Ukraine’s Leader, Meeting Biden, Seeks Security Assurances After Afghan Pullout
By BY ANDREW E. KRAMER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3gONH84
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Syrian oil spill spreads across the Mediterranean and could reach Cyprus on Wednesday
An oil spill that originated from Syria's largest refinery is growing and spreading across the Mediterranean Sea, and could reach the island of Cyprus by Wednesday, Cypriot authorities have said. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3t2ZLar
With no American presence, some Afghans celebrate while others worry about the future.
By Unknown Author from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3ysUGt7
Young British star Emma Raducanu notches her first U.S. Open main draw victory.
By BY BEN ROTHENBERG from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3gO0Vlx
The Taliban Celebrate Victory, With a Crisis Looming
By BY JIM HUYLEBROEK, NAJIM RAHIM AND ERIC NAGOURNEY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3BrW15j
Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast.
By BY ALAN RAPPEPORT AND MARGOT SANGER-KATZ from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/3zybO2f
In a few pockets of Afghanistan, resistance fighters are still opposing the Taliban.
By BY SHARIF HASSAN AND JIM HUYLEBROEK from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3zzLWTB
Teenage Lifeguard Killed in Lightning Strike: ‘It Was Like a Bomb’
By BY ASHLEY WONG from NYT New York https://nyti.ms/3zyCSON
Huracanes y cambio climático: esto es lo que sabemos
By BY VERONICA PENNEY from NYT en Español https://nyti.ms/3BqUFIc
Reflections on Our Summer Reading Contest and Our Final Week of Winners
By BY NATALIE PROULX from NYT The Learning Network https://nyti.ms/3jy8KgO
Biden defends withdrawal from Afghanistan: 'I was not extending a forever exit'
President Joe Biden spoke to the nation Tuesday on the end of the war in Afghanistan, defending the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul a day after the last American military planes left the country, concluding the nation's longest war nearly 20 years after it began. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3Dz5Xw0
'I was not going to extend forever war in Afghanistan' - Biden
Joe Biden has hailed the "extraordinary success" of the US evacuation in Afghanistan, saying he "was not going to extend this forever war". from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News https://bit.ly/3t4NmCR
College Football Changes: More 2-Point Tries and a Crackdown on Stadium Gamesmanship
By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/2V0NbMo
This Is the Moment the Anti-Vaccine Movement Has Been Waiting for
By BY TARA HAELLE from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3jyP4to
Bangladeshi manufacturers criticize the expansion of a deal to protect workers.
By BY ELIZABETH PATON from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/38r9k9V
There’s a Better Way to Stop Ransomware Attacks
By BY PAUL ROSENZWEIG from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3DIKS2j
Revocatoria a Gavin Newsom: una guÃa para los votantes
By BY JILL COWAN AND SHAWN HUBLER from NYT en Español https://nyti.ms/38vifXG
Governors DeSantis and Abbott, ‘Undermining Public Health’
By Unknown Author from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2V5pTFi
Downed lines are making it hard for Entergy to restore power in Louisiana.
By BY IVAN PENN AND PETER EAVIS from NYT Business https://nyti.ms/2WBjUbC
Transcript: Ezra Klein Answers Listener Questions
By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://nyti.ms/3yuvq5P
The U.S. faces a series of dilemmas in dealing with a Taliban government.
By BY MAX FISHER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3t0febv
James Whiteside Thinks ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Would Make a Great Ballet
By BY SARAH BAHR from NYT Arts https://nyti.ms/3h81Ux9
Paris introduces strict speed limit on most of its streets to cut emissions
A strict speed limit has been introduced on almost all of the streets in Paris. from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News https://bit.ly/3jqPi5I
Howie Rose Steps Away From Mets, but Plans to Return Next Year
By BY DAVID WALDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3DGsMhk
With a Tuesday withdrawal deadline for U.S. troops, hope dwindles for Afghans to flee via the airport.
By BY JIM HUYLEBROEK from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3BhxcsW
White House Weighs Clemency to Keep Some Drug Offenders Confined at Home
By BY ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS AND CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/38sI0Iq
The world is still short of everything. Get used to it.
By BY PETER S. GOODMAN AND KEITH BRADSHER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3kExEKV
A university in Bangladesh evacuates almost 150 young women from Kabul.
