Month: August 2021

It was spring 2002. I was 12, and we were in his two-door, black 1998 Ford Explorer driving to a Boy Scout meeting through the narrow back streets in our … Read More

CNN —   Thousands of desperate Afghans remain stranded under Taliban rule in Kabul on Tuesday, as the US and its allies – still frantically evacuating their personnel from the … Read More

Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday, ending a five-day winning streak by the S&P 500, as investors turned cautious amid more signs that the coronavirus pandemic is still holding … Read More

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Stocks fell in afternoon trading Tuesday, as data showed the coronavirus pandemic is still holding back the U.S. economy By The Associated Press August 17, 2021, 8:21 PM • 2 … Read More

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Home Depot, KB Home fall; Fabrinet, Moderna rise ByThe Associated Press August 17, 2021, 8:15 PM • 1 min read … Read More

‘F*** that. Nixon and Kissinger got away with it in Vietnam’: What Biden told Obama’s special representative for Afghanistan he thought of America’s obligations to the Afghan people A diary … Read More

‘If I hear once more that the airport is safe – it’s not’: Westerners trying to flee Kabul tell of being groped and crushed while trying to navigate impassable melee … Read More

How long will the Taliban ‘amnesty’ allow mercy flights to leave Kabul? American forces claim to have secured the airport – but Brits admit they are operating ‘with consent’ and … Read More

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the U.S. economy has been permanently changed by the COVID pandemic and it’s important that the central bank adapt to those changes By MARTIN … Read More