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- Sicily May Have Broken Europe's All-Time Heat Record
- Wildfires in Greece: After a Long Battle, Firefighters Contain Blazes
- Taliban claim capture of Kandahar, Afghanistan's second largest city
- Lee Jae-yong: Samsung heir released from prison on parole
- Lord of the Rings: Amazon moves show to UK from New Zealand
- North Korea airs Olympics coverage days after it ends
- Kiwi Chow: The filmmaker who took Hong Kong's protests to Cannes
- Your Friday Briefing
- Australians seek ways to speed vaccinations as government rollout sputters.
- Britney Spears' father to step down as conservator
- Covid booster: US approves third jab for the immunocompromised
- 12 Years, $800 Million, One Conviction: Lebanon Tribunal Winds Down Short of Answers
- Iran’s Health System ‘Beyond Disastrous’ from Covid Surge
- Three more major cities are under Taliban control, as the government’s forces near collapse.
- What It Will Take to Free Australia From the Bonds of Covid
- Turkey floods: Death toll near Black Sea rises to 27
- 12 Years, $800 Million, One Conviction: Lebanon Tribunal Winds Down Short of Answers
- A Changing Country
- France Calls for Vigilance After Vandalism at Vaccine Sites
- Flooding in China kills 21, as thousands escape to shelters.
- Dutch-Turkish Novelist Depicts Her Journey to Secularism With No Inhibitions
- Afghanistan Live Updates: As Major Cities Fall With Stunning Speed, U.S. Readies Evacuation
- For a Crime at 14, He Faces Death in a Case Casting Doubt on Saudi Reforms
- An Anti-Taliban Warlord Surrenders. He May Not Be the Last.
- Floods in Northern Turkey Kill at Least 27, With Dozens Missing
- US-Mexico border migrant detention levels reach 21-year high
- Four Florida educators died of Covid within day of each other, says union
- A Sicilian Town Sends an Omen of a Much Hotter Future
- Pakistan Under Pressure as Taliban Advance in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Diplomats hasten exit as Taliban near Kabul
- Afghan war: Kabul's young women plead for help as Taliban advance
- BBC condemns Russia's decision to not renew correspondent's visa
- Nicki Minaj and husband Kenneth Petty sued by sex assault victim
- Nicaragua: Police raid offices of La Prensa newspaper
- Afghanistan: Journalist Anisa Shaheed refuses to give in to Taliban
- Afghans living under Taliban lament loss of freedoms
- Myanmar: The woman who jumped to her death while fleeing police
- Climate change: Does Germany produce double the UK's carbon emissions?
- Viewpoint: Why Twitter got it wrong in Nigeria
- Why the Afghan Military Collapsed So Quickly
- Afghanistan’s Unraveling May Strike Another Blow to U.S. Credibility
- Latest U.K. Scandals Show a System Rife With Insider Ties
- Afghanistan's President Clings to Power as Taliban Close In
- Taliban Seek to Isolate Kabul, Pentagon Says, as U.S. Removes Civilians
- Trudeau Weighs Snap Election in Canada
- Russia Says It Will Expel a BBC Journalist
- A Possible Election Call as the Pandemic’s 4th Wave Gets Underway
- Los Angeles, Chicago Back Vaccine Mandate for Teachers
- Local officials struggled with eviction freeze as cases stacked up.
- Japan rain: More than a million residents told to seek shelter
- Nanci Griffith: Folk and country singer-songwriter dies aged 68
- As the Taliban set their sights on Kabul, some fear a collapse within weeks.
- Afghan conflict: Taliban take Mazar-e-Sharif, government's last northern stronghold
- Haiti struck by deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake
- Sarah Rainsford on Russia: 'I've been told I can't come back - ever'
- Australia: New South Wales 'in worst ever Covid situation'
- Afghanistan in serious danger - President Ghani
- Japan floods: Residents rescued as torrential rain threatens homes
- A Pricey Drive Down Montenegro’s Highway ‘From Nowhere to Nowhere’
- A powerful earthquake violently shakes Haiti, killing dozens.
