The Taliban announced a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan during the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival that will begin on Friday. The move, announced Tuesday, could signal the start of protracted peace talks after President Ashraf Ghani noted that negotiations with the Taliban could begin next week. The Taliban proposed the ceasefire …
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More than twice a day, Japanese fighter pilots hear the sound of a siren, shoot out of their seats, run towards their jets, and shout aloud, ready to intercept a potentially unidentified incursion into Japanese airspace. It happened to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) 947 times in the last …
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Text size AMD EPYC processors Courtesy of AMD. Advanced Micro Devices gave investors reason to cheer on Tuesday when it reported earnings that exceeded expectations and said it would sell more chips at a higher profit than anticipated. Shares of AMD (ticker: AMD) rebounded in the extended session, advancing nearly …
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They were told they would leave Samoa, a small island nation in the South Pacific, for its largest neighbor, a country with approximately 25 times the population. Once there, they would work and send the money to their loved ones. Most worked long hours picking fruit from the orchards, but …
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Antagonisms between the United States and China are rocking governments around the world, prompting a German official to warn of the “Cold War 2.0” and the President of Kenya to call for unity to combat the coronavirus pandemic. World trade was already depressed by the two-year tariff war between the …
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