimeter of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul showed US Marines taking the baby to be treated at a hospital at the facility, Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby said on
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FBI has little evidence US Capitol riot coordinated, no evidence Trump inv
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The FBI has found hardly any proof that the January 6 riot at the US Capitol was coordinated and has no evidence that former President Donald Trump was involved in the event, Reuters reported on Friday.
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UK donates extra USD 1mln WFP for family nutrition support program in Nepa
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal] August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday that it had received an additional 788,000 pounds (USD 1 million) from the British government toward nutritional support of 100,000 Nepalese mothers and children during the monsoon season
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Nearly 1Bln children at 'extremely high risk' globally because of climate
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US] August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): One in two children around the world live in conditions exposing them to the extremely harmful effects of climate change, with those in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau jeopardized the most, the UN Children's Emerge
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Chinese legislature approves amendments on third child policy: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday voted to approve amendments to the Population and Family Planning Law allowing couples to have a third child, the Xinhua news agency reported.
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Terrorists' attack in northern Burkina Faso leaves 80 people dead
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Sahel [Burkina Faso], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Terrorists staged an attack in the northern part of Burkina Faso that left 80 people killed, the Ministry of Communications said.
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US Trade Commission files antitrust lawsuit to remedy Facebook's 'monopoly
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday filed a petition for a permanent injunction from the US District Court for the District of Columbia to remedy alleged anti-competitive and monopolistic practices by the social media platform Facebook.
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