Reuters: Taliban worries loom as Afghanistan prepares to vote for a president
KABUL (Reuters) - Millions of Afghans are expected to brave the threat of militant attacks to vote in a presidential election on Saturday, hoping to prevent a repeat of a bitter, fraud-marred and ultimately unresolved poll in 2014.
About a dozen candidates are in the fray for the presidency but the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and his chief executive Abdullah Abdullah are the top contenders for the job at a time when Taliban insurgents have intensified attacks.
The 70-year-old Ghani and Abdullah, 59, have ruled through a fractured power-sharing arrangement since 2014, their forces fighting against the Taliban even as the rebels held peace talks with the United States that were later abandoned.
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MIDDLE EAST
Erdogan says efforts with U.S. for Syria safe zone on schedule.
Erdogan's AK Party membership seen sliding further as dissent grows.
US deploys air defense systems to Saudi Arabia.
Hassan Rouhani: Iran's leader demands proof for Saudi oil attack.
Iran nuclear deal: EU nations warn Tehran over breaches. EU warns Iran it may be forced to withdraw from nuclear deal.
Iran was promised that 'all' US sanctions would be lifted in return for talks, Rouhani claims.
British tanker leaves Iran after 10-week detention.
Saudi Arabia offers foreign tourists visas for first time.
ASIA
Afghans face presidential vote amid violence, corruption.
Taliban worries loom as Afghanistan prepares to vote for a president.
Thousands scramble to flee unrest in Indonesia's Papua.
India issues all-out alert along western border after Pakistan violates airspace.
China doesn’t want to supplant the US, but it will keep growing, Beijing says.
US wasted billions in Afghanistan while China developed infrastructure – and now New York has bumpy roads, jokes Pakistani PM.
Russia arrests more than 260 North Korean fishermen.
'Harsh, dangerous' actions against Muslims risk Sri Lanka peace.
AFRICA
Protests break out across Egypt demanding el-Sisi's resignation.
Haftar ready for 'dialogue' as UN pressures Libya's warring factions.
Sudan closes borders with Libya, Central African Republic.
Kenyans rush to swap banknotes as cash ban looms.
Rwanda welcomes first group of African refugees from Libya.
Nigeria: Police free chained, abused children from Islamic school.
Huge crowds for inauguration of Senegal's mega-mosque.
EUROPE
PM Johnson says will obey the law, confident of Brexit deal.
UK parliament rejects second bid for early election.
SNP hints at backing short-term Corbyn UK led government.
Brexit talks resume amid growing EU pessimism over new deal.
EU's Juncker says Britain will be responsible for no-Brexit deal.
French queue at Élysée Palace to pay respects to Jacques Chirac.
Russia bans smoking on apartment balconies.
AMERICAS
Trump reels as Democrats move quickly on impeachment.
Trump impeachment inquiry: Whistleblower 'is CIA officer'.
GOP battens down the hatches after release of Trump whistleblower complaint.
Trump demands Schiff resign over account of Ukraine call.
Republicans see impeachment backfiring. Democrats fear they may be right.
EU imposes new sanctions on Venezuela.
UN launches Venezuela human rights abuse probe.
Riots and looting break out as thousands of angry protesters mark five years since the disappearance of 43 teaching students in Mexico.
Lula: Brazil's top court ruling could overturn corruption conviction.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
U.N. head warns world faces 'unprecedented threat' from violent extremism and terrorism.
‘Look, you can see ISIS down there’: How ISIS operates in Iraq today.
SDF says it killed mastermind of ISIS sleeper cell attacks in north, east Syria.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Boeing CEO to testify before Congress about grounded 737 MAX.
EU and Japan play ‘guardians of universal values’ in effort to challenge China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
Facebook hides the number of 'likes' on users' posts in Australia in a bid to reduce pressure on young people in trial that could be rolled out across the globe.
Trump’s EPA Tells California Gov. Newsom His State’s Homeless Population Is Destroying The Environment
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailycaller.com/2019/09/26/trump-epa-california-environment/
What is the point of passing laws not letting people poor dangerous chemicals & other waste down them, where it eventually ends up in streams, rivers and oceans, but letting the homeless put human waste in the same storm drains and rivers?
You need a chem-bio suit to walk the streets of Socal.
Holocene
ReplyDeleteThe Holocene is the current inter-glacial period. The end of the last glacial period (“glacial maximum”) began around 20,000 years ago. Temperatures and sea levels rose rapidly at the start of the Holocene, and during the Holocene Optimum (around 6-7,000 years ago), sea levels were about 2-3m above today’s sea levels.
The Holocene itself, including the supposedly threatening and supposedly man-made climate of today, is not at all unprecedented. The Holocene is just one of an irregular series of inter-glacial periods in the current ice age. The current ice age, the Quaternary or Pleistocene, has lasted for a bit over 2.5m years. The last inter-glacial period, the Eemian, occurred a bit over 100,000 years ago. It was 2-3 degrees warmer than today, sea levels were 4-6m higher, and it had greater rates of temperature change.
Why do Democrats hate Americans?
ReplyDelete- They depress wages
- They increase rents
- They tolerate increased crime.
Democrats, when you do not need more enemies, "They are one".
"City officials already direct the city police to hinder federal enforcement of immigration rules though the city, and they use taxpayer dollars to provide free legal services to illegals.
The city has gradually grown a population of roughly 500,000 illegal who help to suppress wages paid by employers and also to drive up rents earned by real-estate owners."