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• 1 year later, Republicans, Biden White House argue over Afghanistan withdrawal

  15-08-2022 23:59 via abcnews.go.com
  
  On the one-year anniversary of the Taliban taking Kabul, a congressional Republican report harshly criticizes the Biden administration for the Afghanistan withdrawal.
  
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• The hostility toward Anne Heche is breathtaking

  15-08-2022 23:52 via nbcnews.com
  
  Anne Heche is dead after life support is removed following fiery crash involving drugs. The hate directed her way is breathtaking.
  
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• Labour demands action over Avanti West Coast reduced train service

  15-08-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Transport secretary urged to press for restoration of full timetable or strip operator of contract after 12 cancellations on MondayLabour has written to Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, urging him to take immediate action to ensure Avanti West Coast restores more frequent services on its busy intercity rail route, or else strip the train operator of its contract.The rail firm, which runs trains between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, cancelled another 12 services on Monday morn
  
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• US Justice Dept. says releasing details in document would harm 'ongoing criminal investigation'

  15-08-2022 23:28 via cnn.com
  
  The Justice Department is opposing the release of details in an affidavit that lays out the argument that investigators made to a federal magistrate judge explaining the probable cause it had to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last week.
  
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• Tesla has now built one million cars in China

  15-08-2022 23:24 via cnn.com
  
  Tesla is celebrating its one millionth car manufactured in China, a major milestone for the electric car company's global ambitions. But Tesla hasn't overcome its recent troubles in the country just yet.
  
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• Bryce Dallas Howard says she was paid less than Chris Pratt for 'Jurassic World' films

  15-08-2022 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  In case you were convinced otherwise, Bryce Dallas Howard reports that the gender pay gap is not extinct.
  
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• Bryce Dallas Howard says Chris Pratt negotiated for her to get more 'Jurassic' money

  15-08-2022 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  In case you were convinced otherwise, Bryce Dallas Howard reports that the gender pay gap is not extinct.
  
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• Afghan food crisis is dilemma for West

  15-08-2022 23:15 via cnn.com
  
  • These women walk for three hours every day hoping to find food for their children
  
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• Women and girls face crisis after Taliban takeover

  15-08-2022 23:11 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Clarissa Ward returns to Kabul, where the Taliban declared victory one year ago as the US withdrew from Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's population is hungry and living in poverty, according to the UN.
  
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• Five face trial on mercenary charges in separatist-controlled Ukraine

  15-08-2022 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Three Britons and two EU citizens appear in Donetsk court accused of ‘undergoing training to seize power by force’ Five Europeans captured in eastern Ukraine have gone on trial in a court administered by Kremlin-backed separatists in the city of Donetsk, Russian media reported.The five – Mathias Gustafsson of Sweden, Vjekoslav Prebeg of Croatia, and Britons John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy – all pleaded not guilty to charges of being mercenaries and “underg
  
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• Ecuador city declares state of emergency amid dramatic rise in gang bombings

  15-08-2022 22:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Gangs in Guayaquil use increasingly violent tactics in battle for dominance of cocaine trafficking routes to Europe and the USEcuador’s embattled president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a fourth state of emergency in the violence-racked city of Guayaquil after a deadly bomb attack killed at least five and injured 17 people.Ecuador’s interior minister, Patricio Carrillo, described Sunday’s explosion as a “declaration of war on the state” by organised crime in the co
  
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• Trump demands return of seized documents – by order of social media

  15-08-2022 22:57 via theguardian.com
  
  FBI took records including some top secret national security files after a search of the ex-president’s Mar-a-Lago propertyDonald Trump has demanded the return of some documents seized by the US justice department in an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida last week – apparently under the impression that posts on his Truth Social platform carry legal weight.In a post on Sunday, the former president wrote: “By copy of this Truth, I respectfully request that these doc
  
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• Watch snake walk using robotic legs

  15-08-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  YouTuber and engineer Allen Pan built four robotic legs for a snake so it can walk. His video shows how he set about undoing millions of years of evolution to give snakes their legs back.
  
