🇦🇫 Three killed in Kabul Airport as Afghans scramble to escape Taliban
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Three killed in Kabul Airport as Afghans scramble to escape Taliban. Chaotic scenes at Kabul’s international airport turned deadly Monday as thousands of Afghans scrambled in the hope of catching an evacuation flight after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan.(Saeed Shah via Wall Street Journal)
You might not have to wait long for Google's cheaper Pixel 5a. We knew Google was readying another phone ahead of its new own-chip Pixel 6 flagships, but the company’s cheaper A series might reappear earlier than we thought. The Pixel 5a could appear any day now, according to the latest reports from, of all places, repair shops. (Mat Smith via Engadget)
What to expect from Apple's next iPhones, AirPods, Macs and more. Apple Inc. is in full preparation mode for another jampacked holiday season of device launches. Last year brought the iPhone 12, a redesigned iPad Air, new audio accessories and M1 Macs. (Mark Gurman via Bloomberg)
Indian bike taxi service Rapido raises $52 million. Rapido, a bike taxi aggregator in India, said on Monday it has raised $52 million in a new financing round as the six-year-old startup looks to find space in a category dominated by Ola and Uber in the South Asian market. (Manish Singh via TechCrunch)
Meet the 30 young leaders forging a new future for the healthcare industry in 2021. Truepill In 2016, Umar Afridi and Sid Viswanathan founded Truepill on a gamble that the on-demand shift they were seeing in tech would happen in healthcare too. (Allison DeAngelis via Business Insider)
50 Years After Going Off Gold, the Dollar Must Go for Crypto. It was Sunday night on Aug. 15, 1971, and many Americans were watching television — the most popular show that evening being the Western series “Bonanza.” (Niall Ferguson via Bloomberg)
How will the Taliban rule Afghanistan this time?. The Taliban fighters strolled into the marbled halls of the presidential palace unopposed, their dusty boots and sandals treading gingerly on the fine carpets. With their beards and capes, and an AK-47 on the table, they took up a sombre pose at the desk of Ashraf Ghani, the departed president. (The Economist)
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