U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price incorrectly labeled the Haqqani network and the Taliban as “separate entities” on August 27, 2021, when responding to a reporter’s question at a press briefing concerning the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal of U.S. armed forces from Afghanistan that month. Nearly one year after the U.S. State Department made the false designation, Washington’s announcement on August 2 that it ordered the successful assassination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul on July 30 seemed to confirm not only al-Qaeda’s continued presence in Afghanistan but also how closely intertwined the Haqqani Network remains with al-Qaeda. Biden’s administration extended the 20-year Afghan war beyond the May 1, 2021, deadline set under predecessor Donald Trump into August. Biden’s administration announced on August 14, 2021, that all U.S. troops would leave Afghanistan by September 11, 2021, to end the 20-year-long … [Read more...] about Taliban, Haqqani Network Closer than Ever, a Year After Biden Admin Claim They Were ‘Separate Entities’
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Spring Statement 2018 recap: Updates as Chancellor Philip Hammond reveals the financial state of the nation
Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond today revealed the financial health of the nation in the 2018 Spring Statement. In the first speech of its kind, the Cabinet minister addressed the House of Commons to reveal there was "light at the end of the tunnel" on austerity. But he was accused of "complacency" as his slimmed down mini-Budget gave no new cash for anything and showed GDP will actually be lower than expected in 2022. Meanwhile experts revealed we'll still be paying for Brexit in 2064 and the Treasury paved the way for scrapping 1p and 2p coins. Read our handy round-up here or a verdict by our pundit Jason Beattie. Follow blow-by-blow text updates and analysis as it all happened below. Read more Spring Statement 2018 All the key points at a glance Chancellor accused of complacency 5 surprises hidden in the small print We'll still be paying for Brexit in 2064 15:08 KEY EVENT 1p and … [Read more...] about Spring Statement 2018 recap: Updates as Chancellor Philip Hammond reveals the financial state of the nation
Ukraine strikes Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Russia says
What follows is NewsGuard's summary and translation of top news stories from Russia's state TV Channel One. NewsGuard presents these stories in the order that they appear on the program. Ukraine strikes Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, chemical enterprises Ukraine confirmed last week its essence as a terrorist state. Almost every day, Ukrainian formations attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the satellite town of Energodar. The effective work of the Russian air defense forces is making it possible to avoid a nuclear catastrophe. But it's not just nuclear power plants. Attacks targeted other dangerous objects. In Donetsk, one attack resulted in an ammonia leak. Three of the six turbines at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station downstream from Zaporizhzhia along the Dnieper have been shut off, where only a dam holds back huge masses of water. Kyiv can cause damage with high-precision Western weapons, it's scary to think what kind of damage. Russia is warning … [Read more...] about Ukraine strikes Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Russia says
Tucker: No honest person could believe the Trump raid was a legitimate act of law enforcement
close Video Tucker Carlson: The Mar-a-Lago raid was a power grab Fox News host Tucker Carlson shreds the FBI's raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! We've had a few days to reflect on it and have concluded that no honest person could believe that the raid on Donald Trump's home last week was a legitimate act of law enforcement. It was not. Even the Biden administration didn't really bother to pretend otherwise. The official explanations that we have heard for the raid make no sense at all. It doesn't matter how forcefully they are repeated by the media, they're nonsensical. In case you've forgotten what they are, here's the very first explanation they gave us. MICHAEL BESCHLOSS, HISTORIAN: Why did this guy have these ultra-classified documents in the basement of Mar-a-Lago unsecured, where they could be presumably broken in on or stolen or … [Read more...] about Tucker: No honest person could believe the Trump raid was a legitimate act of law enforcement
Andhra Pradesh: Tribal habitations continue to be under a sheet of floodwaters
Scores of tribal habitations along the Godavari and the Sabari rivers are still under a sheet of floodwater despite a drastic fall in the inflows at Bhadrachalam, the entry point of the Godavari river into Andhra Pradesh. At Bhadrachalam, the second flood warning is in force and the water level is 50.70 feet while the outflow is nearly 13 lakh cusecs. At Polavaram, the inflow is 11.54 lakh cusecs and same is being discharged. The second warning is still in force at the Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage too at Dowleswaram, where the inflow is more than 14.44 lakh cusecs. The vehicular traffic on the Chintoor-Bhadrachalam road remains cut off, affecting the road transport between the four bordering States — Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. The road between Chintoor in Andhra Pradesh and Chatti in Odisha has also been inundated by the backwaters of Sabari river. Dozens of tribal habitations along the Sabari river and the Sokileru stream were completely cut off on … [Read more...] about Andhra Pradesh: Tribal habitations continue to be under a sheet of floodwaters
In Venezuela teachers march, threaten to strike over low pay, little resources
CARACAS, Venezuela — Public school teachers across Venezuela had planned to use their annual vacation bonus to buy uniforms for their children, waterproof leaky roofs, get new prescription glasses or fix the pair barely held together by adhesive tape. Some expected to get $100, while others calculated a little more or less depending on their years of service and advanced degrees, though only a small number thought they would get around $200. The government, however, paid them only a tiny fraction of that. So, a few days into their long break, teachers have been marching by the thousands around the country, threatening to strike when school resumes or possibly even to abandon their profession. “Right now, I don’t even have a pencil for my children to start classes in September,” said Florena Delgado, who teaches first and fifth grades at two schools in one of the lowest-income neighborhoods of the capital, Caracas. She also makes cake toppers, creates balloon … [Read more...] about In Venezuela teachers march, threaten to strike over low pay, little resources