- Mysterious Hacker Group Suspected in July Cyberattack on Iranian Trains
- Poverty, Disease, Customs: Why So Many Indonesian Children Die of Covid
- A Popular Comedy’s Return in France Exposes Growing Divides
- Haiti Earthquake Prompted Tsunami Warning That Was Later Rescinded
- Haiti lies in the possible path of Tropical Storm Grace.
- Haiti Earthquake Occurred Along Same Fault Line as the One in 2010
- Afghanistan’s commercial hub, Mazar-i-Sharif, falls to the insurgents.
- What We Know About the Haiti Earthquake
- New South Wales Enters Lockdown as Sydney Outbreak Spreads
- Germany Puts U.S. on 'High Risk' Covid List Amid Delta Surge
- Canada Promises to Resettle 20,000 Refugees From Afghanistan
- Los Angeles, Chicago Back Vaccine Mandate for Teachers
- Independence Day: Key takeaways from PM Modi's speech
- Polish law on property stolen by Nazis angers Israel
- Zambia election: President claims vote was not free and fair
- Sri Lankan teenager builds solar-powered tuk-tuk from scraps
- Rahul Gandhi: Twitter restores Congress party member accounts
- 'How I found out my dad was a best-selling sex writer'
- Who is TikTok’s masked vigilante?
- 'My night in notorious Nazi collaborator Quisling's cabin'
- 'This was a race and we lost': How US doctors really feel about Covid surge
- Ethiopia: What do we know about aid going into Tigray?
- Texas Takes Fight Over Mask Mandates to State's Top Court
- Social Media Becomes a Pivotal Resource for Earthquake Photos and News
- Haiti struck by deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake
- Afghanistan conflict: Taliban push into Kabul as president flees
- Taliban spokesman tells BBC they are 'awaiting a peaceful transfer of power'
- Canada election: Trudeau calls snap summer campaign
- Roger Federer will be out 'for many months' as he prepares for further knee surgery
- Haiti earthquake: Rescuers search for survivors as death toll climbs to 700
- Germany football legend Muller dies aged 75
- Will Taliban take country back to past, asks John Simpson
- ICYMI: Little Amal the walking refugee puppet and Perseid meteor shower
- Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Nears Total Takeover, Entering Kabul After 20 Years
- Haiti Live Updates: Search for Survivors After Quake Kills More Than 700
- A Week Into Taliban Rule, One City’s Glimpse of What the Future May Hold
- Trudeau Calls Early Election in Canada
- How Beijing Has Buried Hong Kong’s Last Vestige of Democracy
- U.N. Security Council to Hold Emergency Meeting on Afghanistan
- Afghans working for U.S. government broadcasters fear Taliban backlash.
- Florida School Board Defies Gov. DeSantis's Masking Ban
- Blinken Says Taliban Moved Faster Than Expected, Defends Removal of Troops
- Flash Floods in Turkey Kill 59, and Dozens Are Still Missing
- Tropical Storm Grace Heads Toward Earthquake-Ravaged Haiti
- The U.S. real estate market begins to cool after bump from the pandemic.
- A Frenzied Flight From Kabul as the U.S. Evacuates
- Taliban Enter Kabul as Afghan Government Collapses and President Ghani Flees
- Afghanistan: US takes control of Kabul airport to evacuate staff from country
- Why is Israel demolishing homes in East Jerusalem?
- Japan's economy bounced back ahead of the Olympics, data shows
- Zambia election: Hakainde Hichilema beats President Edgar Lungu
- India's dancing cop becomes internet star
- There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants
- Would you let a robot lawyer defend you?
- Afghanistan conflict: As Kabul falls, Biden backlash grows
- Nigeria's Kano state moves to ban mannequin heads on Islamic grounds
- Afghanistan: People flee Kabul as Taliban overrun cities
- The zero-power sewage plant inspired by cows
- Kabul’s Sudden Fall to Taliban Ends U.S. Era in Afghanistan
- In an Overrun Kabul, Many Have No Place to Run
- In Zambia Election, Opposition Leader Storms to Decisive Win Over President
- Japan’s Economy Returns to Growth, but Virus Threat Looms
- Afghans Storm Kabul’s Airport in Desperate Bid to Escape
- Australia’s Coronavirus Outbreak Hits Aboriginal Communities
- The prospect of booster shots is igniting a global health debate.
