Tuesday, August 31, 2021

The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming


By BY JIM HUYLEBROEK, NAJIM RAHIM AND ERIC NAGOURNEY from NYT World https://ift.tt/3BqPsQE

Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast.


By BY ALAN RAPPEPORT AND MARGOT SANGER-KATZ from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3Dx0B4j

Huracanes y cambio climático: esto es lo que sabemos


By BY VERONICA PENNEY from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/2WHlLfh

Reflections on Our Summer Reading Contest and Our Final Week of Winners


By BY NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/3ywJsnD

Is rural America becoming a new Confederacy?



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There’s a Better Way to Stop Ransomware Attacks


By BY PAUL ROSENZWEIG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3BvP17Q

Revocatoria a Gavin Newsom: una guía para los votantes


By BY JILL COWAN AND SHAWN HUBLER from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3jz4k9D

Let’s Talk About ‘Sellouts’


By BY JOHN MCWHORTER from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2WKQqs6

Downed lines are making it hard for Entergy to restore power in Louisiana.


By BY IVAN PENN AND PETER EAVIS from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3kCTUFf

Transcript: Ezra Klein Answers Listener Questions


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Female journalist who interviewed Taliban flees

Beheshta Arghand, who made headlines when she interviewed the Taliban, has spoken out after fleeing the country.

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Afghanistan: How can the West stop terror bases?

The foreign secretary says the UK will fight ISIS by all means available - but what does that mean?

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Taliban offered Kabul to US, but Americans said no: report



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White House Weighs Clemency to Keep Some Drug Offenders Confined at Home


By BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AND CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3sXhQH0

Your Tuesday Briefing


By BY MELINA DELKIC from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2WGkN2Q

The world is still short of everything. Get used to it.


By BY PETER S. GOODMAN AND KEITH BRADSHER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3yoUmvy

Lightning captured near Ida's eye before landfall



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Vetting Afghan Refugees



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La variante delta se infiltró en un aula de primaria. Así sucedió


By BY SABRINA IMBLER AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3kJ4L0u

What’s Better, a Prize or a Patent?


By BY PETER COY from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/38rLPO0

When the ‘Silent Majority’ Isn’t White


By BY JAY CASPIAN KANG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3gJ3GnS

Afghan left behind by UK: I'm fighting to stay alive

An Afghan who had authorisation to fly to the UK speaks to the BBC about his struggle to escape.

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Sunday, August 29, 2021

Your Monday Briefing


By BY AMELIA NIERENBERG from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3mK1YXu

When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?


By BY ADAM JENTLESON from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Y2TvEh

Jamaican reggae icon Lee 'Scratch' Perry dies aged 85

Perry, a legendary singer and music producer, is known for his pioneering experiments with dub.

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Watch this live video of Hurricane Ida striking New Orleans



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Hurricane Hunters fly through Ida's Eye



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Biden Observes Return of Troops Killed in Kabul Bombing


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Biden pays respects to US troops killed in Afghanistan



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Hellish living conditions are the new Kabul reality



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Hurricane Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4


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As the virus surges in Oregon, counties are asking for mobile morgues to house the dead.


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Ron DeSantis, How Many Covid Deaths Are Enough?


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Ida Strengthened Quickly Into a Monster. Here’s How.


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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Evidence of extensive corrosion in collapsed condo



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Afghan refugee heading to UK gives birth at 30,000 feet

Soman Noori gives birth to baby girl Havva while flying to Birmingham, with no doctor on board.

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Europe migrant crisis: More than 500 people rescued off Italian island

Italian coastguards rescue 539 people from a small fishing boat believed to have set off from Libya.

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