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RT News (August 25, 2021)

‘US troops call it World War Z’: RT correspondent in Kabul airport describes ‘horrendous’ situation

World News

25 August

‘US troops call it World War Z’: RT correspondent in Kabul airport describes ‘horrendous’ situation

RT reporter Murad Gazdiev says what he and his crew saw at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul after reaching it resembled a scene from a zombie apocalypse movie after a week of hectic evacuation efforts by the US and its...

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World News

25 August

Western media ‘complicit in hiding truth’ of Afghan war, allowing ‘extraordinary lie’ to last two decades – WikiLeaks' Hrafnsson

The abrupt US withdrawal from Afghanistan should not surprise anyone, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson told RT, saying the fact that Washington was able to deceive the world for two decades is more shocking.

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USA News

25 August

US Secretary of State claims up to 1,500 Americans actively want to leave Afghanistan

As the US continues to scramble in its effort to evacuate American citizens out of Afghanistan, Secretary of State Antony Blinken added to confusion on numbers by claiming less than 1,500 people “actively” want to leave.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

25 August

Putin and Xi pledge to keep peace in Central Asia, after US withdrawal from Afghanistan sparks fears of drug trafficking & terror

Moscow and Beijing will work together to secure the region around Afghanistan, after Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese premier Xi Jinping reiterated their commitment to Central Asia in a telephone call on Wednesday.

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USA News

25 August

Unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees to be charged $200 extra per month in health insurance to ‘cover Covid costs’

Employees of Delta Air Lines will be charged $200 extra per month in health insurance if they are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the company has announced.

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25 August

Tara Reade: After Biden’s Afghan fiasco and Cuomo's ousting, is just being a Democrat no longer enough to ensure positive press?

With a Democratic Governor forced to resign, and a Democratic President under serious scrutiny for the first time since Obama's win, can powerful men no longer rely on the media’s defense just because they are in the right party?

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25 August

Feeding on tragedy: Ex-Blackwater boss Erik Prince squeezes profit from mad scramble at Kabul airport, charging $6.5k for escape

As terrified Afghan civilians look to flee the Taliban, notorious gun for hire and billionaire ex Navy SEAL Erik Prince reportedly offers private escape flights at $US6,500 a seat. Immoral? Maybe. Just don’t call him a mercenary.

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Russia & Former Soviet Union

26 August

WATCH Russian military planes evacuate hundreds from Afghanistan

Russia's Defense Ministry has launched its operation to evacuate over 500 people from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover. Footage shows dozens of men, women and children disembarking from planes at safe destinations.

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25 August

‘Socialist’ Twitch star Hasan Piker buys $2.7mn LA mansion & those crying hypocrisy are being told there are ‘bigger fish to fry’?

Outspoken socialist and Twitch streamer Hasan Piker has faced a heavy – and understandable – backlash for his recent purchase of a $2.7 million home, though his defenders are suspiciously quick to wipe the controversy to the side.

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Sport News

25 August

‘Screw your freedom’: Bodybuilding icon Schwarzenegger loses sponsor over ‘un-American’ Covid rant backing masks, vaccines, Fauci

Arnold Schwarzenegger has lost a high-profile sponsor and enraged members of the bodybuilding community after calling people who do not become vaccinated and wear masks "schmucks", telling them to "screw your freedom".

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