By BY ISABELLA KWAI from NYT World https://nyti.ms/38r9ZIg
New York’s Brief Hot Restaurant Summer: Bread Binges and Tabletop Coke
By BY BECKY HUGHES from NYT Food https://nyti.ms/3zwDswu
E. U. Proposes New Travel Restrictions on Unvaccinated U.S. Visitors
By BY ELIAN PELTIER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3BonapU
See trail of destruction left by Hurricane Ida
CNN's Jason Carroll surveys the damage Hurricane Ida left behind in Houma, Louisiana, a city approximately an hour outside New Orleans. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3gHMGys
'Cover this accurately!': Watch MSNBC correspondent get interrupted live
MSNBC Correspondent Shaquille Brewster was accosted by a random passerby insisting that he cover Hurricane Ida "accurately." Watch the altercation here. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3yrJcpP
See cows airlifted over Swiss meadows
Every year, around 1,000 cows from higher pastures make their way to the Urnerboden valley in Switzerland. While most animals walk this route, some injured or heavily pregnant cows are airlifted. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/38omWTl
La variante delta se infiltró en un aula de primaria. Asà sucedió
By BY SABRINA IMBLER AND EMILY ANTHES from NYT en Español https://nyti.ms/3mGjCv8
After Kabul Bombing, Some in the U.S. Feel Numbed, but Are Focused Inward: ‘Not Our War to Fight Anymore’
By BY JENNIFER MEDINA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/38p1JIG
When the ‘Silent Majority’ Isn’t White
By BY JAY CASPIAN KANG from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2WE8TXh
New data confirm Pfizer and Moderna vaccines bring a small risk of heart problems, especially for boys and younger men.
By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://nyti.ms/3sZsoW1
Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’
By BY IVAN NECHEPURENKO from NYT Theater https://nyti.ms/3Bq7vqe
A new plant was supposed to help keep New Orleans’s lights on after storms. It didn’t.
By BY IVAN PENN from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/2WCcgxw
Another Tesla reportedly using Autopilot hits a parked police car
Another Tesla has hit an emergency vehicle, apparently while using the Autopilot driver-assist feature, adding to a problem that is already the subject of a federal safety probe. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3ju7eMB
Virtually all oil and gas production in the Gulf was halted.
By BY STACY COWLEY from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3ys4xiQ
Female journalist flees Afghanistan following groundbreaking TV interview with Taliban spokesman
Earlier this month, Beheshta Arghand made history in Afghanistan. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3BlSju7
Four young children hiding in a Kabul apartment have landed in the US -- and will soon reunite with their mother
Four young siblings who had been hiding alone in an apartment in Afghanistan's capital landed in the United States on Sunday evening, marking the end of a frantic, days-long rescue mission to get them to safety. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/2WsVP7l
How the White House and Democrats hope to survive Biden's political bruises
President Joe Biden was likely to lose Democratic control of Congress before last week's carnage in Afghanistan. That's more likely now. from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/3gF2Vfx
'Corruption from day one': Afghan colonel now in hiding on who he blames for return of the Taliban
"I want to make it clear that the Afghan security forces fought a hard fight. They really stood for what they were doing. It was the politicians who lost this battle, not the army or the police." from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News https://bit.ly/3yCFPg5
The U.S. carried out another strike in Kabul.
By Unknown Author from NYT World https://nyti.ms/2WCZAaf
U.S. Conducts Drone Strike in Kabul and Winds Down Airlift as Deadline Nears
By BY DAVID ZUCCHINO from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3kuLiAm
Ida leaves behind flooding and dangerous storm surge.
By BY MELINA DELKIC from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3mI0exK
Tropical Storm Nora Unleashes Rain and Flash Floods in Mexico
By BY ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3ysPd5M
Two of the U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack were women.
By BY DAVE PHILIPPS from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3kBKWYQ
American University of Kabul students and alumni trying to flee were sent home.
By BY FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3mKeFBA
When Will Biden Join the Fight for Voting Rights?
By BY ADAM JENTLESON from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/3zunKBR
Firefighters tackle huge blaze as high-rise flats in Milan engulfed by flames
Italian firefighters battled a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-storey residential building. from World News - Breaking international news and headlines | Sky News https://bit.ly/3jqX1Rf
Biden Observes Return of Troops Killed in Kabul Bombing
By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3mIDuhh
Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power. It could be weeks before they have it back.
By BY TARIRO MZEZEWA from NYT U.S. https://nyti.ms/3BoQ5tS