Month: September 2021

Categories USA

Day of the Planes: A 9/11 excerpt from ‘The Management of Savagery’

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Two hours’ drive from Kandahar, in the southern Afghan desert city where the Taliban were born and where Osama bin Laden maintained his operational base, a February 2001 wedding ceremony became the stage for bin Laden’s first public appearance in several years … Read More >Day of the Planes: A 9/11 excerpt from ‘The Management of Savagery’

Categories Shows

CrossTalk Bullhorns, Home Edition: Fighting terror?

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In the wake of Biden’s humiliating exit from Afghanistan, there are those in the EU gentry class again revisiting the possibility of a pan-European army. What’s happening with all that NATO unity we are constantly reminded of? Also, why does Washington stay in Syria after being defeated in Afghanistan? … Read More >CrossTalk Bullhorns, Home Edition: Fighting terror?

Categories Asia & Pacific

Philippines greenlights Moderna’s Covid vaccine for 12-17-year-olds for emergency use after surpassing 2mn cases

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The Philippines Food and Drug Administration has given Moderna’s Covid vaccine approval for emergency use in people 12 to 17 years old, just days after the country’s overall coronavirus caseload surpassed 2 million. … Read More >Philippines greenlights Moderna’s Covid vaccine for 12-17-year-olds for emergency use after surpassing 2mn cases

Categories Asia & Pacific

Japan’s Yoshihide Suga declines to run for reelection as ruling party chief, paving way for his resignation as prime minister

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that he will not stand for reelection as the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) this month, signaling his intention to resign after having served for a year as PM. … Read More >Japan’s Yoshihide Suga declines to run for reelection as ruling party chief, paving way for his resignation as prime minister

Categories EU

‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’: German health minister says 90% of intensive care patients haven’t received Covid-19 jab

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Germany’s health minister has warned that Covid-19 is becoming the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” as 90% of the country’s intensive care patients are those who refused a potentially life-saving shot. … Read More >‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’: German health minister says 90% of intensive care patients haven’t received Covid-19 jab