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Afghanistan: General says Taliban gains threaten global security https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-58068299

Dozens of bodies found in river between Ethiopia’s Tigray, Sudan https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/dozens-bodies-found-river-between-ethiopias-tigray-and #News

U.S. Long Jumper And Medalist Brittney Reese Says It's Time She Gets Some Recognition https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/08/03/1024093129/u-s-long-jumper-and-medalist-brittney-reese-says-its-time-she-gets-some-recognit

Outside the Olympic Cocoon, a Tokyo Abuzz Only With Cicadas https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/asia/tokyo-olympics-host-city.html #Coronavirus(2019-nCoV) #OlympicGames(2020) #Tokyo(Japan) #Insects

Why gymnast Simone Biles has transcended her sport https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/3/why-simone-biles-has-transcended-her-sport #Opinions

ADB, fin firms draw plan to close Asia coal-fired power plants https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/8/3/adb-fin-firms-draw-plan-to-close-asia-coal-fired-power-plants #News

Malaysia: From COVID role model to a mini-India https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/8/3/malaysia-from-covid-role-model-to-a-mini-india #Opinions

BP to buy back $1.4bn of shares as rising oil price boosts profits https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/aug/03/bp-buy-shares-oil-price-profits-forecasts #Oilandgascompanies #Energyindustry #Commodities #Worldnews #Business #UKnews #Oil #BP

Can Lebanon deliver justice for the port explosion? https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2021/8/3/can-lebanon-find-the-truth-about-the-beirut-explosion #TVShows

COVID likely to lock India’s women out of job market for years https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/covid-india-women-job-market-employment #News

Missing Belarus activist Vitaly Shishov found hanged in Kyiv park after he went jogging https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3143631/missing-belarus-activist-vitaly-shishov-found-hanged-kyiv-park?utm_source=rss_feed

Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi begins presidency as crisis grips Persian Gulf https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3143628/irans-ebrahim-raisi-begins-presidency-crisis-grips-persian?utm_source=rss_feed

Four officers who warded off US Capitol attack died of suicide https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/4-officers-who-warded-off-us-capitol-attack-have-died-of-suicide #News

China’s Wuhan to test ‘all residents’ as COVID-19 returns https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/chinas-wuhan-to-test-all-residents-as-covid-returns #News

India’s first women-led unicorn readies its IPO https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/indias-first-women-led-unicorn-readies-its-ipo #News

Japan says Belarus athlete safe as US, EU condemn Lukashenko https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/3/japan-says-belarus-athlete-safe-as-us-eu-slam-brutal-repression #News

Wuhan: Chinese city to test entire population after virus resurfaces https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-58066744

Karate’s Big Question in Its Olympic Debut: Is It a Sport or a Martial Art? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/world/asia/tokyo-olympics-karate.html #OlympicGames(2020) #Karate #Japan

Reforestation hopes threaten global food security, Oxfam warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/03/reforestation-hopes-threaten-global-food-security-oxfam-warns #Greenhousegasemissions #Ethicalandgreenliving #Carbonoffsetting #Treesandforests #Climatechange #Climatechange #Environment #Worldnews #Science #Oxfam

Trial to test if cannabis-based mouth spray can treat brain tumours https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/03/trial-to-test-if-cannabis-based-mouth-spray-can-treat-brain-tumours #Medicalresearch #Cancerresearch #Science #Cancer #UKnews #Health