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- Fossils Seized in Police Raid Demystify a Prehistoric Flying Reptile
- After Airport Bombing, an Afghan Family Buries a Father, and Hope
- Afghanistan: US drone strike 'kills Isis-K planner'
- Covid origin: US spy agencies publish 'inconclusive' report
- Robert F Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan recommended for parole
- Paralympic cheats stopped me winning gold
- Shein: China fashion giant investigates 'false' anti-Uyghur job ads
- Week in pictures: 21 - 27 August 2021
- Serra Leone's chimpanzees: The newly weds who set up a sanctuary
- Covid-19: The Indian children who have forgotten how to read and write
- ICYMI: Tank ballet, lederhosen and a brave swan
- Afghanistan: The local people helping refugees in the UK
- Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money?
- U.S. Launches Strike on ISIS-K as Bombing’s Death Toll Soars
- How Canadian Leaders Campaign in a Pandemic
- Caleb Wallace, Texas Anti-Mask Rally Organizer, Sick With Covid
- Overlooked No More: Randy Snow, Paralympic Champion of Wheelchair Tennis
- Pakistan emerges as a winner. What will it do now?
- Denmark says Covid is no longer a ‘socially critical disease.’
- Biden faces a tragedy he worked to avoid.
- After one of the deadliest attacks in 20 years of war, many people are still trying to reach the airport.
- Canada election: Justin Trudeau rally cancelled after angry protests
- Strictly: Why are South African dancers so popular?
- Afghanistan: Shukria Barakzai's whispered voice notes and dramatic escape
- 'The Taliban killed my brother for protecting my family'
- A Journey Through Kabul on the Day of the Fall
- Britons, Unfazed by High Covid Rates, Weigh Their ‘Price of Freedom’
- Myanmar’s Monks, Leaders of Past Protests, Are Divided Over the Coup
- A Doctor’s Tour de France, One ‘Medical Desert’ at a Time
- Victims' relatives still desperately search for news of loved ones
- Cows on the moo-ve from Swiss Alpine meadow
- French woman arrested over jewellery thefts from coffins
- Who are the group that attacked Kabul airport?
- Afghanistan interpreter: Getting plane out was 'happiest moment of my life'
- Hurricane Ida Updates: After Hitting Cuba, Storm Heads Toward U.S.
- US Reprisal Airstrike Killed Two ISIS Militants and Wounded Another
- Evacuations From Kabul Wind Down as U.S. Prepares to Pull Last Troops
- Italy will impose tighter restrictions in Sicily after a surge in cases.
- Coronavirus in UK: Britons, Unfazed by High Covid Rates, Weigh Their ‘Price of Freedom’
- Afghan evacuations wind down at Kabul airport
- A Journey Through Kabul, Afghanistan on the Day of the Fall
- Britain, France End Their Evacuations in Afghanistan
- The U.S. retaliates over the airport bombing, days before the withdrawal deadline.
- US Reprisal Airstrike Killed Two ISIS Militants and Wounded Another
- The U.K. is ending its civilian evacuations from Kabul today.
- Afghan refugee heading to UK gives birth at 30,000 feet
- Europe migrant crisis: More than 500 people rescued off Italian island
- After Video of Abusive Nurse, Canada’s Indigenous Seek Health Overhaul
- Herat under the Taliban: residents on the new rulers
- Hurricane Ida: Thousands flee as storm bears down on Louisiana
- 'We were hurt in bombs through no fault of our own'
- Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro says he will be killed, arrested or re-elected
- Agnes Sithole: The woman who fought South Africa's sexist marriage laws
- Your pictures on the theme of 'my summer'
- Afghanistan: Black Hawks and Humvees - military kit now with the Taliban
- Afghanistan: 'I helped the US military, now help me save my family'
- One Afghan family resettling in the U.S. finds a respite.
- Wife of murdered Greek ambassador jailed over his death in Brazil
- For France, American Vines Still Mean Sour Grapes
- Palestinians Finally Have Vaccines. But Will People Take Them?
- As the Taliban Tighten Their Grip, Fears of Retribution Grow
- Mountain lion: US mother fights off animal attacking her son
- Emotional arrival for Afghan Paralympians in Tokyo
- What now for Afghans arriving in America?
- Afghanistan: 'Thousands more left behind...and feel terrified'
- A country abandoned: BBC's John Simpson on Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Taxi driver, shopkeeper: UK victims of Kabul attack
- Biden to Attend Return of Service Members Killed in Kabul Bombing
- U.S. Kills Suicide Bombers in Kabul, U.S. Official Says
- Afghanistan: US drone strike 'eliminates airport bomb threat'
- Hurricane Ida: 'Catastrophic' storm surge as winds move onshore
- Yemen war: Drone attack on government airbase kills 30 soldiers
- Max Verstappen declared winner of aborted rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix
- For France, American Vines Still Mean Sour Grapes
- As the Taliban Tighten Their Grip, Fears of Retribution Grow
- E.U. Set to Propose Travel Restrictions on U.S. Visitors
- ‘What Will Happen to Me?’ An Uncertain Future Awaits Afghans Who Fled
- US Diplomats Unlikely to Stay in Afghanistan After Troops Leave
- Houses of worship struggle with fear of Delta’s rise within their congregations.
