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Amid the Afghanistan Crisis, Chaos Reigns at Kabul Airport

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Outside Kabul International Airport, chaotic scenes have been reported as governments hurry to return their residents and Afghan colleagues. To disperse approaching crowds, Taliban gunmen controlling entry to the airport fired rounds into the air.

In the last 24 hours, 5,000 people have been evacuated through the airport, which is being run by specially deployed US forces. Taliban fighters stationed near the airport are reportedly refusing to let Afghans in without proper identification.

According to US officials, they are letting anyone with American passports to enter. Many Western nations were caught off guard by the hardline Islamist group’s rapid seizure of Kabul on Sunday.

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Covid for 10827 people who have been vaccinated with two doses of the vaccine in Germany

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The Robert Koh Institute has reported that 10,027 people in Germany have been infected with Covid despite taking two doses of the Covid vaccine. According to the German Government’s Institute for Infectious Disease Prevention Research, 7,802 people have been vaccinated against the Pfizer vaccine. Covid also affected those who received two doses of the other Covid vaccine, Johnson & Johnson – 1385, AstraZeneca – 682, and Modena – 396.

The Robert Koh Institute says that despite taking two doses of the vaccine in Germany, most of those infected with Covid are not worried about receiving the Pfizer vaccine. This is just a natural proportion of the 78% of the 100 million vaccine doses distributed in Germany up to the 8th of this month being the Pfizer vaccine.

The figures are published by the Robert Koh Institute from February this year. Covid affected 15.84 lakh people in the country during this period. Of these, only 0.68% were confirmed by Covid despite receiving two doses of the Covid vaccine. Most of these are delta variants.

As of August 10, 55.6 percent of the German population had received two doses of the Covid vaccine. Those who took at least one dose were 62.7%.

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Italy Sets a New Record for the Hottest Temperature in Europe

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Sicily, an Italian island, may have had the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe – 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8F). On Wednesday, regional authorities reported the reading near Syracuse, which will be validated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

According to the World Meteorological Organization, the current official record in Europe is 48C, which was set in 1977 in Athens, Greece. The Italian health ministry has issued “red” alerts for extreme heat in various regions, with the number of cities at danger anticipated to climb from eight to fifteen by Friday.

Wildfires have swept across southern Italy as a result of the Mediterranean heatwave, which has seen several countries experience their worst temperatures in decades, with Sicily, Calabria, and Puglia being the worst-affected regions.

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Instagram Apologises for Pedro Almodovar’s Film Poster Censorship

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Facebook, the parent company of Instagram, has lifted a prohibition on a poster for Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, which depicts a nipple producing a drop of milk.

The platform “should be ashamed” for its “censorship,” according to Javier Jaen, who designed the Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers) commercial. The social media business has since apologised for the poster’s removal. Because of the “clear artistic context,” Facebook issued an exemption to its customary rule on nudity.

Penelope Cruz plays one of two women whose paths intersect at a hospital as they prepare to give birth in the film, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 1st.

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Shanne Braspennincx Wins Keirin Gold Six Years After Suffering a Heart Attack in Tokyo 2020

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Shanne Braspennincx, a Dutch keirin rider, earned Olympic gold six years after suffering a heart attack and not knowing if she would ever participate again. Braspennincx, 30, finished ahead of Ellesse Andrews of New Zealand and Lauriane Genest of Canada.

After watching teammate Laurine van Riessen taken to the hospital after colliding with Team GB hopeful Katy Marchant, she regained her composure. Braspennincx’s career was in jeopardy five years ago when she missed the Rio Olympics.

She thought her career was ended when she became unwell in Colorado in 2015, requiring surgery to widen a blocked artery and the placement of a stent. “I assumed I’d have to retire,” Braspennincx said. “A heart attack isn’t something you experience when you’re an athlete.”

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Russian LGBT Family Flees to Spain After Threats

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After receiving online hatred and death threats, a Russian lesbian family who appeared in a contentious health food ad has left the country. Yuma, the mother, wrote on Instagram that “we’re safe, we’re relaxing.”

After starring in an ad for grocery chain VkusVill, the family became the victim of a hate campaign. Later, the company issued an apology and replaced the photo with one of a heterosexual family. A law passed in Russia in 2013 prohibits the promotion of LGBT beliefs and lifestyles to children, which has been extensively denounced in the West.

Many followers of President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church associate LGBT+ activists with Western liberal principles, which are considered incompatible with Russian culture.

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Dozens Missing as Severe Floods Strike Europe

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More than 60 people have died and dozens are reported to be missing on Thursday as severe flood hits Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and caused houses to collapse.

Among those who lost their lives were nine residents of an assisted living facility for people with disabilities and two firefighters involved in the rescue mission across the region. “I grieve for those who have lost their lives in this disaster,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Washington, expressing shock at the scope of the flooding.

Speaking alongside U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House, Merkel said her thoughts were with all those who had lost loved ones or were still searching for them. “I fear the full extent of this tragedy will only be seen in the coming days,” she said. Biden likewise paid his condolences for the devastating loss of life and the destruction due to the flooding.

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Pope Francis Leaves Hospital After 10 Days of Colon Surgery

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Pope Francis has left the hospital in Rome after having had his intestinal surgery 10 days ago. The pontiff, who is 84 years old, was released at 10:30 a.m. local time (4:30 a.m. ET) from Gemelli Polytechnic hospital.

On his way home to Casa Santa Maria in Vatican City, he stopped to pray at the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Holy See spokesman Matteo Bruni said in the statement. “He expressed his gratitude for the success of his surgery and offered a prayer for all the sick, especially those he had met during his stay in the hospital,” said Bruni in the statement.

Francis had surgery for a severe narrowing of his large intestine on July 4, his first major surgery since he became pope in 2013. The Vatican said it was a planned procedure though it didn’t release any details before he was admitted to the hospital. The surgery was scheduled for early July when his audiences are usually suspended and he would normally take some time off.

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Vehicle blaze: Italy Bus driver escapes 25 children

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The bus, caught fire in a tunnel about 50 miles (80km) north of Milan which was transporting youngsters aged between 14 and 16 to a summer camp.

Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene and put out the flames. Footage released by the fire department showed smoke fill out of the tunnel and long queues of traffic. As per the reports seven children were taken to hospital as a precaution for smoke inhalation.

Attilio Fontana, the president of the Lombardy region, praised the driver’s quick thinking for pulling over and managing to remove the children from the bus before it was “devoured by flames”.

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Covid-19: European Union Adds the US to its Safe Travel List

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The European Union has decided to add the United States to its safe travel list, wherein it will be now easier for Americans to take a vacation in one of the 27 member states.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, non-essential travel from the US and from other places was being banned earlier in order to avoid further contagion. However, with the vaccinations getting on track, the 27 EU ambassadors based in Brussels that the region allows nonessential travelers from eight new countries and territories.

These are the US, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Lebanon, Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong.

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