2021-08-14

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Life in Herat city restarts under Taliban rule

A Taliban fighter said offices would reopen and work would return to "normal" in Afghanistan's second largest city of Herat after it was captured by the insurgents. Passengers headed to Kabul's Airport seeking to leave Afghanistan in the face of the lightning Taliban offensive.

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Mexico marks 500th anniversary of Spanish conquest of Aztec empire

President Obrador wants Spain to apologise for the conquest that caused the near-extermination of its indigenous peoples but Spain has refused.

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'Infringement of freedom': Protest held in Paris over COVID passes

Protesters marched through Paris against a national mandate for a coronavirus health pass.

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Rome hit by 'Lucifer' heatwave

Rome hit by heatwave's sweltering temperatures.

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New Banksy artworks appear in English seaside towns

British street artist Banksy confirmed via a video on his Instagram account on Friday that he was indeed the author of several works that recently appeared in England.

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Dozens of California fires threaten thousands of homes and whole towns

Around 21,000 federal firefighters - more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago - are at work.

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Large crowds attend festival thanks to COVID-19 safe tickets

Anyone in Belgium that has a COVID Safe Ticket is able to attend large scale outdoor events with between 1 500 and 75 000 spectators. This could be a football game, an open-air performance or a music festival.

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Vaccinations stepped up in China and Israel as Delta wreaks havoc

The spread of the coronavirus Delta variant has forced China and Israel to ramp up vaccinations and Australia's state of New South Wales to go into lockdown.

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Firefighters battle ongoing wildfires in Algerian province

Algerian firefighters and volunteers attempt to put out ongoing wildfires in the worst-hit province of Tizi Ouzou, where entire villages have been destroyed.

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‘This is climate change’: July was world's hottest month on record

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a US weather agency, the planet averaged 16.73 degrees celcius last month, beating the previous record set in July 2016, which was also tied in 2019 and 2020.

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