Events

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the US will send 3,000 soldiers to the republic to evacuate the Americans in the next 24.48 hours.

Heavy rains hit Turkey, China and Japan. Now there are being liquidated the consequences of the revelry of the elements.

A flood in China's Hubei province killed 21 people as the Global Times reported. According to it, the water level in the city of Liulin has risen to 5 m.

The Afghan authorities acknowledged the fact of the seizure of the city of Kandahar by the Taliban. This was reported on August 13 by the Associated Press.

A ship carrying tourists sank in the Aegean Sea. 

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the court's verdict unacceptable and unlawful.

Authorities in Yunnan province in southwestern China have evacuated more than 150,000 people since April during the migration of a herd of elephants.

China has decided to recall the Chinese ambassador from Vilnius due to the fact that the Lithuanian authorities have allowed Taiwan to open a "representative office" in the country.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko called on the West to sit down at the negotiating table to avoid the outbreak of a third world war.

The UK is imposing sanctions against Belarus, which, among other things, are aimed at preventing flights and landings of Belarusian airlines in Britain, the British government said in a statement.

The presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden, will discuss three blocks of issues during a meeting in Washington at the end of August: political, economic and security issues, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

The US contingent withdrawal continues to cheer terrorists

Fierce fighting between Afghan armed forces personnel and Taliban unfolded outside the city of Shibergan

April Ross and Alix Klineman serve up beach volleyball gold at Tokyo Olympics