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After a remarkable 24 hours in which Ronaldo seemed destined to head to United’s bitter crosstown rivals Manchester City, the Old Trafford giants announced that they had been the ones to capture the 36-year-old’s signature after he informed Juventus he wanted out of Turin with a year remaining on his …

In 1978, a liberation movement led by the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) overthrew the dictatorship of Mohammad Daud, the cousin of King Zahir Shar. It was an immensely popular revolution that took the British and Americans by surprise. Foreign journalists in Kabul, reported the New York Times, were surprised …

An 11-month eviction moratorium that prevented tens of millions of Americans from losing their homes during the coronavirus-induced economic shutdown expires on July 31, after Congress left Washington for recess without passing a bill to extend it. The moratorium was put in place by the Donald Trump administration last year …

China this week took the highly unusual step of hosting a delegation from the Taliban in Beijing for talks, as concerns rise about the future of Afghanistan, amidst growing fighting and a massive offensive by the Islamist group against the government, whose days are increasingly seen as numbered.  Foreign Minister …

The ADL and PayPal have banded together to “fight extremism and hate” by limiting users’ ability to donate money using the popular online payment processor, the advocacy group said on Monday. “PayPal and ADL will focus on further uncovering and disrupting the financial pipelines that support extremist and hate movements,” …

In early July, American and coalition forces left Bagram Airfield, once Washington’s largest base of operations in Afghanistan. Already at 90% completion, the withdrawal is expected to be concluded by August 31, 2021, ahead of President Joe Biden’s initial September 11 deadline. Meanwhile, Taliban forces are advancing, recapturing and, crucially, …

The scene comes from the 2005 film, ‘The Ninth Company’, possibly the most popular film about the bloody and ill-fated Soviet war against the Mujahideen in the Central Asian nation. And yet, it’s a lesson that officials in the US Pentagon seem to have missed. Perhaps “never” is an exaggeration: …

Going into the game, history is on the side of the five-time World Cup winning home team and current Copa America holders, who were handed hosting responsibilities at the last minute. The latest edition of the world’s oldest international tournament was meant to be jointly shared by Argentina and Colombia. But …

In a tweet on Wednesday, the court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said she was concerned by developments in the region.  “I note with great concern the escalation of violence in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in and around Gaza, and the possible commission of crimes under …

Can you imagine a world where every single country possible had access to producing Covid-19 vaccines, and there was not such a troublesome thing called “intellectual property” which puts profit and Big Pharma revenues before human need and well-being? If this utopian vision was so easy to put into place, …