Newsletter Aug 17, 2021
Biden defends US pullout from Afghanistan despite panic in Kabul

Critics say the US reputation as a global power has been badly tarnished by the Taliban's victory,

Sri Lanka axes health minister over Covid misinformation as outbreak grows

The government has so far rejected calls for a lockdown to contain the surge, but last week tightened restrictions.

New Asia undersea data cable plan unveiled by Google, Facebook

Earlier this year the companies announced another cable project dubbed Echo connecting the United States, Singapore, Guam and Indonesia.

Global stocks mixed as Chinese data disappoints

Oil prices were down around 1.5 percent on the weak Chinese economic data.

Blue Origin sues NASA over SpaceX Moon contract

NASA is planning to return humans to the Moon in the middle of this decade and build a lunar orbital station

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