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The speed with which Taliban forces retook Afghanistan, as US and other foreign forces withdrew after a two-decade-long war, has sparked chaotic scenes at Kabul

Kabul's collapse on Sunday signalled the end of a 20-year-long nation-building exercise led by the US with support of NATO allies. The US kicked the Taliban out of Kabul in 2001, because the Taliban had provided shelter to the al-Qaeda operatives who planned and took part in hijacking the aeroplanes …

Officials overestimated the capability and will of the Afghan security forces to fight back as the Taliban seized city after city in recent days.

Mayor Bill de Blasio spent eight years in office being tormented by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. New York’s next mayor, likely Eric Adams, will be spared that ordeal. An embattled Cuomo may not have gone as hard against Adams as he did de Blasio,

A real estate broker told the judge he had a "letter of interest" from the bidder that offered $US110 million for the property, the Miami Herald reported. "They're willing to go to $US120 million," said Michael Fay,

Regulator APRA has raised the bar for all future entrants into Australia's banking sector, following the failure of Xinja.

A coalition of Australia’s largest Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service providers has warned that large parts of the sector in Greater Sydney face the threat of collapse as extended lockdowns impact viability and in the absence of any support from the Federal Government.

Australia had two primary objectives leading into the recent white-ball tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh – generate some much-needed momentum ahead of the T20 World Cup and fill the gaps in its 15-player squad.

A coalition of Australia’s largest Outside School Hours Care (OSHC) service providers has warned that large parts of the sector in Greater Sydney face the threat of collapse as extended lockdowns impact viability and in the absence of any support from the Federal Government.

Thirty runners have failed to make it to the finish line as the men’s marathon created distressing scenes on Sunday.