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Taliban claim key Afghan border crossing with Pakistan as insurgent group nets new territories

Taliban forces captured Wesh, a town in the southern Afghan province, on Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the militant…

3 years ago

Activists claim that changing sex is a way to solve your problems, but will it really make you happy? Some experts aren’t so sure

According to research carried out by Gallup, 5.6% of US adults identify as LGBT. In 2017, the number stood at…

3 years ago

Japan’s PM dismisses claim by royal household chief that emperor is ‘very worried’ about Olympic Games spreading Covid

The prime minister said on Friday that Yasuhiko Nishimura, the head of the Imperial Household Agency, had merely “expressed his…

3 years ago

Syria is suffering a devastating wheat shortage the media claim is due to drought – but the truth is a lot more complicated

A recent article on Reuters would have readers believe the current Syrian wheat shortage mainly due to drought. The article…

3 years ago

AstraZeneca must give 80mn Covid-19 doses to EU by September end, judge says as both parties claim victory in shortfall dispute

The Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical giant had originally committed to deliver 300 million doses of its jab to the EU by the…

3 years ago

Putin rejects Biden claim of crackdown on Kremlin opponents, says Black Lives Matter & Capitol violence show US has its own issues

Putin was asked by American reporters whether his government was engaging in a “crackdown” against domestic opposition, and whether Biden…

3 years ago

EA confirms data breach as hackers claim they took FIFA 21 source code, Battlefield engine, and other LOOT

The data breach was first reported by VICE’s Motherboard on Thursday, citing posts on “underground hacking forums.” Among the stolen…

3 years ago

Southerners were ‘the first victims’ of American imperialism and have been ‘slandered,’ claim the Sons of Confederate Veterans

The snap impression of the Sons of Confederate Veterans isn’t a good one. A rudimentary glance at their mainstream media…

3 years ago

‘Welcome back’: Lawyers claim victory in case over medal-winning Russian weightlifter Bochkov’s doping sample from six years ago

2018 world bronze medalist Bochkov was suspended from sport after a sample from 2015 was found to have contained traces…

3 years ago

15% of Americans believe QAnon’s claim that ‘Satan-worshipping pedophiles’ run the government – poll

Released on Wednesday by the Public Religion Research Institute, the poll found that 15% of American adults believe the statement…

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