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RT News (August 14, 2021)

Biden orders INCREASE in US presence in Afghanistan as he threatens Taliban with ‘strong’ military response if interests attacked

USA News

14 August

Biden orders INCREASE in US presence in Afghanistan as he threatens Taliban with ‘strong’ military response if interests attacked

President Joe Biden has increased the number of US troops heading to Afghanistan to 5,000 and has warned the Taliban of a “swift and strong” response if American interests are attacked during the ongoing US withdrawal.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

14 August

Russian firefighting plane battling wild blazes in Turkey crashes after dropping water on flames, killing all crew and passengers

A Russian jet specially equipped to fight catastrophic wildfires has crashed into the side of a mountain in Turkey while assisting local teams, with officials in Moscow reporting that all eight people on board died in the wreck.

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World News

14 August

At least 227 dead, ‘hundreds’ injured and missing in devastating Haiti earthquake

The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has jumped to at least 227, Haiti’s civil protection service has said. Hundreds more are injured or missing, and several towns across the island nation lie in ruins.

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14 August

I recently worked in Kabul and weep for all my Afghan friends, who we’re abandoning to their deaths. Here’s why our mission failed

Afghanistan’s falling apart again and the Taliban’s on the brink of victory, as I predicted. So, why did the 20-year US-led occupation fail? Because it refused to tackle the rampant corruption that pervades all echelons of power.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

14 August

As Russian & Chinese troops carry out major joint exercises, US efforts to break the bond between Moscow & Beijing now seem doomed

Joint exercises between Russia and China have seen the world’s largest nation team up with its most populous one to showcase their military might, as co-operation between the two nations moves, at last, from rhetoric to reality.

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World News

14 August

Protesters pour into Paris as resistance to Macron’s ‘health pass’ spawns array of unauthorized street cafes (VIDEOS)

Opposition to France’s compulsory vaccine regime and its so-called health pass has sparked another weekend of protests across the country. In Paris, residents are marching – but also eating and drinking – in defiance of the rules.

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World News

14 August

Israel furious after Poland’s president approves law denying victims of Holocaust property claims

Polish President Andrzej Duda has approved a law effectively stopping victims of the Holocaust and communism from reclaiming property taken from them. The move triggered uproar in Israel, which said it “will not accept” the law.

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14 August

Grossly irresponsible! Scotland’s schools guidance on supporting trans pupils keeps parents in the dark on life-changing decision

New woke-sick guidance on transgender pupils issued to Scottish schools pushes gender theory cobblers that pits teachers against parents with secretive and unqualified support for youngsters who say they want to change sex.

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USA News

14 August

‘Weaponizing its terms of service’: Facebook FORCED shutdown of project monitoring Instagram’s algorithm, German researcher says

German social-media researcher AlgorithmWatch said it was forced to abandon a project monitoring Instagram’s newsfeed algorithm after the Big Tech platform’s parent, Facebook, threatened to take punitive action.

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Sport News

14 August

Premier League player has bail extended as probe continues into alleged child sex abuses

An unnamed Premier League player, who has been suspended by his club pending the results of an investigation into alleged child sex offences, has been granted a bail extension until October by Greater Manchester Police.

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