- Patagonia, Adorned in Autumn
- Your Monday Briefing
- Texas State Supreme Court Upholds Texas’ Mask Mandate Ban
- ‘I’m the Only Surgeon’: After Haiti Quake, Thousands Seek Scarce Care
- Your Monday Briefing
- Afghans Working for U.S. Government Radio Fear Taliban Backlash
- Officials in Washington are scrambling to keep up with the fast-moving events in Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan: Life in Kabul after the Taliban victory
- Lebanon deadly petrol tank blast sparks protest at PM-designate's home
- Venezuela opposition politician Guevara freed after talks
- Tokyo Paralympics: Spectators will not be allowed at the Games
- Afghanistan: Chaotic scenes at Kabul airport
- Afghans arrive in Delhi after Taliban take over Kabul
- Afghanistan: 'Women won't be silenced by the Taliban'
- Afghanistan Live Updates: Fear Spreads in Kabul as Taliban Take Charge
- An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as the Soviets Did
- Can the vaccinated develop long Covid?
- Malaysian Prime Minister Resigns Amid Anger Over Virus
- Taliban Take Over Afghan Presidential Palace
- How the Taliban stormed across Afghanistan in ten days
- Tesla Autopilot: US opens official investigation into self-driving tech
- Uganda anti-pornography law dropped after backlash
- Ebrar Karakurt: Supporters rally around Turkish volleyballer after abuse
- Malala: 'Futures of Afghan child refugees aren't lost'
- Hakainde Hichilema: The Zambian 'cattle boy' who became president
- UK military commander: 'We've betrayed' Afghans who helped British troops'
- Guarding the Last Likeness of a Loathed Dictator? It’s a Thankless Job.
- What a U.K. Staycation Looks Like in a Pandemic
- Gallery Lures Soccer Fans to Tottenham Stadium for Art
- Aid Trickles to Quake-Ravaged Haitians as Storm Threatens
- Deaths In Custody of Two Brothers Fuel Anger Over Covid Enforcement in Kenya
- Babies and Toddlers Spread Coronavirus in Homes More Easily Than Teens, Study Finds
- Before the fall of Kabul, Biden defends his decision to leave Afghanistan.
- Biden defends US withdrawal from Afghanistan
- Bezos sues Nasa over its deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX
- Why is the Taliban's Kabul victory being compared to the fall of Saigon?
- US increases food stamp aid for poorer Americans
- Twitter's new design to get fix after headache complaints
- The Taliban storm across Afghanistan.
- Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen calls the BBC - interview in full
- Afghanistan: UK has abandoned Afghan people, says senior MP
- Afghanistan: In pictures: Kabul - a day after Taliban takeover
- Afghanistan conflict: The Air India flight out on a fateful Sunday
- Ashraf Ghani Makes Hasty Escape From Afghanistan
- Chaos Ensues at Kabul Airport as Americans Abandon Afghanistan
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- Afghanistan Video: Key Scenes from the Taliban's Swift Victory
- On an iconic bridge, U.S. allies flee Afghanistan as the Soviets did.
- The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could extinguish U.S. influence in Kabul.
- Bob Dylan denies sexually abusing girl in 1965
- Images show decline of California's 'life source'
- Peter Karlsson: The painful verdict on Swedish ice hockey player's 1995 killing
- Just how hard is it to recycle a jumbo jet?
- Joe Biden on Afghanistan: 'I stand squarely behind my decision'
- Does the world face a new terror threat?
- The Taliban Are Back. Now Will They Restrain or Support Al Qaeda?
- India Remains Vulnerable to Covid-19 Despite Dropping Numbers
- Khmer Rouge Leader Appears in Court to Appeal Genocide Conviction
- How Peppers Proliferated Around the Planet
- New Zealand Goes Into Lockdown Over Single Case
- What If You Could Become Invisible to Mosquitoes?
