Giorno: 25 Agosto 2021

Bipartisan group of lawmakers plan Afghanistan trip in defiance of Pelosi, McCarthy requests not to do so

Post Content Some House members from both sides of the aisle are planning to head to Afghanistan despite House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy urging their members not to travel to the region, Fox News has learned. The cohort of House members, both Republicans and Democrats, are either trying to get to […]

Psaki claims US doesn’t negotiate with terrorists despite Biden admin depending on Taliban for evacuation

Post Content White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that U.S. policy is still not to negotiate with terrorists, despite the Biden administration relying heavily on the statements and promises by Taliban leaders to evacuate Americans from Afghanistan. During her daily press briefing, Psaki was asked by Fox News’ Peter Doocy “Why haven’t we […]

Liberals rip Cheney, Kinzinger for opposing Democrat-backed voting rights bill

Post Content Prominent liberal activists ripped moderate Republican Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois after they voted against a Democrat-backed voting rights bill. The bill, dubbed the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act after the late Georgia congressman, passed in a 219-212 vote along party lines on Tuesday. Cheney and Kinzinger, […]

US Data Show Rising ‘Breakthrough’ Infections Among Fully Vaccinated

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Secretary Blinken puts a number on Americans currently stuck in Afghanistan

Post Content Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that he believes less than 1,000 American citizens are still in Afghanistan and attempting to leave. Blinken said that there were 6,000 Americans who wanted to leave Afghanistan on August 14 and 4,500 of them have been evacuated within the last 10 days. He added that […]

Taliban appoints former Guantanamo Bay detainee released under Obama to leadership post in Afghanistan

Post Content The Taliban announced the appointment of Mohammad Nabi Omari, a former Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (GTMO) detainee who has close ties to al Qaeda, to governor of the Khost Province in Afghanistan, days after the Islamic military group took over the country and is establishing a government. According to congressional records, Omari was […]

Vaccinazioni, cala la domanda, crescono le dosi e le Regioni partono con l’accesso diretto agli hub

Read More Domanda in netto calo e tantissime dosi a disposizione. Sono i due ingredienti principali della nuova e probabilmente ultima fase della campagna vaccinale, nella quale si apprestano ad entrare un po’ alla volta tutte le Regioni: quella dell’accesso diretto agli hub. Certe realtà, come il Lazio, hanno deciso addirittura di chiudere i sistemi […]

A Kabul i saloni di bellezza cancellano i volti delle donne dalle vetrine

Read More 25 agosto 2021 <iframe class=”rep-video-embed” src=”https://video.repubblica.it/embed/mondo/afghanistan-a-kabul-i-saloni-di-bellezza-cancellano-i-volti-delle-donne-dalle-vetrine/394571/395280&width=640&height=360″ width=”640″ height=”360″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no”></iframe> Dopo la presa di potere da parte dei talebani a Kabul, i negozianti hanno oscurato i volti delle donne. Intanto, il presidente americano Joe Biden ha confermato ieri, a a margine del G7, che Washington si […]

Meeting Biden on Iran, Bennett’s task is nearly impossible

Read More Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that he is going into his meeting with Joe Biden ready to show him a plan for halting Iran’s nuclear program. However, as a number of events including the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan have shown, in the absence of a real military option, the leaders will likely have […]

Bennett holds first climate briefing ahead of Biden meeting

Read More Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held his first meeting with climate experts on Tuesday, in preparation for his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday. Some of the experts who took part in the discussion urged Bennett to set a more ambitious target for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Israel, according […]