General Jack Keane called the current situation in Afghanistan “tragic” and “preventable” and said the Taliban had consolidated their oppressive rule and continued to harbor terrorists after America’s withdrawal from the war-torn country. “The fact is that Afghanistan is a haven for terrorism. The very reason we went there, the very reason we’ve been there for 20 years, is to make sure that terrorists don’t rise up again to attack the American people, and we’re right where we started,” Keane said on “Fox News Sunday »....

Tageszeitung: Herr Walder, im Herbst soll die Schule ohne Maskenpflicht beginnen. Erlaubt uns die epidemiologische Situation überhaupt, auf die Maske zu verzichten? Gernot Walder: Aus heutiger Sicht ja. Obwohl das Coronavirus immer noch für Überraschungen gut ist, rechtfertigt die Immunität der Bevölkerung derzeit keine Maßnahmen, die über die einer stärkeren Grippesaison hinausgehen. Als 2009 das neue H1N1 („Schweinegrippe“) auftauchte, mussten Kinder in der Schule Masken tragen – obwohl bekannt war, dass sie Grippezyklen weitaus stärker anheizen als die jüngsten Coronavirus-Wellen....

The foreign secretary also appeared to blame the differences between London and the rest of the UK partly on “a matter of mindset or attitude”, with former Conservative cabinet minister Sajid Javid saying on Wednesday that British workers “are among hardest workers in the world. “. Six Guardian readers share their reaction to Truss’ comments. “It’s a despicable attitude” “It’s a despicable attitude, which is actually a lie. I spent 50 years working in the industry before retiring....

Consumers in the Balkan state have been told they will be allowed six hours of power at a time, with two-hour breaks, according to a spokesman for energy distribution company KEDS. The energy voucher, which has no scheduled expiry date and was announced on Monday, is a response to high wholesale market prices, which mean Kosovo cannot afford to import electricity. Its domestic generation capacity, almost all of which comes from heavily polluting coal-fired power plants, is only enough to meet about two-thirds of demand....

En effet, l’établissement n’a pas pris l’initiative de diffuser largement et rapidement l’information sur un incident grave. La Gazette de Montréal a fait une brève mention de l’incident il y a cinq jours, mais à part cette couverture médiatique subtile, aucun avis n’a été émis pour que l’hôpital informe le public et les patients ce même jour du 9 août. L’hôpital a simplement fait circuler une note interne, signée par le Dr....

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Posté à 18h30 C’était il y a dix ans, dans une chambre d’hôtel à Toronto. Nous étions seuls, seuls. Plus de mesures de sécurité, malgré une fatwa de l’ayatollah Khomeini, qui avait condamné à mort l’auteur des Versets sataniques en 1989 – assortie d’une prime alors estimée à 3,3 millions de dollars. Salman Rushdie a vécu comme il l’entendait, librement et courageusement. Personne n’a remarqué en lui les signes de cette menace constante qui a pesé sur son visage pendant plus de deux décennies....

Sasha Mordovets News Getty Images | Getty Images Russia’s Black Sea fleet based in annexed Crimea has installed a new commander, according to sources cited by the RIA news agency, following explosions over the past nine days at Russian military bases on the peninsula. If confirmed, the removal of previous commander Igor Osipov would mark the most significant sacking of a military official in nearly six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in which it has suffered heavy losses in men and equipment....

L’essentiel Le feu est allumé ce dimanche après-midi Tous les résidents évacués pourront regagner leur domicile Entre 10 et 30 millimètres d’eau sont tombés sur la zone d’incendie pendant la nuit Cellule d’information du public ouverte par la préfecture de 08h00 à 20h00 : 0.800.713.633 La Gironde est en vigilance rouge pour risque d’incendie de forêt, tout comme les Landes France Bleu Gironde n’est plus entendue sur les radios du secteur incendie : Enedis a coupé le courant pour faciliter le travail des pompiers....

