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Taliban abandons effort to pick out Farah city 0

Taliban abandons effort to pick out Farah city

Afghan security forces and US air strikes have driven the Taliban out of the centre of Farah, a city in western Afghanistan, a day after the fighters fought their way in. Clashes between the group, armed with heavy weapons, and Afghan security forces on Tuesday left at least 25 members of the forces and five civilians…

Nakba – 70 years of catastrophe 0

Nakba – 70 years of catastrophe

Nakba Day is when Palestinians commemorate the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian cities and towns by Zionist paramilitaries in 1948. Annual protests marking the Nakba, or « catastrophe », when the state of Israel was established on May 15, 1948, took place across the occupied territories on Tuesday. About 750,000 people were forcibly expelled from historical Palestine. Rallies,…

isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git 0

isomorphic-git/isomorphic-git

A pure JavaScript implementation of git for node and browsers! isomorphic-git is a pure JavaScript implementation of git that works in node and browser environments (including WebWorkers and ServiceWorkers). This means it can be used to read and write to to git repositories, as well as fetch from and push to git remotes like Github.…

US remains hopeful about N Korea summit 0

US remains hopeful about N Korea summit

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhy North Korea is angry at this manThe Trump administration is hopeful its summit with North Korea will go ahead, despite threats of cancellation. A White House spokesperson said the US president remained ready. Hours earlier, North Korea released an angry statement saying it might pull out…

FDA to commence up naming names of pharma companies blocking off more cost effective generics 0

FDA to commence up naming names of pharma companies blocking off more cost effective generics

Enlarge / Dr. Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, ready to name and shame. The Food and Drug Administration plans this week to effectively begin publicly shaming brand-name drug companies that stand in the way of competitors trying to develop cheaper generic drugs. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told reporters on Monday and…

Turkey-Israel row: Video of airport frisking deepens tensions 0

Turkey-Israel row: Video of airport frisking deepens tensions

A diplomatic row between Turkey and Israel following the Israeli army’s killing of dozens of Palestinians is showing no signs of slowing down amid reciprocal expulsions and heated exchanges. In the latest episode, Israel protested on Wednesday over what it called Turkey’s « unbecoming treatment » of its expelled ambassador, after he was shown on Turkish TV…