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• Snake walks using four robotic legs designed by this YouTuber

  15-08-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  YouTuber and engineer Allen Pan built four robotic legs for a snake so it can walk. His video shows how he set about undoing millions of years of evolution to give snakes their legs back.
  
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• Trump should announce run for 2024 soon to avoid indictment, source says

  15-08-2022 22:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Source close to Donald Trump suggested the justice department would find it trickier to prosecute a presidential candidateDonald Trump “has to” announce a campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 in the next two weeks, according to a senior source close to Trump, if the former president wants to head off being indicted under the Espionage Act after the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago last week.In communications reviewed by the Guardian, the source indicated Trump needed t
  
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• Academy apologizes to Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused Oscar on Marlon Brando's behalf

  15-08-2022 22:22 via cnn.com
  
  Sacheen Littlefeather had only 60 seconds to speak at the 1973 Academy Awards. In her brief speech, she refused the Oscar for best actor on behalf of Marlon Brando, faced a mixture of loud boos and cheers, and defended the rights of Native Americans on national TV.
  
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• Snoopy, mannequins and Apollo 11 items will swing by the moon aboard Artemis I

  15-08-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  While no human crew will travel aboard NASA's Artemis I mission, that doesn't mean the Orion spacecraft will be empty.
  
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• Here's what the mega moon rocket is about to take to space -- and why

  15-08-2022 22:11 via cnn.com
  
  While no human crew will travel aboard NASA's Artemis I mission, that doesn't mean the Orion spacecraft will be empty.
  
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• Fears of violence grow after FBI search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago – as it happened

  15-08-2022 22:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Memo warns that search inflamed extremists across the USMan shoots himself after driving car into barricade near Capitol Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailToday is the one-year anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, and non-governmental organisations in the country are calling for the release of the country’s assets abroad, which are frozen in several countries – primarily the United States. Patrick Wintour reports:One year on from
  
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• Former prosecutor analyzes why Giuliani was informed he's a target of election probe

  15-08-2022 21:59 via cnn.com
  
  Prosecutors in Georgia have told Rudy Giuliani that he is a target of the special purpose grand jury investigating whether former President Donald Trump and his allies violated the law in their efforts to flip the 2020 election results in Georgia.
  
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• Woman killed in alligator attack in South Carolina

  15-08-2022 21:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A woman was killed in an apparent alligator attack in South Carolina on Monday, officials said.
  
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• Former Republican official on how defund the FBI became mainstream

  15-08-2022 21:53 via cnn.com
  
  Former RNC communications director Doug Heye explains how complete loyalty to Donald Trump helped fuel calls within the Republican Party to "defund the FBI."
  
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• American Airlines cuts 31,000 flights from its November schedule

  15-08-2022 21:49 via cnn.com
  
  American Airlines is once again cutting its flight schedule, slashing 16% or 31,000 flights during November.
  
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• Man accused of shooting Texas youth football coach turns himself in

  15-08-2022 21:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Yaqub Talib, the brother of ex-NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, is accused of shooting Mike Hickmon after an argument turned physicalThe man accused of shooting to death a beloved Texas youth football coach has turned himself into law enforcement.Yaqub Talib, brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, is accused of shooting Mike Hickmon, a youth football coach, after an argument on Saturday night between opposing coaching staff turned physical and then into a shooting. Multiple children were presen
  
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• Former WeWork CEO's new startup reportedly valued at over $1 billion

  15-08-2022 21:37 via cnn.com
  
  Nearly three years after Adam Neumann stepped down as CEO of WeWork following a failed attempt to take the company public, he is said to once again be in charge of a billion-dollar real estate startup.
  
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• ‘Patients are getting ripped off’: California’s mental health workers go on strike

  15-08-2022 21:36 via theguardian.com
  
  More than 2,000 workers demand that Kaiser Permanente expand the workforce and improve access to care for patientsThousands of mental health workers in California are going on strike to demand that Kaiser Permanente, America’s largest non-profit HMO, better provide “desperately needed” services.As the US grapples with an increase in anxiety and depression brought on by the pandemic, Kaiser patients are waiting months for therapy sessions, according to the union representing the
  
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• Esso secures interim injunction against disruptors of aviation fuel pipeline

  15-08-2022 21:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Oil firm wins decision against environmental protesters blocking 105km-long Southampton-to-London pipeline projectThe oil company Esso has secured an interim high court injunction to prevent environmental protesters disrupting construction work on a 105km-long aviation fuel pipeline.Activists have targeted efforts to replace most of the underground Southampton to London pipeline by interfering with equipment and “attacking” it with angle grinders, a judge was told. Continue reading..
  