Neubrandenburg Während Rettungskräfte am Samstag noch auf der Suche nach einer vermissten Person auf dem Tollensesee waren, räumte die Polizei Neubrandenburg einen Kommunikationsfehler ein. Anders als zunächst am Tatort beschrieben, wurde nur eine Leiche aus dem Wasser gezogen. Zunächst war von zwei Toten die Rede. Lesen Sie auch: DLRG: 199 Menschen sind von Januar bis Juli ertrunken Im Wasser wurde eine leblose Person gefunden Die ersten Informationen, so die schriftliche Stellungnahme, gingen am Samstagnachmittag gegen 14....

Tausende tote Fische treiben seit Tagen in der Oder. In Polen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern und Polen gibt die Ursache der Umweltkatastrophe nach wie vor Anlass zur Sorge. In diesem Live-Ticker finden Sie alle Neuigkeiten. Minister: Wasserproben aus dem Stettiner Haff waren bisher unauffällig 18:52 Uhr – Schwerin Im deutschen Teil des Stettiner Haffs zeigten die Wasserqualitätsindikatoren bisher keine Auffälligkeiten. Dies gelte für Routineparameter wie Sauerstoffgehalt und Leitfähigkeit, sagte Umweltminister Till Backhaus (SPD) am Dienstagabend....

Barcelona manager Xavi has asked the club to re-sign Lionel Messi from Paris Saint-Germain. Messi joined PSG on a free transfer from Barca last year but failed to reach the heights he reached in Catalonia. This comes after the Blaugrana drew 0-0 against Rayo Vallecano on Saturday with young strikers Robert Lewandowski and Rafinha both failing to get on the scoresheet. As a result, Xavi now wants to bring at least two more attacking players to the Nou Camp....

“Chito” needed time to put Cruz down for good, but in the fourth round he was locked up and landed a brutal head kick that left Cruz face down on the mat to close the UFC San Diego main event. It was the fourth straight win for Vera, who entered the weekend as the No. 7 bantamweight in the MMA Fighting world rankings. In the afternoon post-fight press conference, Vera was asked if there was anything about Cruz’s unique standup style that confused him and downplayed the difficulty of the fight....

In the weeks leading up to the Aug. 8 FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, Attorney General Merrick Garland debated whether or not to sign the warrant, the Wall Street Journal reported. Garland met with Justice Department and FBI officials for weeks before making the decision to personally approve the warrant application, sources familiar with the matter told the WSJ. Former Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick told the WSJ that Garland is “extremely careful” and “understands the critical role of an attorney general in these circumstances....

But Mr Philp said it had “unwittingly turned into one of the biggest loopholes in our immigration system, allowing illegal immigrants and foreign criminals to remain in the UK”. He added: “Immigration lawyers know they don’t have to provide any real evidence – just offer a vaguely plausible story that is roughly consistent with known modern slavery patterns and it will be accepted. “In some cases they even submitted copy and paste claims for different customers without even bothering to change the details....

In a video posted on Twitter Tuesday afternoon, Sgt. Kerry Schmidt of the OPP said the container is about four feet by four feet in size. He said the motorcycle operator collided with the object. The victim was rushed to the trauma center with serious injuries. Motorcycle rider remains in trauma center and treated, #Hwy401/Meadowvale eb express lanes remain closed for ongoing investigation. The briefcase fell from another vehicle that the rider collided with....

These surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems are highly sophisticated and deadly pieces of equipment. Their loss will be keenly felt in Moscow and experts have been left scrambling to explain how forces in the south of the country caused such destruction. The mystery may have been answered earlier this week when US officials said they had supplied Ukraine with high-velocity anti-radiation missiles (HARMs). Little has been heard of this class of weapons so far in the war....

The Baltimore Orioles moved to 9-4 in the month of August with a 7-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night. In Tuesday night’s game, Toronto looks for revenge as Alec Manoa battles Dean Kremer on the mound. This is an important series in a crowded AL playoff race. Toronto is currently tied with the Tampa Bay Rays for the second Wild Card, trailing Baltimore by 1.5 games....

Officers were called at around 11.40am on Monday to reports of a stabbing in Poland Street, the Metropolitan Police said. Both London Ambulance Service and an ambulance rushed to the street in the capital’s busy Soho area, but the victim – whose identity remains unconfirmed – was pronounced dead 40 minutes later. One man was arrested, according to Scotland Yard. Has this story affected you? If so, please email [email protected] A worker at a nearby store claimed the violence broke out in a restaurant....