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US won't seek death penalty in California synagogue shooting

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Hate crimes hit 12-year high in United States in 2020: FBI

The 2020 FBI data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020, a 6% increase over 2019 and the highest tally since 2008. The number of offenses targeting Blacks rose to 2,755 from 1,930 and incidents against Asians jumped to 274 from 158. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2WwTQyU

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid

Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Ida's floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in, after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling, late-summer heat. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/38tmXWa

California lawmakers vote to limit secret settlements

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America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan

America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan. A giant C-17 transport laden with troops and the US ambassador flew out of Kabul airport a minute before midnight local time on August 31, the deadline set by President Joe Biden. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2Wws3yz

At Kabul airport, a sense of calm & resignation

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Japan PM Suga's party ally to step down ahead of election: Report

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Australia's Canberra extends Covid-19 lockdown

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Hate crimes hit 12-year high in United States in 2020: FBI

The 2020 FBI data identified 7,759 hate-crimes in 2020, a 6% increase over 2019 and the highest tally since 2008. The number of offenses targeting Blacks rose to 2,755 from 1,930 and incidents against Asians jumped to 274 from 158. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WwTQyU

Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, shatters the power grid

Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks brought hundreds of people trapped by Hurricane Ida's floodwaters to safety Monday and utility repair crews rushed in, after the furious storm swamped the Louisiana coast and ravaged the electrical grid in the stifling, late-summer heat. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38tmXWa

California lawmakers vote to limit secret settlements

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America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan

America's longest war ended ignobly, in the dead of night in Afghanistan. A giant C-17 transport laden with troops and the US ambassador flew out of Kabul airport a minute before midnight local time on August 31, the deadline set by President Joe Biden. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Wws3yz

US troops pull out of Afghanistan, ending 20-year war

The United States has pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, ending its longest war to cries of shame at home and celebratory gunfire from its victorious Taliban enemies in Kabul. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2WytBrQ

Blinken says Taliban has to earn legitimacy, support

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US troops pull out of Afghanistan, ending 20-year war

The United States has pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, ending its longest war to cries of shame at home and celebratory gunfire from its victorious Taliban enemies in Kabul. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WytBrQ

Taliban takeover spurs old fears among ex-Soviet neighbours

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has brought back bad memories to the country's ex-Soviet neighbours, who fear a jihadist threat and a refugee crisis. While the Islamist militants have never vied for territory beyond Afghanistan, their reign some two decades ago still wrought uncertainty in neighbouring Central Asia. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38qUujF

Ahead of Tuesday deadline, US completes withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan after 20-year war

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Biden: States hit hardest by Ida are resilient

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Taliban consider governance models, oppose Pak fence on Durand Line

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Afghanistan pullout in final hours, US shoots down 5 rockets aimed at airport

The US military shot down rockets aimed at Kabul airport by the Islamic State-Khorasan on Monday morning, a day after it said that one of its drones struck a vehicle full of explosives. The US has warned that more attacks are possible before it withdraws on Tuesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3BmNLDR

Russia sees possible increase in West Nile virus cases this autumn

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Lake Tahoe threatened by massive fire, more ordered to flee

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US evacuation ops uninterrupted at Kabul airport: White House

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Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death

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'All parties' should establish contact with Taliban & 'guide it actively': China to US

China has told the US that the Afghanistan situation has undergone fundamental changes and it is necessary for "all parties" to make contact with the Taliban and "guide it actively", reiterating that America's troop withdrawal may provide an opportunity for the resurgence of terrorist groups. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3kyh9QJ

US evacuation ops continue uninterrupted at Kabul Airport after rocket attack: White House

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Malaysia's new PM self-isolates, misses cabinet swearing-in

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Qatar emerges as key player in Afghanistan after US pullout

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Joe Biden’s rushed Afghan exit adds strains to US-Pakistan ties

Islamabad has long tried to balance its relationship with the US and its support for the Taliban, stoking frustration in Washington and a sense now that the militant group’s triumph has a lot to do with its base of support in Pakistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38nYhOB

‘Enemies’ of Taliban begin to vanish in Afghanistan

When Taliban fighters seized control of Kabul two weeks ago, the invading units made a beeline for two critical targets: the headquarters of the National Security Directorate and the ministry of communications. Their aim — recounted by two Afghan officials — was to secure the files of intelligence officers and their informers, and to obtain the means of tracking the phone numbers of Afghan citizens. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DuvztJ

Rockets hit neighborhood near Kabul airport amid US pullout

Rockets struck a neighborhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing US withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn't immediately clear who launched them. The rockets struck Monday morning in Kabul's Salim Karwan neighborhood, witnesses said. Gunfire immediately followed the explosions but it wasn't immediately clear who was firing. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mXVN2b

Afghans killed outside airport were seeking new lives abroad

Mohammed Jan Sultani had clutched his national Taekwondo championship certificates as he waded through the multitudes pushing to get into Kabul airport late last week. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BtIwlX

Renewed activity at North Korea nuclear reactor 'deeply troubling': IAEA

North Korea appears to have restarted a nuclear reactor that is widely believed to have produced plutonium for nuclear weapons, the UN atomic watchdog said in an annual report, highlighting the isolated nation's efforts to expand its arsenal. The signs of operation at the 5-megawatt (MW) reactor, which is seen as capable of producing weapons-grade plutonium, were the first to be spotted since late 2018, the IAEA said in the report, dated Friday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2WvpZH4

Multiple rockets fired at Kabul airport, intercepted by US, says official

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US has capacity to evacuate remaining Americans: White House

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New Zealand reports first death linked to Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine

New Zealand is battling an outbreak of the Delta variant of Covid-19 after nearly six months of being virus free. It reported 53 new cases on Monday, taking the total number of infections in the current outbreak to 562. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DDZTlU

First death from Hurricane Ida, power out across New Orleans in US

A Louisiana sheriff's office on Sunday reported the first death from Hurricane Ida just hours after the powerful storm slammed ashore. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that deputies responding to a report of someone injured by a fallen tree at a home in Prairieville confirmed the person's death. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3yrARCF

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

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Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind down

Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3BifuFA

First death from Hurricane Ida, power out across New Orleans in US

A Louisiana sheriff's office on Sunday reported the first death from Hurricane Ida just hours after the powerful storm slammed ashore. The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office said on Facebook that deputies responding to a report of someone injured by a fallen tree at a home in Prairieville confirmed the person's death. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3yrARCF

Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocking out power in New Orleans

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Covid-hit parts of US run low on oxygen

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Ida knocks out power to entire city of New Orleans

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Biden says Hurricane Ida likely to be immense, promises full federal aid

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Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana

Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the US, blowing off roofs and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River as it rushed from the Louisiana coast toward New Orleans and one of the nation's most important industrial corridors. The hurricane was also threatening neighboring Mississippi, where Katrina demolished oceanfront homes. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/3DqgPfs

Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro says he will be arrested, killed or declared winner

Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday said he sees three alternatives for his future: winning the 2022 presidential elections, death or prison. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3zrLwP0

US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul, Taliban says ready to take over airport

US forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out before troops withdraw, a Western security official said on Sunday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UYvpcM

How Instagram star helped rescue dozens from Afghanistan

Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesday's deadline for the US withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place: Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DrCCna

Packed with virus patients, Louisiana hospitals await Ida

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US in final phase of evacuations from Kabul, Taliban says ready to take over airport

US forces are in the final phase of leaving Kabul, ending two decades of involvement in Afghanistan, and just over 1,000 civilians at the airport remain to be flown out before troops withdraw, a Western security official said on Sunday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, US news live on Times of India https://ift.tt/2UYvpcM