LONDON—Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, riding higher on growing fuel demand and a bigger-than-expected draw in U.S. crude inventories as production remains hampered in the Gulf of Mexico after two hurricanes. Brent crude rose 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $76.28 a barrel at 0856 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up…
Oil Prices Rise on Tight Supply, Renewed Risk Appetite
September 23, 2021
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2 Fort McCoy Afghan Refugees Indicted on Child Sex, Spousal Assault Charges
Two Afghan nationals who fled Kabul following the Taliban takeover last month have been accused of committing crimes during their stay at Fort McCoy, a military base in Wisconsin. A federal grand jury in Wisconsin indicted the pair in unrelated cases. Bahrullah Noori, 20, is charged with one count of attempting to engage in a…
Afghanistan Girls Soccer Team Given Asylum in Portugal
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team were anxious. For weeks, they had been moving around the country, waiting for word that they could leave. One wants to be a doctor, another a movie producer, others engineers. All dream of growing up to be professional soccer players. The message finally came early Sunday: A charter…
SoftBank Backs Steven Mnuchin’s $2.5 Billion Private Equity Fund
September 22, 2021
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SoftBank Group will invest in a $2.5 billion private equity fund set up by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Japanese conglomerate said on Wednesday without disclosing the size of the investment. The fund, Liberty Strategic Capital, will be backed by SoftBank’s $40 billion second Vision Fund and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund Mubadala,…
Remains of Marine Returned From Afghanistan, Thousands Pay Tribute in Procession
September 22, 2021
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LA VERNE, Calif.—On Tuesday, Sept. 21, the body of Dylan R. Merola was returned home to California. Merola was among the dozens killed in an Aug. 26 bombing at a Kabul airport in Afghanistan. From the airport to the cemetery, more than 10 overpasses along the way were crowded with people holding American flags to…
More Than 30 Companies, Including Amazon, Facebook and Pfizer Vow to Create Economic Opportunities for Afghan Refugees
September 22, 2021
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More than 30 companies including Amazon, Facebook, Pfizer, and Tyson Foods have vowed to create economic opportunities and provide resources for Afghan refugees as they start their new lives in the United States. The 34 companies, which stem from all sectors including tech, retail, and food service industry, have joined the Tent Coalition for Afghan Refugees, which…
Taliban Appoint Hardline Battlefield Commanders to Key Afghan Posts
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban terrorist group announced several senior appointments on Tuesday, naming two veteran battlefield commanders from the group’s southern heartlands as deputies in important ministries. Main Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir will be deputy defense minister, while Sadr Ibrahim was named deputy minister for the interior. Both men had been…
Taliban Say No al-Qaeda or ISIS in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban terrorist group said on Tuesday there was no evidence of ISIS or al-Qaeda terrorists being in the country, days after the ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for bomb attacks in the eastern city of Jalalabad. Since toppling the Western-backed government in Kabul last month, the Taliban have faced pressure from the international…
Taliban Expand Economic Team as Afghan Crisis Deepens
Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban terrorist group bolstered its economic team on Tuesday, naming a commerce minister and two deputies as the group tries to revive a financial system in shock from the abrupt end to billions of dollars in foreign aid. Nooruddin Azizi, a businessman from Panjshir province north of Kabul, was named as acting minister…
India Seizes $2.7 Billion Afghan Heroin Haul Amid Kabul Takeover Chaos
AHMEDABAD—Indian officials said on Tuesday they had seized nearly three tons of heroin originating from Afghanistan worth an estimated 200 billion rupees ($2.72 billion) amid the chaos following last month’s takeover of the country by the Taliban. Afghanistan is the world’s biggest illicit opiate supplier, but since taking power, the Islamist Taliban have said they…
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