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- In Washington, recriminations move as quickly as the Taliban.
- New Zealand enters nationwide lockdown over one Covid case
- France wildfire: Thousands evacuated as blaze rages near Riviera
- Sudoku: Maki Kaji, puzzle enthusiast, dies aged 69
- Israel battles huge wildfire near Jerusalem
- Biden's speech on Afghanistan fact-checked
- India’s Covid-19 Numbers Have Fallen. A Third Wave Still Looms.
- Maki Kaji, ‘Godfather of Sudoku,’ Dies at 69
- Quake-Struck Haiti Is Lashed by Heavy Rains After Storm Hits
- The Day After the Fall
- Taliban Official Sits for TV Interview With Female Presenter
- George W. Bush Cites 'Deep Sadness' Over Events in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Striking image captures Kabul exodus
- Afghanistan: Female presenters back on Tolo News after Taliban takeover
- Tokyo Paralympics: Afghanistan athletes unable to attend Games because of unrest
- Taliban Vow No Reprisal Killings, but Afghans Are Desperate to Escape
- Earthquake-Struck Haiti is Lashed by Heavy Rains After Storm Hits
- India Says It Will Prioritize Hindus and Sikhs in Visas for Afghans
- Monte dei Paschi di Siena, World's Oldest Bank, Nears an End
- Uncertain times ahead for Afghan women
- Taliban: 'We will not allow the soil of Afghanistan to be used against anyone'
- Afghan reporter asks Nato Secretary for help
- Afghanistan: 'All female staff have left my Kabul hotel'
- Khaled Hosseini: ‘A sliver of hope’ for Afghanistan
- How America watched as Taliban won the war
- Women in Afghanistan Fear Return to a Repressive Past Under Taliban
- Who Are the Taliban, and What Do They Want?
- Afghan women to have rights within Islamic law, Taliban say
- Covishield: WHO flags fake jabs in India, Africa
- Haiti earthquake: Death toll reaches nearly 2,000
- US lab stands on threshold of key nuclear fusion goal
- Snake slithers out of spice shelves at Sydney supermarket
- Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition
- How technology in the air battles fires on the ground
- US left too quickly, says Afghanistan bank governor
- Covid: Australia's Qantas says all staff must be vaccinated
- California man sues after being startled by dumpster-diving bear
- The little-known human stories behind emoji designs
- How latte art in South Africa led to a job from hell in Oman
- Taliban victory will test India, and peace in South Asia
- Afghanistan: Mysterious Taliban spokesman finally shows his face
- Afghanistan: Female Kabul resident fears for future under Taliban
- Afghanistan: What's the impact of Taliban's return on international order?
- Taliban Promise Peace, but Doubt and Fear Persist
- For US, and Afghanistan, the Post-9/11 Era Ends Painfully
- The Taliban’s Leaders: Worldly and ‘Inclusive’ or Ruthless Ideologues?
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign
- T.S.A. Extends Mask Mandate for Travelers to January
- Overwhelmed by Coronavirus, Cuba’s Vaunted Health System Is Reeling
- Early Data Hints at a Rise in Breakthrough Infections
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Taliban Spokesman, in First News Conference in Kabul, Pledges No Reprisals.
- After 7 years of failing to fix Afghanistan, Ghani made a hasty escape.
- Biden Rattles U.K. With His Afghanistan Policy
- Hong Kong Police Arrest University Students for ‘Advocating Terrorism’
- Cuba tightens control of internet after protests
- China Sees U.S. Hubris in Afghanistan's Fall, but Also New Risks
- Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Violently Crush First Public Protest
- How ‘The Daily’ Covered Afghanistan’s Fall
- Blindsided Abroad: Vaccinated But Testing Positive on a Trip to Europe
- Glimpses of Kabul under the Taliban: Fighters patrolling roads, and lines at banks.
- To China, Afghan Fall Proves U.S. Hubris. It Also Brings New Dangers.
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