- Biden to Attend Return of US Service Members Killed in Kabul Airport Attack
- US Kills Suicide Bombers in Kabul, Official Says
- Bodies of US troops killed in Kabul returned to America
- Ed Asner: Lou Grant and Up actor dies aged 91
- Jamaican soul of reggae Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies aged 85
- Possum skin cloaks: Reviving an Aboriginal cultural tradition
- Japan's huge army of under-employed ex-housewives
- In India, growing clamour to criminalise rape within marriage
- Turkey lockdown: Pigeon-keeping in Istanbul on the rise
- Afghanistan Live Updates: U.S. Carries Out Strike in Kabul as Evacuation Nears End
- U.S. Conducts Drone Strike in Kabul and Winds Down Airlift as Deadline Nears
- Your Monday Briefing
- The Latest News on Tropical Storm Nora
- American University of Kabul Students Trying to Flee Were Sent Home
- Some Afghans say that enemies of the Taliban have begun to disappear.
- Yongbyon: UN says North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor
- New Zealand woman dies after receiving Pfizer vaccine
- Covid: Australia records 1,000th death from the pandemic
- Vietnam lockdown adds to global coffee supply concerns
- Ethiopia's economy battered by Tigray war
- U.S. Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul Airport
- Your Monday Briefing
- Hurricane Ida's 150mph winds batter Louisiana
- First ever female Paralympic gold medal for India
- Colombia’s Troubles Put a President’s Legacy on the Line
- A New Breed of Crisis: War and Warming Collide in Afghanistan
- Can Afghanistan’s Leading Broadcaster Survive the Taliban?
- Exile or Jail: The Grim Choice Facing Russian Opposition Leaders
- Brazil bank robbers tie hostages to getaway cars
- North Korea Restarted Plutonium-Producing Reactor, U.N. Agency Warns
- Is Vaccine Immunity Waning?
- Afghanistan: US investigating civilian deaths in Kabul strike
- China cuts children's online gaming to one hour
- Milan fire: Flames engulf modern 20-storey block of flats
- Afghanistan Live Updates: U.S. Shoots Down Rockets as Withdrawal Looms
- Palestinian President Abbas holds rare talks with Israeli minister
- Covid surge 'deeply worrying' in Europe as vaccinations dip - WHO
- Paris speed limit falls to 30km/h
- How 2 Afghan Paralympians Defied the Odds to Get From Kabul to Tokyo
- Kanye West: Donda released by Universal without my say, artist claims
- Covid: EU recommends new travel restrictions for US as cases rise
- Behishta Arghand, Afghan Journalist Who Interviewed Taliban, Flees Country
- Band of Robbers Tie Hostages to Cars in Brazilian City
- Unvaccinated U.S. Visitors Could Face New Restrictions on Travel to Europe
- Afghanistan drone strike: 'Ten people died here.. including my daughter'
- Hurricane Ida: Louisiana assesses damage after storm
- Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- E. U. Proposes New Travel Restrictions on Unvaccinated U.S. Visitors
- Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’
- Watch moment US military declares final flight out of Afghanistan
- Gunfire as Taliban celebrate US leaving Afghanistan
- From Bush to Biden: One war, four US presidents on Afghanistan
- Afghanistan: Fleeing the Taliban into Pakistan and leaving dreams behind
- Afghan Family Says Errant U.S. Missile Killed 10, Including 7 Children
- In an effort to lure Berliners, Covid shots are made available on a train.
- Biden receives the bodies of soldiers killed in the Kabul bombing.
- U.S. Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul’s Airport
- New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, has a record rise in daily cases.
- Afghanistan: Last US military flight departs ending America's longest war
- Highly polluting leaded petrol now eradicated from the world, says UN
- Mollie Tibbetts: Farm worker gets life for murdering Iowa student
- Tokyo 2020: Toyota restarts driverless vehicles after accident
- Theranos scandal: Who is Elizabeth Holmes and why is she on trial?
- Nigerian students amass degrees to stay in Europe
- Para-Taekwondo: Taking 360 tornado kicks to Tokyo
- Fury as Covid crisis hits Australia's Aboriginal communities
- Can apps move the #MeToo movement forward?
- The last US soldier leaves Afghanistan
- U.S. War in Afghanistan Ends as Final Evacuation Flights Depart
- In Afghanistan, an Unceremonious End, and a Shrouded Beginning
- Your Tuesday Briefing
- Can Afghanistan’s leading broadcaster survive the Taliban?
- A W.H.O. official urges measures to keep schools open.
- Greta Thunberg: 'I'll go to COP26 if it's safe and democratic'
- The last American soldier leaves, and the first Taliban soldiers arrive.
