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19 August 2022, 08:15
Starbucks denies any wrongdoing and says the US employees were not fired because they were pro-union.
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Media outlets are asking US judge to unseal affidavit laying out evidence for raid of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home.
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The two sides have met in Brussels to resolve a dispute sparked by vehicle licence plates.
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Antonio Guterres warns potential damage to plant would be 'suicide' as Zelenskyy agrees to terms for IAEA visit.
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Hadi Matar, accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie last week, pleads not guilty to attempted murder, assault charges.
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US monkeypox cases now make up more than one-third of the global total, with more than 13,000 reported cases.
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Prominent Cardinal Marc Ouellet is accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit filed in Canada's Quebec province
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Opposition politicians have called for Sanna Marin to take a drug test after a video of her partying circulated online.
19 August 2022, 08:15

GENEVA, Aug 19 (IPS) - After the horrendous tragedies of 9/11 in the year 2001, the US intervened in Afghanistan. Promising statements such as "we are going to smoke them out" and "we are after ending terrorism" received warm receptions.

Read the full story, “Afghanistan: What Went Wrong?”, on globalissues.org

19 August 2022, 08:15

On World Humanitarian Day, marked annually on 19 August, aid workers Ahmad Alragheb, based in Syria, and Veronica Houser, stationed in Afghanistan, talk about the crucial humanitarian effort in these countries, and the challenges they and their colleagues face.

Read the full story, “Aid workers saving lives in the face of danger: World Humanitarian Day”, on globalissues.org