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Memoir By Philip Roth Biographer To Be Reissued Next Week
A memoir by Philip Roth biographer Blake Bailey will be reissued this fall after publisher W.W. Norton and Company dropped it amid multiple allegations against Bailey of sexual assault and harassment.
US: Afghan Evacuee Flights Halted from Two Key Bases
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol made the decision on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to halt the flights from Germany and Qatar.
U.N. Says Afghan Staff Increasingly Harassed, Intimidated Since Taliban Takeover
Afghan staff of the United Nations are being increasingly subjected to harassment and intimidation since the Taliban came to power last month, the U.N. special envoy on Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said on Thursday.
Libyan Interim PM Discusses Border Closure With Tunisian President
Libyan interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh met President Kais Saied in Tunisia on Thursday after tensions in recent weeks over border closures during the coronavirus pandemic and security threats.
Lawyer: Killer Of Woman Who Was Found In Suitcase Remorseful
A man who killed a New York woman whose body was found in a suitcase that was dumped in Connecticut is remorseful and understands he must serve a long prison sentence, his lawyers said in new court documents.
NY County Worker Charged In Digital Currency Mining Scheme
An employee cost a New York county at least $6,000 in electricity bills by allegedly secretly installing dozens of machines at his workplace in a cryptocurrency scheme, authorities said Wednesday, announcing charges against him.
College Football's Return Boosts Television Ratings
Television viewers are ready for some football.
20 Years After 9/11, Work Of Identifying Remains Continues
The remains of two people who died in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack at the World Trade Center were positively identified this week, as officials continued the difficult and heartwrenching task of returning victims to their families.
'A Monster That Couldn't be Defeated': Ex-Afghanistan PM Ashraf Ghani on 'Fleeing With Millions' Rumour
“Leaving Kabul was the most difficult decision of my life,” he said in a statement released in his Twitter account.
VT State Troopers Accused In Fake Vaccine Card Scheme Resign
Three Vermont state troopers who are accused of being involved in a scheme to create fraudulent COVID19 vaccination cards have resigned, state police said Tuesday.
Security High In Paris As 2015 Jihadist Attacks Trial Begins
A trial of unprecedented scale starts under high security on Wednesday to judge 20 men suspected of involvement in a jihadist rampage across Paris on Nov. 13, 2015, the deadliest attack in peacetime France.
CIA Veteran: Al-Qaida Will Rebuild Within Afghanistan
The CIA man who briefed President George W. Bush on Sept. 11, 2001, and later President Barack Obama on the intelligence that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden said Tuesday that hes convinced the Taliban will invite alQaida to rebuild in Afghanistan.
Salvador Street Protest Breaks Out Against Bitcoin Adoption
More than 1,000 people marched in El Salvador's capital on Tuesday to protest the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender, amid a bumpy initial rollout of systems to support the digital currency.
Mexico Supreme Court Rules Abortion Not A Crime
Mexicos Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila a state on the Texas border that had made abortion a criminal act.
News18 Evening Digest: Former France Defender Jean-Pierre Adams Dies Almost 40 Years Falling into a Coma & Other Top Stories
Here are the top stories of the day: Fatigue, Headache, Hair Loss Most Common Long-Term Side Effects of Covid-19, Survey Shows; 'Wrong Information', Says Coimbatore District Collector After He Was Misquoted On Nipah Virus Case; and more
Bombed Ghost Houses, Begging Kids & Taliban Flag Flying High: Journalist Recounts Visit to War-Torn Nation
Hollie spoke to a local who said that she could not eat and cried for days when she saw the Taliban enter her village.