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Shocked and surprised by de Kock's decision: SA skipper Bavuma
Minutes before the toss in the 'Super 12' game, which the Proteas won by eight wickets on Tuesday evening, de Kock made himself unavailable for selection. The news came after Cricket South Africa (CSA) released a statement saying that all players should take the knee before their remaining T20 World Cup matches in support of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement.
Turkish Parliament ratifies motion on launching cross-border operations in Iraq, Syria
The motion, passed on Tuesday, will authorise cross-border operations to be carried out in Iraq and Syria from October 30, 2021 to October 30, 2023, Xinhua News Agency reported. The previous cross-border motions were only for one-year duty. The motion also allowed the deployment of foreign armed forces in Turkey with the principles to be determined by the president.
Pakistan, China seek economic assistance for Afghanistan
This came during a telephonic conversation between Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday. They agreed to further strengthen bilateral economic and commercial ties, including the full realisation of the potential offered by the Phase-II of the China-Pakistan Free Trade Agreement.
China gets tough with Taliban, demands curbs on Uyghur radicals nesting in Afghanistan
China's zero-tolerance to the revival of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), with deep nodes among ethnic Uyghurs in China's ultra-strategic Xinjiang region, is apparent as foreign minister Wang Yi personally read out the riot order to Taliban's acting deputy prime minister Mullah Baradar in Doha on Monday.
Afghan women protest against restrictions imposed by Taliban
The women who had gathered at the gates of UNAMA in Kabul said that the international community, human rights group, and the United Nations are completely indifferent to the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on Afghan women. The protesters said that the silence of the UN against the ongoing situation in Afghanistan is "shameful".
Canada's first Hindu minister Anita Anand gets defence portfolio
Sajjan will be the new minister of international affairs. Another Indo-Canadian woman Kamal Khera, the 32-year-old MP from Brampton West, also took oath as minister for seniors, taking the number of Indo-Canadian women ministers in the Trudeau Cabinet to three.
Pak ready to talk, afraid to wound Islamists
Challenged from various quarters, the government's immediate threat comes from the banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) that has launched a 'Long March' to lay siege to the national capital. The body of hardline Sunni activists demands that the government fight the perceived 'Islamophobia' in the Western world. More specifically, it wants the French envoy in Islamabad expelled for France's expulsion of Islamists at home and its role in the Charlie Hedbdo cartoons controversy.
US suspends economic aid to Sudan after coup
The State Department on Monday said that the US strongly condemns the actions of the Sudanese military forces. Rejecting the dissolution of the civilian-led transitional government in Sudan, the State Department called for its immediate restoration. "These actions have the potential to derail the country's transition to democracy and are a betrayal of Sudan's peaceful revolution," it added.
'Taliban's denial of cooperating with US to control Al Qaeda is war announcement'
Speaking to Fox News, the Senator from South Carolina said: "Afghanistan is like a freefall. Al Qaeda is flourishing there, IS (Islamic State) is getting stronger," Khaama Press reported. He also accused the Taliban of policing Al Qaeda. Graham called Afghanistan the biggest national security threat in the near term and its humanitarian situation as te largest disaster on the planet which is getting worse.
Whistleblower Haugen tears into Facebook's claim of taking down 97% hate speech
The 158-minute testimony of Haugen began after the chair asked the former product manager of Facebook to respond to behemoth's transparency claim that 97 percent of hate speech they can find is taken down. While making her points, Haugen pointed out that the trick lies in "what they (Facebook) can find"
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