August 19, 2021, Afghanistan-Taliban news
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CNN By Megan Marples, CNN Have you ever heard a rattlesnake rattling up close? It turns out the venomous reptiles change the frequency of their…
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GOOD THURSDAY MORNING, EVERYONE… Storm activity continues to move off to the east. We will be left with a cool northerly air flow on another dry,…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
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CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
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CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingHow Dubrovnik survived disease, war and tourists
CNN By Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN Lord Byron called it the Pearl of the Adriatic when he passed through on his Grand Tour in the early 19th…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The swift fall of Afghanistan to Taliban fighters has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with…
Continue ReadingTaliban crush opposition across Afghanistan, as chaos builds at airport
CNN By Rob Picheta, Saleem Mehsud and Tim Lister, CNN The Taliban have moved swiftly to crush early opposition to their rule across Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingHong Kong allows Nicole Kidman to skip quarantine, reportedly to film for Amazon
CNN By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Hong Kong has some of the toughest Covid-19 quarantine rules on the planet, capturing everyone from journalists to…
Continue ReadingParents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation
CNN, KEYE, KOVR, KCAL, KCBS, WSMV By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are…
Continue Reading‘We’re going to do both’: White House argues it can offer booster shots to Americans while sharing vaccines globally
CNN, WHITE HOUSE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, FEDEX, POOL By Kate Sullivan and Jason Hoffman, CNN White House officials on Wednesday insisted the US…
Continue Reading‘Haiti is reeling:’ Earthquake survivors overwhelm hospitals in disaster-hit nation
CNN By Matt Rivers, Etant Dupain and Jack Guy, CNN Hospitals in Haiti are completely overwhelmed by survivors of Saturday’s 7.2-magnitude…
Continue ReadingLivid parents take their kids out of class in response to a school board member’s Covid misinformation
CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with what they perceive to…
Continue ReadingParents pull kids from schools as district bucks CDC guidance and board member spreads misinformation
CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN It’s the third week of school in Cobb County, Georgia, and many parents are livid with what they perceive to…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue Reading5 things to know for August 19: Afghanistan, coronavirus, extreme weather, Facebook, Russia
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN The red-hot housing market that has created so much stress and competition for homebuyers could be cooling off soon, if…
Continue ReadingA Texas school superintendent speaks out after parents accosted 2 teachers over masks
CNN, KEYE, KOVR, KCAL, KCBS, WSMV By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN A school superintendent in Texas is speaking out after a teacher was physically assaulted…
Continue ReadingFar fewer Americans owed federal income tax in 2020 because of the pandemic
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Tami Luhby, CNN Nearly 107 million US households — about 61% — owed no federal income tax in 2020, a huge spike from…
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