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When will the Americans finally leave Afghanistan? Even if he intends to keep his schedule, Joe Biden seems to open the door to an additional deadline for the presence of his army in the country. The American president thus explained Sunday always hope that the operations of evacuations in Kabul can be finished before August 31, the date which had been fixed by his government for the complete withdrawal of the American troops. “We will see what we can do,” however replied the tenant of the White House to a question from a journalist asking him what he would do if allied countries demanded that the United States stay there longer.
Tennessee is facing “catastrophic” floods whose toll continues to climb. The torrential rains killed at least 21 people, reported Sunday the authorities of this southern state of the United States and the police report about twenty missing, including several children. In Humphreys County, about an hour and a half west of Nashville, “between 22 and 43 centimeters of rain fell. […] during a period of 6 hours Saturday morning, ”and inclement weather continued into the night, the State Emergency Management Agency said. Clean-up operations are underway, and “many bridges and roads in the affected area remain closed.”
The new wave of coronavirus is not calming down in France. The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in critical care services is still above 2,000 patients, according to data released by health authorities. With 103 people placed in intensive care in the past 24 hours, critical care services welcomed 2,128 patients on Sunday. The number of hospitalizations is also still high with 10,651 patients, including 542 in 24 hours and 120 for Martinique alone. In the past 24 hours, 17,300 people have tested positive for Covid-19.
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