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(NEW ORLEANS) — Hurricane Ida blasted ashore Sunday as one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S., knocking out power to all of New Orleans, blowing roofs off buildings and reversing the flow of the Mississippi River

Top China Diplomat Rips Blinken on Afghanistan, Virus Probe  Bloomberg Blinken was vacationing in the Hamptons hours before Kabul fell  Fox News Blinken Says U.S. Diplomatic Presence in Kabul ‘Not Likely’ after Withdrawal  Yahoo News US, India to continue coordination on Afghanistan  The Tribune

White House vows it will ensure safe passage out of country for US citizens even after August 31 deadline; no plans to maintain embassy in Afghanistan

Marine killed in Kabul attack described as a ‘light in this dark world’  CNN Mom of Marine who died in Kabul attack: Biden voters ‘killed my son’  New York Post Marine Corps. sergeant from Sacramento killed in Kabul airport attack  KCRA News The

Teachers union said planning to ban unvaccinated or untested pupils, supplies of rapid tests intended for first day reportedly failing; some procedures still unclear

Authorities were warning of vehicles filled with explosives readying for another attack on Americans desperately trying to get people out of Afghanistan. But when President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes against ISIS, that vehicle was one of the targets. The New

Wind, storm surge from Hurricane Ida lash Louisiana  POLITICO What to expect as Hurricane Ida nears landfall as a Category 4  WFAA Widespread power outages reported: 37,300+ in the dark  WWLTV.com Ida downgraded to Category 3, continues to pummel the Gulf Coast with

In New Orleans, Anxiously Watching the Levees As Hurricane Ida Arrives  The New York Times Al Roker: Hurricane Ida’s Eye Wall Is ‘Basically A 15-Mile Wide F3 Tornado’  NBC News Hurricane Ida Pummeling Louisiana With Damaging Winds, Flooding After Category 4 Landfall

Experts in the U.K. are looking at the possibility that a new strain of the delta variant of the COVID virus has emerged. According to iNews, after attending a 53,000-person festival in Cornwall, the town experienced a sharp spike in

Urbanbase, a Seoul-based company that develops a 3D spatial data platform for interior planning and design, announced today it has raised $11.1 million (13 billion won) in a Series B+ round as it scales up. This round of funding was