- Nike is giving its head office staff a week's break
- Last U.S. Soldier Leaves as First Taliban Soldiers Arrive
- R. Kelly trial: First male accuser testifies to sexual abuse
- After 15 Years in Opera, Martha Prewitt Runs a Farm in Kentucky
- Last U.S. Soldier Leaves as First Taliban Soldiers Arrive
- New Zealand Police Set Up Lockdown Checkpoints Outside Biggest City
- The End
- Berlin university canteens cut meat from menus to curb climate change
- Tokyo Paralympics: Afghanistan athlete Hossain Rasouli makes debut after evacuation
- Afghanistan: Taliban enter Kabul airport and celebrate by posing in aircraft
- Brazil bank robbery: Hostages describe terrifying getaway car ordeal
- Cyprus on alert as Syrian oil slick spreads across Mediterranean
- E.U. Says It Has Vaccinated 70 Percent of Adults
- An Experimental H.I.V. Vaccine Fails in Africa
- Sarah Rainsford: My last despatch before Russian expulsion
- A Fellini Museum, as Lavish as His Movies
- Afghans 'will struggle to survive or race to escape'
- YouTube signs Twitch video-game streamer Dr Lupo
- Mission: Impossible Covid shutdowns prompt lawsuit
- Does feeding garden birds do more harm than good?
- Caldor fire: Lake Tahoe deserted as Californians evacuate
- Fake Banksy NFT sold through artist's website for £244k
- UNHCR 'cautiously optimistic' over working with Taliban
- What was left behind by US forces?
- Bank of England Removes Art of Leaders Linked to Slave Trade
- European Court Faults Russia in Murder of Natalya Estemirova
- 6 Sentenced to Death in Bangladesh for Killing of Gay Rights Activist
- Amid violent reprisals, Afghans fear the Taliban's 'amnesty' was empty
- Female journalist who interviewed Taliban flees
- Afghanistan: How can the West stop terror bases?
- Historic London Synagogue Fights to Stay Out of the Shadows
- After the U.S. withdrawal, Afghan women consider the future.
- How Will The US Cope With Taliban Rule?
- Afghanistan: Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory
- Image of bird at US-Mexico border wall wins contest
- FBI hate crime reports spike to 12-year high in 2020
- Biden defends pulling US troops out before all Americans evacuated
- Caldor Fire: Thousands flee as Lake Tahoe under threat
- Why was this athlete 'too tall' to race?
- The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming
- Ukraine’s Leader, Meeting Biden, Seeks Security Assurances After Afghan Pullout
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Biden Defends His Decision in Afghanistan
- Working remotely has meant huge salaries, for a lucky few.
- One-in-three trees face extinction in wild, says new report
- Gulf Sky: 'Our ship was hijacked and taken to Iran'
- Marseille drugs: Child victims of French city's vicious gang war
- CEO Secrets: 'I was making money, but had no money'
- India’s Economic Figures Belie Covid-19’s Toll
- Japan finds black particles in Moderna vaccine
- Hurricane Ida: New Orleans under curfew amid blackout
- India Covid: Economy sees record growth during deadly wave
- Tonga royals deny Australia horse trainer murder link
- Historic London Synagogue Fights to Stay Out of the Shadows
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- Venezuela Opposition Parties Will Take Part in November Elections
- Texas passes law banning abortion after six weeks
- Japan Needs a Lot More Tech Workers. Can It Find a Place for Women?
- Air pollution may reduce life expectancy of Indians by nine years, says study
- Jamie Spears 'dragging feet' on conservatorship
- Afghanistan: Taliban asked if there will be a place for women in new government
- How the C.I.A. Exited Its Base in Kabul
- It’s Election Season in Germany. No Charisma, Please!
- An Impossible Task? New Zealand Tries to Eliminate Delta.
- Has Delta Peaked?
- Afghanistan Before the Fall
- OPEC and other producers will meet to decide oil output.
- Italian police guard stations as Covid pass on trains begins
- Zambian President Hichilema inherits 'empty treasury'
- International Space Station facing irreparable failures, Russia warns
- South America's drought-hit Paraná river at 77-year low
- Former Afghan minister: Women fearful but walking the streets
- Afghanistan: UK and Taliban in talks over further evacuations
- Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Set to Name Supreme Leader
- New Zealand Is Under Lockdown to Contain Delta's Spread
- Piers Morgan Cleared for Criticizing Meghan After Oprah Interview
- Another Hidden Covid Risk: Lingering Kidney Problems
- Pope Criticizes Western Intervention in Afghanistan
- Taliban to Name a Supreme Leader and Map Out New Government
- Can Tolo, Afghanistan’s Leading Broadcaster, Survive the Taliban?
- Long Covid in children 'nowhere near scale feared'
- Hurricane Ida: Before and after images reveal devastation
- Climate change: Big increase in weather disasters over the past five decades
- Twitter tests safety mode feature to silence abuse
- North Korea rejects offer of almost 3 million Covid-19 jabs
- French police car crashes after officer fires Taser at driver
- Canada federal election: How much trouble is Trudeau in?
- Afghanistan: Taliban parade captured equipment in Kandahar
- Unknown number left in Afghanistan - UK's Raab
- Shifting to Governing, Taliban Will Name Supreme Afghan Leader
- Will the World Formally Recognize the Taliban?
- Ramstein Air Base Becomes Temporary Refuge for Afghans
- Your Thursday Briefing
- When Will the Delta Surge End?
- Gail Omvedt, Sociologist, Dies at 81
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