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Louisiana Revokes Nursing Home Licenses After Deaths
Louisiana health officials announced Tuesday that they are revoking the licenses of seven nursing homes that were evacuated to a warehouse where seven residents died after Hurricane Ida amid conditions deemed squalid. Department of Health Secretary Dr. Co...
Two Shot Dead in Anti-Taliban Protest in Afghanistan's Herat, Says Doctor
The bodies were brought to the city's central hospital from the site of the protest.
China to Hong Kong Travellers Will No Longer Need Quarantine for Covid-19
Travellers will still need a negative COVID-19 test prior to arrival and must take several tests while in Hong Kong to ensure they’re not infected.
South Korea Successfully Test-Fires Homegrown Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile: Report
The SLBM is believed to be a variant of the country's Hyunmoo-2B ballistic missile, with a range of around 500 kilometres (310 miles), and will be mass produced for deployment.
Facing 'Anti-Vaxxers Mob', Justin Trudeau's Early Canada Election Call Backfires. He Now Trails
The latest polls by Nanos, Ekos and others show Liberal fortunes have faded as voters have grown fatigued with Trudeau, 49, who has been in power since 2015.
US Helped 4 American Citizens Leave Afghanistan Via Overland Route After Taliban Takeover
The citizens --- a woman and her 3 children --- had been unable to get through a gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul while the US military was still evacuating people from the capital.
Endless Warfare Lies Ahead in Afghanistan In Spite of ISI-Brokered Deal to Appoint New PM
Like their predecessors, the Taliban’s commanders may soon discover warfare isn’t just a means to gain power, but an end in itself.
Florida Gunman Kills 4 Including Baby, Wounds 11-year-old Girl
A selfdescribed survivalist in body armor shot and killed four people, including a woman and her 3monthold baby boy in her arms, before surrendering to police in central Florida on Sunday, officials said.
Leader Of Afghan Holdout Region Says He Is Ready To Talk With Taliban
The leader of the Afghan opposition group resisting Taliban forces in the Panjshir valley north of Kabul said on Sunday he welcomed proposals from religious scholars for a negotiated settlement to end the fighting.
Taliban, Resistance Forces Fight for Panjshir Valley; Top US General Warns of Civil War
Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi said the districts of Khinj and Unabah had been taken, giving Taliban forces control of four of the province's seven districts.
Miami Beach Says Law-breaking Partiers No Longer Tolerated
South Beach's sizzling party scene is about to undergo a massive boost in police presence and tougher crackdowns on raucous crowds and crime, weeks after a tourist eating dinner with his family was fatally shot at a Miami Beach restaurant, authorities say...
In Afghanistan's Holdout Bastion of Panjshir, Anti-Taliban Forces Fight on
The National Resistance Front (NRF), comprising anti-Taliban militia fighters and former Afghan security forces, have vowed to defend the enclave.
Thai PM Survives No Confidence Vote as More Anti-government Protests Planned
The opposition needed 242 of the 482 parliamentary votes to oust the prime minister
Ida Evacuee's Thought: ‘How Am I Going to Get Out of This?’
Rainfall overwhelmed drainage systems, setting records in some places including New York City
Delta Does not Cause More Severe Childhood Covid: US Study
Covid-related pediatric (ages 0-17) emergency department visits and hospitalizations were 3.4 times higher and 3.7 times higher respectively in states that fell in the bottom quartile of overall vaccinated per capita, compared to states in the highest qua...
Jesse Jackson's Wife Headed Home From Hospital After COVID
The Rev. Jesse Jacksons wife will be released from a Chicago hospital where she has been treated for COVID19, her family said in a statement Friday.