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Top priest dead in massive mosque explosion in Herat, Afghanistan
According to Tolonews, imam Mujib ur Rahman Ansari was killed in the bomb that happened at the Gazargah Mosque just before Friday prayers.
Statement from Russia oil company regarding Chief’s death amid window fall reports
One of the only significant Russian businesses to demand an end to hostilities in Ukraine was Lukoil.
Covid curbs get ramped up as virus runs through Shenzhen and Dalian
These measures and curbs will last for a few days and are an example of the so-called dynamic COVID zero" strategy that aims to contain every outbreak as and when they happen.
Without improved fiscal policy, central banks will be unable to control inflation: Study
According to a study presented at Jackson Hole, the worsening of fiscal imbalances will result in considerably more inflationary pressure if monetary tightening is not accompanied by expectations of sufficient fiscal adjustments.
NASA will launch it’s Moon mission tomorrow
On August 29, an unmanned Artemis rocket will conduct its first test flight, kicking off NASA's Moon mission.
Facebook agreed to resolve the Cambridge Analytica data privacy lawsuit
The company was accused of breaking consumer privacy laws four years ago by disclosing the personal information of users to outside parties.
The world’s first hydrogen-powered train begins operations in Germany
These regional trains are produced by Alstom and only produce steam and condensed water while running quietly. 15 diesel-powered trains that were operating on the same route will be replaced with these latest-generation trains.
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon to lift off on August 29
The Artemis 1 mission of NASA is about to take an important step toward sending people back to the Moon after a 50-year absence.
Millions of people worldwide use a password manager, yet it claims to have been hacked
According to a blog post, LastPass doesn't believe any passwords were stolen as part of the breach and users shouldn't need to take any action to secure their accounts.
26 Chinese flights are grounded by the US in reaction to a similar move by Beijing
According to the Transportation Department, the Civil Aviation Authority of China has grounded 26 US carriers aircraft after an increasing number of foreign travellers arriving from the US have COVID-19 positive traveler's diarrhoea tests.
Elon Musk must receive “some data” on spam Twitter accounts as per court order
Elon Musk vs. Twitter: As part of its methodology to determine the amount of spam accounts, Twitter is required to provide data from the 9,000 accounts sampled in the fourth quarter.
Oil prices drop as concerns of impending OPEC+ output cut fade
Against analysts' expectations of a drop of 900,000 barrels, U.S. crude stockpiles decreased by about 5.6 million barrels for the week ended August 19, according to market sources citing American Petroleum Institute figures on Tuesday.
I want to change the UK-India relationship to make it more two-way: Rishi Sunak
Sunak also stated he wanted to make it easy for students coming from India and study in the UK. He mentioned how easy it was for Indian and British companies to work with each other as it was a two-way relationship.