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Taliban keep some evacuees from reaching Kabul airport, as U.S. vows to finish airlift

Asia Pacific · 12:11 AM UTC

Armed members of the Taliban kept people desperate to flee Afghanistan from reaching Kabul's airport on Wednesday, witnesses said, while President Joe Biden vowed to keep U.S. troops in the country until all Americans are evacuated.

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Health · August 18, 2021 · 11:13 PM UTC

U.S. to require nursing home employees to get COVID-19 shots

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration will require employees at nursing homes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of the facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicaid government healthcare programs.

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