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Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

December 8, 2021 by Muzzammil Mehboob

SYDNEY: Australia will not send officials to February’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra’s decision comes amid “disagreement” with China over a slew of issues that have plunged relations into the most serious crisis since the Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989. … Read more

CIA chief held secret meeting with Taliban in Kabul: report

August 24, 2021 by Basma Siddiqui

US Central Intelligence Agency chief William Burns held a secret meeting in Kabul with Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Monday meeting, which if confirmed will have been the highest-level encounter between the Islamist group and the Biden administration since the militants’ return to power, came as efforts to … Read more

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