Gunmen in Nigeria have freed a number of pupils who were kidnapped from an Islamic school in May, according to their head teacher. Why are women's and girl's reproductive rights under siege despite Kenya's new Constitution? We hear from an initiative in Somalia that could bring peace in the country through poetry.
Motley Fool Money - Apple’s Concession, Peloton’s Stumble, and Real Estate’s Future
Apple loosens its rules for app developers. Peloton stumbles on slowing growth. Best Buy and Williams-Sonoma report big earnings. And Dick’s Sporting Goods hits a new high. Motley Fool analysts Emily Flippen and Jason Moser discuss those stories and weigh in on the latest from Autodesk, Bill.com, and Elastic. Plus, they share two stocks on their radar: Traeger and The Glimpse Group. Plus, Matt Argersinger, lead advisor of Millionacres, a Motley Fool investing service, discusses red-hot REITs, Amazon’s department stores, and the impacts of COVID-19 on commercial real estate.
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Cato Daily Podcast - The Rocky, Necessary ‘Trump-Biden’ Afghanistan Withdrawal
The U.S. departure from Afghanistan proceeds, but how much of the bloodshed and other bungling was avoidable? William Ruger was the Trump Administration nominee for Ambassador to Afghanistan and is a Cato Institute research fellow.
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The Commentary Magazine Podcast - Biden Fails to Meet the Measure of the Moment
On Thursday, at least 13 Americans and over 100 Afghan civilians were killed in two suicide attacks on the outskirts of Kabul’s international airport. The response to that event by Joe Biden and his administration wholly failed to meet the gravity of the circumstances with which they are confronted.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/27
Flights out of Afghanistan are proceeding as planned despite yesterday's ISIS attacks that killed US troops and Afghans. President Biden vows to "hunt down" the Kabul attackers and retaliate. The Supreme Court blocks the recently-extended pandemic eviction ban. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Friday, August 27, 2021:
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Headlines From The Times - Punk, arson and the public library
Welcome, new listeners! Here's one of our favorite episodes from earlier this year, with a brand-new segment at the end.
It's been quite the year for the Los Angeles Public Library — and the COVID-19 pandemic is only part of the story. Inauguration Day saw a reading by Amanda Gorman, who got her start with poetry readings via the L.A. Public Library's youth program. And teen punk group the Linda Lindas got worldwide fame after a concert at the library system's Cypress Park branch. Today, we talk to L.A. librarian Kevin Awakuni about how the city's public library has turned into an incubator for making libraries hip worldwide. We also get L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison to explain how a city long dismissed as an intellectual wasteland learned to treasure its libraries in the wake of a devastating fire.
Also: We hear from an athlete currently competing in the Paralympic Games: Team USA wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki.
More reading:
‘Whoa, this is crazy’: L.A. teen punks the Linda Lindas on going viral (just before finals)
How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden’s inauguration poet
Who started the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Library? Susan Orlean investigates in her new book
What Next | Daily News and Analysis - TBD | Elizabeth Holmes on Trial
Elizabeth Holmes convinced countless people that her company would change the world. Can she convince 12 jurors that she didn’t intend to deceive her company’s patients and investors?
Guest: Rebecca Jarvis, host of “The Dropout” podcast and ABC News Chief Business, Technology & Economics Correspondent
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Bay Curious - State of Drought 2: Where Our Water Comes From
For most of us in the Bay Area, the journey our water takes to reach us is hidden from view. It travels long distances, sometimes more than a hundred miles! That can leave us disconnected from the source. We go about our days oblivious to how precarious our water resources might be. Today we’re going to answer what seems like a really simple question: where does our water come from? Because where your city gets its water has a lot to do with how you’re experiencing the drought right now.
Additional Reading
- Bay Area: Do You Know Where Your Water Comes From?
- Russian River Drought: Sonoma and Mendocino Residents Save the Little Water They Have
- San Jose Relies On Water From the Sierra Nevada. Climate Change Is Challenging That System
- Gripped By Drought, Marin Considers Desalination, Water Pipeline Over the Richmond Bridge
Reported by Ezra David Romero. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Katrina Schwartz, Sebastian Miño-Buchelli, and Brendan Willard. Additional support from Kevin Stark, Erika Aguilar, Jessica Placzek, Kyana Moghadam, Paul Lancour, Suzie Racho, Carly Severn, Ethan Lindsey, Vinnee Tong and Jenny Prichett.
The Intelligence from The Economist - The terror of their ways: Kabul and global jihadism
The suicide-bombings that have killed scores of people signal how the Taliban will struggle to rule Afghanistan; meanwhile the rest of the world’s jihadist outfits are drawing lessons from the chaos. The swift reversal of an explicit-content ban by OnlyFans, a subscription platform, reveals a growing tension between pornography producers and payment processors. And the many merits of 3D-printed homes.
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