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Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai, brother of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani who fled the country, has joined the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) after the movement seized power in Afghanistan, reads the message posted on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s Twitter page on Saturday. “Hashmat Ghani, brother of former President Ashraf Ghani, pledges allegiance to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan with the help of Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani [nephew of the leader of the Haqqani network],” says the tweet, while a photo attached to it shows Hashmat Ghani shaking hands with Talibs. After the US announced it was withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and wrapping…

Morrisons bosses are set to scoop a jackpot of almost £40m after accepting a £7bn takeover bid from Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Morrisons was founded as a market stall in Bradford by William Morrison, whose son Sir Ken transformed it into a national grocer within 50 years. The US private equity giant, which is being advised on the deal by Sir Terry Leahy, offered to pay 285p per share for the supermarket group. This trumped an earlier £6.7bn agreement with Fortress – a private firm owned by the Japanese investment group Softbank. The deal will land Morrisons’ top dogs tens…

Dominic Raab has rejected calls to quit as Foreign Secretary after opposition leaders demanded he be sacked for failing to make a call to help translators flee Afghanistan. The Foreign Secretary was reportedly “unavailable” when officials in his department suggested he “urgently” call Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar on Friday – two days before the Taliban marched on Kabul – in order to arrange help for those who supported British troops. Mr Raab was holidaying on the Greek island of Crete and said to be staying at the Amirandes Hotel. The five-star venue describes itself as a “boutique resort” which…

New Zealand reported a breakthrough on Thursday (Aug 19) in tracing the source of a Covid-19 outbreak that plunged the nation into lockdown, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying it should help “stamp out” the virus. Health officials have been trying to determine how an Auckland man contracted the coronavirus this week, ending a six-month run of no community cases in New Zealand. Tests showed the man had a version of the Delta strain found in Australia, and Ms Ardern said investigations narrowed down the origin to a person who arrived from Sydney on Aug 7. She said the traveller…

India, the United States, North Korea, and Russia rounded out the top five largest armies respectively, each with over one million active military personnel though the US Army is one of the most admired Army globally. The United States Army is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces and it is acknowledged as one of the most respected and reputable Army in the world. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution founded 14th of June 1775, with its Headquarters at The…

Kenya Airways (KQ), through its subsidiary Fahari Aviation, is set to introduce flying taxis Nairobi. The agreement with Fahari Aviation, the unmanned aircraft division of KQ, aims to design a network for the safe operation of Electric Vertical Aircraft (EVA). Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA announced its flying taxi unit Eve had signed an agreement with Fahari Aviation to develop operating models in its key markets. A news release from Embraer indicated that traveling from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nairobi CBD by EVA could reduce travel time from over an hour to six minutes. “The creation of…

Rwandan President and Arsenal fan Paul Kagame has slammed the Gunners after their defeat to Brentford on the opening day of the English Premier League season. Mr Kagame often comments on the Gunners – a club sponsored by his government – and he could not contain his annoyance after Friday night’s 2-0 defeat. After Friday’s away game, he tweeted: “We just must NOT excuse or accept mediocrity. A team has to be built with purpose to win win win.” Arsenal have been left behind by the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea, and Kagame questioned the club’s…

At Instabul – Turkey, the death toll from severe floods and mudslides along Turkey’s Black Sea coast has climbed to at least 51, the country’s emergency and disaster agency said Saturday, as authorities disputed reports that hundreds of people were missing. Torrential rains that pounded the Black Sea provinces of Bartin, Kastamonu and Sinop on Wednesday caused flooding that demolished homes, severed at least five bridges, swept away cars and rendered numerous roads unpassable. Turkish disaster agency AFAD said 43 people were killed in Kastamonu, seven in Sinop and one in Bartin. Nine people remained hospitalized, according to the agency.…

The new guidelines say teachers should not question pupils but instead ask them for their new name and pronouns Children as young as four will be able to change their name and gender at school without their parents’ consent under new LGBT inclusivity guidelines drawn up by the Scottish Government. A 70-page document, issued to schools north of the border on Thursday, calls on teachers not to question pupils if they say that they want to transition to live as a boy or a girl and to instead ask them for their new name and pronouns. The controversial guidance claims…

Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korean electronics giant Samsung, was released from prison on parole Friday after serving around 18 months of a 30-month sentence for embezzlement and bribery of former President Park Geun-hye. Lee, 53, left the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, just south of the capital city, on Friday morning as groups of supporters, protesters and reporters waited. “I apologize for causing people great concern,” Lee said in remarks translated by news agency Yonhap. “I am well aware of those concerns, criticisms and expectations of me.” Lee was on a list of 810 prisoners who…