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Intra-Afghan Talks: India's participation acceptance of changed realities
The spate of deadly violence accompanied historic USA -brokered direct peace talks that began Saturday in Doha, Qatar, between the Taliban and a delegation representing the Afghan government. The spokesman further said that the Taliban wants the establishment of an Islamic system in which the values of people of the country are reflected. [Full Article...]
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine, masks
And I called him, and he didn't tell me that. Meadows said he anticipated the administration would "at least have some results" regarding a vaccine as soon as October, and that Trump was "pushing very hard to make sure that we're delivering a vaccine before the end of the year". [Full Article...]
Several WH staffers reportedly test Covid-19 positive
The briefing is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. ET. Dismissing Collins' follow-up questions, the press secretary told the reporter she should come work at the White House if she wanted to find out who specifically was involved in the effort to replace the Affordable Care Act. [Full Article...]
Pandemic preparedness panel slams collective failure to head warnings
A new report from the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) evaluated the world's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and warned that the world can not afford to be unprepared if another pandemic hits. In response to COVID-19, the world has spent $11 trillion and is expected to lose an additional $10 trillion in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the report found. [Full Article...]
Trump Shares Fake Video Of Biden, Twitter Marks It As "Manipulated Media"
Fallon also played a clip of Trump blaming Biden on the lack of a national mask mandate during his ABC town hall, later joking, "Yeah, President Biden, what's the deal with that?" The "drive-in" event on Thursday was being held at PNC Field, home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate. [Full Article...]
Trump doubles down on Covid-19 vaccine timeline, contradicting top health official
The director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday that face masks are more guaranteed to protect from coronavirus than a vaccine. "I trust vaccines, I trust scientists, but I don't trust Donald Trump ". "It's not more effective by any means than a vaccine and I called him about that, those were the two things I discussed with him", Trump said. [Full Article...]
General Election: Early Voting Starts September 18
With the start of early voting, voters should make their elections plan now. A practice that some states have outlawed, ballot harvesting is when a third party collects absentee ballots from voters en masse and turns them in to polling sites. [Full Article...]
WHO urges safety for health workers bearing brunt of virus
He said data from many countries across WHO regions indicates that COVID-19 infections among health workers are far greater than those in the general population. A review of healthcare professionals found that one in four have reported depression and anxiety and one in three have suffered insomnia during the pandemic, a World Health Organization statement said. [Full Article...]