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• Defense secretary Austin positive for COVID for second time

  15-08-2022 21:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home
  
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• Tesla's 'full self-driving' feature may have finally met its match

  15-08-2022 21:24 via cnn.com
  
  "Full self-driving," the controversially named driver-assist feature from Tesla, may have finally met its match.
  
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• Man held after fatal stabbing near Oxford Street in central London

  15-08-2022 21:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Victim pronounced dead at scene about 40 minutes after police were called to reports of stabbing in Poland Street A man has been stabbed to death in a side road near London’s Oxford Street. The Metropolitan police said officers were called at around 11.40am on Monday to reports of a stabbing in Poland Street.Both London ambulance service and the air ambulance attended, but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene 40 minutes later. A man has been arrested. Continue reading...
  
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• Rudy Giuliani now 'target' of Georgia probe into 2020 election: Sources

  15-08-2022 21:00 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Rudy Giuliani has been told he is a "target" of the Georgia criminal investigation probing the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election, sources said.
  
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• Grenadian minister Simon Stiell to be next UN climate chief

  15-08-2022 20:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Grenada’s environment minister faces task of getting countries back on track to meet climate goals ahead of Cop27The next UN climate chief will be Simon Stiell, the environment minister of Grenada, a surprise appointment that will cement the importance of holding global temperature rises to 1.5C.Stiell will face the task of putting countries back on track to meet international climate goals at a time of rising geopolitical tensions and a global energy price crisis. Continue reading...
  
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• Lindsey Graham ordered to testify in Georgia election probe

  15-08-2022 20:48 via cnn.com
  
  A federal judge in Atlanta has denied GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham's motion to quash a subpoena, ruling that he must testify before a Fulton County grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
  
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• William Ruto declared winner of Kenya presidential election amid dispute

  15-08-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Electoral commission chair declares deputy president winner of tight race as other senior officials disown resultsWilliam Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election, amid last-minute chaos as four senior election officials denounced the week-long count and disowned the result.Official results showed that Ruto, the current deputy president, won 50.5% of the vote, beating the longtime opposition leader Raila Odinga and narrowly avoiding a run-off. Continue reading...
  
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• Ministers planning to cut civil servant redundancy pay at same time as 91,000 jobs

  15-08-2022 20:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Unions warn proposal to reduce payouts by a quarter as headcount shrinks could lead to industrial actionMinisters are planning to reduce redundancy pay for civil servants while cutting 91,000 Whitehall jobs, setting up a bitter confrontation that unions warned may lead to legal and industrial action.The proposals could result in average packages being cut by a quarter at a time when the minister for Brexit opportunities and government efficiency, Jacob Rees-Mogg, is aiming to shrink t
  
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• Heathrow passengers face more uncertainty as capacity cap extended

  15-08-2022 20:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Loss-making airport says restricting numbers to 100,000 a day is reducing last-minute cancellationsHeathrow airport has extended its 100,000 passenger a day cap for another six weeks as the aviation sector continues to struggle to meet increased demand for travel amid staffing shortages.The capacity limit was initially meant to last until 11 September, but that date was pushed back on Monday to 29 October, overlapping with the autumn half-term break for most schools. Continue reading...
  
