Giorno: 17 Agosto 2021

As Taliban Advances, China Lays Groundwork to Accept an Awkward Reality

Read More BEIJING—A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with visiting Taliban officials decked out in traditional tunic and turban raised eyebrows on the country’s social media. Since then, China’s propaganda machinery has quietly begun preparing its people to accept an increasingly […]

Zambia’s new president vows ‘better’ democracy after landslide win

Read More Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema on Monday slammed the southern African country’s outgoing “brutal regime” while promising a “better democracy” in his debut address to the nation, hours after winning the top job in a landslide. Speaking shortly after his predecessor Edgar Lungu conceded defeat, the business tycoon and veteran opposition leader said his […]

Côte d’Ivoire starts Ebola jabs after first case in decades

Read More Côte d’Ivoire began a roll-out of vaccinations against Ebola on Monday, after the country recorded its first known case of the disease since 1994, the health ministry said. “Health workers, close relatives and contacts of the victim” were the first to be vaccinated, getting jabs from 5 000 doses sent from Guinea, spokesman […]

L’arsenale di armi abbandonate all’aeroporto di Kabul: “Chiunque può prendere un fucile”

Read More 17 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/afghanistan-l-arsenale-di-armi-abbandonate-all-aeroporto-di-kabul-chiunque-puo-prendere-un-fucile/394061/394772&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Decine di fucili di assalto, giubbotti antiproiettili e caschi di protezione sono stati abbandonati all’aeroporto di Kabul, in Afghanistan, dopo la presa del potere da parte dei talebani. Un video pubblicato su Instagram da un soldato […]

Firefighters to bring Jerusalem mega-fire under control today, Israeli fire chief says

Read More Israel’s Fire and Rescue Service chief expressed hope on Tuesday that by the afternoon the fires raging in the Jerusalem area since Sunday will be brought under control. Commissioner Dedy Simhy told Army Radio that firefighters have determined the location where the fire started in Jerusalem Hills west of the city, but are […]

What’s the fuss about Israel’s observer status at the AU?

Read More To those who scorn “clubs” such as the African Union, it may come as a surprise that Israel has long wanted to be friends with the AU. All states have strategic interests, some more so than others, especially when the issue is existential. Though the Israelis punch above their weight in many fields, […]

Biden defends US pullout from Afghanistan despite panic in Kabul

Read More United States President Joe Biden on Monday defended the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan after the Taliban’s stunning military takeover that triggered panic in Kabul with thousands mobbing the airport in a desperate attempt to flee. In his first public appearance since the Islamist insurgents seized control of the country at the […]

No one saw this coming, Raab says of Taliban’s rapid Afghan takeover

Read More Afghanistan No one saw this coming, Raab says of Taliban’s rapid Afghan takeover UK foreign secretary claims swift collapse was impossible to predict, as he says evacuations have resumed Afghanistan – latest updates Political correspondent @peterwalker99 Tue 17 Aug 2021 04.02 EDT First published on Tue 17 Aug 2021 03.42 EDT It was […]

Taliban announces ‘amnesty,’ urges women to join government

Post Content The Taliban announced Tuesday an “amnesty” across Afghanistan and urged women to join its government, trying to calm nerves across a nervous capital city that only the day before saw chaos at its airport as people tried to flee their rule. The comments by Enamullah Samangani, a member of the Taliban’s cultural commission, […]

Israel hits six-month high with more than 8,000 new daily COVID cases

Read More Israel has logged 8,646 new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to Health Ministry data published on Tuesday, marking a six-month daily record in new cases. The percentage of positive tests also hit a six-month high, with Monday’s data showing 6.2 percent of all tests taken returning COVID-positive. Of the 55,323 active cases in […]