Wednesday, September 1, 2021

This man has fled Afghanistan twice. Why this time is more painful

CNN's Barbie Nadeau speaks with activists who worked in Afghanistan before the Taliban's takeover. They say hope for the Afghanistan they worked for is gone.

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Third Covid jab advised for most vulnerable 1%

More than 400,000 people in the UK are eligible - but plans for further boosters are yet to be confirmed.

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African artists are banking on a record-breaking contemporary and modern art market

For Abidjan-based artist Saint-Étienne Yéanzi, the continent's social and political reality has sparked a creative evolution for contemporary African artists, he says, giving them confidence to work and stay in Africa.

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Analysis: China's 'revolution' cost investors $3 trillion. So why aren't they running scared?

Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by the ruling Communist Party that has wiped $3 trillion off the market value of the country's biggest companies.

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Long Covid in children - time to be reassured

Leading experts say rates of persistent symptoms are much lower than feared.

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Texas passes law banning abortion after six weeks

The law, one of the most restrictive in the US, passes as the Supreme Court fails to block it.

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Air pollution may reduce life expectancy of Indians by nine years, says study

Millions in north India face the most extreme levels of air pollution in the world, the report says.

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