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• Rudy Giuliani informed he is target of criminal investigation in Georgia

  15-08-2022 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  The former New York mayor has been identified as a key figure in Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the result of the 2020 electionDonald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani is a target of the criminal investigation in Georgia that has been examining efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state by the former president and his allies, a source briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday.The move to designate Giuliani, 78, as a target – as opposed to a subje
  
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• WATCH: Newborn baby gives dad a kiss in adorable video

  15-08-2022 20:04 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Tabitha Coakley of New Jersey captured the sweet moment between her husband and daughter Ava.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow’s forces attempt advance in Donetsk; Putin vows to expand relations with North Korea – live

  15-08-2022 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Russian attack in eastern region also leaves 13 injured, Ukrainian officials say; Vitali Klitschko talks about ‘harsh realities’ facing residentsWhat we know on day 173 of the invasionAnother six ships have received permission to pass through the maritime humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea, according to a statement released by the UN-backed Joint Coordination Centre (JCC).Two of the vessels, MV Kafkam Etler and MV Zelek Star, have reportedly already passed inspection in the Sea o
  
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• WATCH: Watch this bear take a refreshing dip at a wildlife sanctuary

  15-08-2022 19:56 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Leo the bear was seen splashing around in the pond at the Orphaned Wildlife Center in Otisville, New York.
  
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• 'It didn't need to end this way': Former US Ambassador on Afghanistan

  15-08-2022 19:50 via cnn.com
  
  Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker says after making many gains, the country has now gone completely off the tracks.
  
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• Norway bridge collapse: Drivers of two vehicles rescued

  15-08-2022 19:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The drivers of two vehicles have been rescued after a bridge collapsed in the south of Norway.
  
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• Kenya election result: William Ruto defies the odds for victory

  15-08-2022 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deputy President William Ruto was the underdog in the race for the presidency.
  
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• War of words between NSW ministers proves a political distraction in Macquarie Street

  15-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis: As questions are asked of Labor, David Elliott and Matt Kean were busy criticising each otherA week ago, the New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, was publicly calling on two of his most senior MPs – the treasurer, Matt Kean, and the transport minister, David Elliott – to stop taking public shots at one another.Perrottet had, he said, counselled both MPs on the “importance of unity” in the wake of an ugly buildup to the election of a new deputy leader. Con
  
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• Scott Morrison accused of ‘bias’ in blocking Pep11 gas permit using extraordinary ministerial powers

  15-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  PM alleged to have ‘predetermined’ application after permit renewal was blocked despite recommendation to the contrary by national petroleum administratorGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastScott Morrison’s decision to use extraordinary ministerial powers to block the controversial Pep11 gas exploration licence off the coast of NSW is being challenged in the federal court, with the proponent accusing the former prime minister of “bias”
  
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• Nurse practitioners the cure for spiralling healthcare costs, says peak body

  15-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Nursing bodies say that increasing the role of nurses – not the Medicare rebate – is the solution to Australia’s bulk-billing crisisGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastDoctors are “gatekeeping” conversations around affordable access to healthcare, leaving nurses and their highly specialised skills undervalued and underutilised, peak nursing bodies say.The cost of access to basic health care is a pressing problem for many Australians, w
  
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• Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards

  15-08-2022 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report findsAustralian rental homes are colder and more damp than is considered safe by the World Health Organization, with homes in New South Wales so humid as to promote mould growth, a new report has found.Tenant advocacy organisation Better Renting recruited 75 renters around Australia to install tracking devices in their homes that recorded temperature and humidity levels at one-minute intervals from 13
  
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• The New York Times' Maggie Haberman reveals the message Trump tried sending to Garland

  15-08-2022 19:16 via cnn.com
  
  The New York Times' Maggie Haberman explains the message former President Donald Trump sent to the Department of Justice through an intermediary in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago search.
  
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• William Ruto wins Kenyan presidency amid election center chaos

  15-08-2022 19:13 via cnn.com
  
  Deputy President William Ruto has been elected the country's fifth president, according to the electoral commission.
  
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• Ukraine claims it has struck base used by Wagner Group paramilitaries

  15-08-2022 19:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv says facility used by Russian group destroyed in ‘precision strike’, with bridge near Melitopol also hitRussia-Ukraine war: latest newsUkraine says it has struck a base used by the shadowy Wagner Russian paramilitary group as well as a bridge near the occupied city of Melitopol.Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine, said the base was “destroyed by a precision strike” after its whereabouts were established “thanks to a Russian jour
  
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