Taliban says several killed in explosions outside Kabul airport
Taliban security official says at least 11 killed, several others wounded in blasts outside Kabul airport.
An explosion went off Thursday outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Qatar has failed to explain up to 70% of migrant worker deaths in past 10 years – Amnesty
World Cup host Qatar has failed to investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers in the past decade, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
The human rights organisation said the majority of migrant worker deaths in Qatar are attributed to “natural causes”, cardiac or respiratory failure; classifications which are “meaningless” without the underlying cause of death explained, according to one expert cited.
As a result, as many as 70% of deaths may be unexplained. “In a well resourced health system, it should be possible to identify the exact cause of death in all but 1% of cases,” the report said.
Remains of thousands of people believed to be victims of Stalin’s terror discovered in Ukraine
The bones of some 5,000 to 6,000 people were discovered, a number that could rise as the excursion continues
A mass grave has been discovered in Ukraine revealing the bones of around 5,000 to 8,000 people.
The bones are thought by historians to belong to victims of Stalin’s Great Terror from 1937 to 1939. They were likely executed by Stalin’s NKVD secret police unit, though their crimes and identities remain unknown.
Sergiy Gutsalyuk, the head of the regional branch of the National Memory Institute told the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency that the number of victims may increase as the excavations continue.
Smuggling people from Afghanistan to Turkey
After the upheaval in Afghanistan, a large number of people are now trying to flee the Taliban. Many turn to people smugglers to get them out of the country. One smuggler spoke to DW about his criminal business.
"Brother, people have been smuggled across borders ever since there have been borders. This business will continue as long as borders exist," explains Baver — a 32-year-old smuggler operating at the border between Turkey and Iran. Wanting to retain his incognito, he declined to meet with us in person and talked with us via WhatsApp, using an acquaintance's phone.
Baver says his role in the organization is very important. According to him, he is responsible for bringing refugees into the "safe zone," which in this case is in the eastern Anatolian city of Van. "I have already brought thousands of people across the border," he says, with a certain degree of pride.
Ocean surface climates may disappear by 2100: study
Up to 95 percent of Earth's ocean surface will have changed by the end of the century unless humanity reins in its carbon emissions, according to research published Thursday.
Ocean surface climates, defined by surface water temperature, acidity and the concentration of the mineral aragonite -- which many marine animals use to form bones and shell -- support the vast majority of sea life.
The world's seas have absorbed around a third of all carbon pollution produced since the Industrial Revolution.
Hong Kong's global banks brace for 'cold war' to escalate
Updated 1043 GMT (1843 HKT) August 26, 2021
Three quarters of the world's top banks do business in Hong Kong. But they've been getting squeezed by changes forcing them to fall in line with Beijing's agenda — and there may be signs of even tougher times to come.
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