US airstrike targets Islamic State in Afghanistan after deadly Kabul airport attack
The US has killed an Islamic State “planner” in retaliation for Thursday’s suicide bombing in Kabul.
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GREEKS ABROAD 
August 28, 2021 NHM Reopens with World Premiere Photo Exhibition by HRH Prince Nikolaos
CHICAGO – A unique and profound photography exhibit by HRH Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark will make its world premiere at the National Hellenic Museum (NHM), 333 S. Halsted in Chicago, as it reopens in September. Resilience is an exhibition of 20 works of photographic art – among them 19 never-before shown and one […]
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CYPRUS
August 28, 2021 Cypriot Elena Pelendritou clinches bronze medal in Tokyo Paralympics
Cypriot swimmer Karolina Pelendritou secured the bronze medal in women’s 50 m freestyle S11 at the Tokyo Paralympics.
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EUROPE
August 28, 2021 Afghan crisis accelerates automated controls at EU borders
EU and national authorities are increasingly deploying high-tech surveillance systems at the bloc’s external borders, a trend that could accelerate as some countries seek to block refugees arriving from Afghanistan, raising questions about the ethical implications of these technologies.
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HISTORY
August 28, 2021 28 August 2021: This day in history
1189: Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan 1609: English explorer Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay 1830: 1st American built locomotive, “Tom Thumb” races a horse-drawn car from Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills. Let history record that due to mechanical problems the horse won! 1845: Scientific American […]
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ECONOMY
August 27, 2021 British expats living in Spain warned of tax rise because of EU
The Spanish government plans to increase personal income, wealth tax and inheritance tax, in order to meet the EU’s conditions to receive €79.5billion in subsidies. Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez says it’s essential if the country is to recover from the pandemic, but it’s left British expats worrying that they will be a lot worse off […]
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WORLD
August 27, 2021 Advanced Chinese weapon takes down aircraft with electromagnetic pulse
An advanced Chinese weapon has taken down an unmanned aircraft with a powerful electromagnetic pulse in the first known field test of the Beijing technology.
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SPORTS
August 27, 2021 Kadeena Cox wins cycling gold to kick off Paralympic multisport double bid
Great Britain’s Kadeena Cox retained her Paralympic women’s C4-5 500m time trial title at the Izu Velodrome, a world-record-breaking final run securing the first half of what Cox hopes will be another Olympic multisport double.
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HEALTH
August 27, 2021 Teens aged 12 to 15 experienced ‘mild to moderate’ side effects to jab, study finds
Side effects from the Pfizer jab in children aged between 12 and 15 were mostly ‘mild or moderate’, a study has found.
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UK NEWS
August 27, 2021 UK’s Afghanistan evacuation into ‘final hours’ – with no more people to be called forward
The UK’s evacuation mission at Kabul’s airport has “a matter of hours” left and no more people will be called forward, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.
