Tuesday, 31 August 2021

Analysis: China's 'revolution' cost investors $3 trillion. So why aren't they running scared?

Heavyweight global investment firms are sticking with China despite a sweeping crackdown on business by the ruling Communist Party that has wiped $3 trillion off the market value of the country's biggest companies.


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Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect after Supreme Court inaction

A controversial Texas law that bars abortions at six weeks went into effect early Wednesday morning after the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court failed to rule on pending emergency requests brought by abortion providers.


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China's first Universal Studios theme park opens this month in Beijing. Here's a sneak peek

Dementors. Decepticons. Minions. Raptors.


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After a messy end to the Afghan conflict, some dangerous loose ends could come back to haunt Biden

President Joe Biden may have ended the "forever war" but the dangerous loose ends he left behind in Afghanistan could still thwart his attempt to throw everything at his top priority domestic goals.


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Opinion: Biden's imperfect but powerful message

Aaron Sorkin, the creator of the hit TV series The West Wing, once described the White House as the world's greatest home court advantage. And President Joe Biden sought to use that home court Tuesday afternoon not to lay out the pros and cons of his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan as Barack Obama might have done, but to declare with vehement certitude and conviction as Ronald Reagan might that withdrawal was not just the best option but the only one consistent with the interests of the American people.


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San Diego family is still stuck in Afghanistan



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White House thanks interpreter in hiding who helped rescue Biden in 2008 and commits to evacuating Afghan partners

• Opinion: Biden's imperfect but powerful message


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Bank robbery suspects tie hostages to getaway cars

A gang of armed robbery suspects in Brazil carried out a series of deadly bank heists using human shields strapped to their getaway cars. CNN's Rafael Romo has more.


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The mood on Wall Street just improved dramatically

Investors may still be nervous about the Delta variant and Afghanistan. But Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell eased many worriers on Friday when he signaled that the central bank is not going to hit the panic button anytime soon over inflation concerns.


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