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Taliban flag rises over seat of power on fateful anniversary

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace in a low-key ceremony just as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The flag ceremony Saturday marks the…

Queen representative says royals back BLM movement

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family back the Black Lives Matter movement, one of her senior representatives has said in a television interview to be broadcast later Friday. Philanthropist Kenneth Olisa, the first Black Lord Lieutenant…

Australian court rules media liable for Facebook comments

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court has made a landmark ruling that media outlets are “publishers” of allegedly defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages. The High Court on Wednesday dismissed an argument by some…

WATCH: Stork gets new prosthetic leg

(CBS Newspath) -- SECOND CHANCE FOR A STORK: This bird at an animal rescue in Europe is learning to walk again, thanks to a new prosthetic leg. For more videos, click here.

The Latest: Top Republican says Taliban holding Americans

WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says some Americans who have been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the U.S. military left are sitting in airplanes at an airport ready to leave but the…

ABBA'S back!

LONDON (AP) - It's a case of back to the future for ABBA. The Swedish pop group is releasing its first music in four decades - and is launching a new concert series that will be done in digitized form.…

The Latest: German man attacks health workers giving shots

BERLIN — A man has injured two members of a vaccination team in eastern Germany after he demanded a vaccination certificate without wanting to get vaccinated and was denied it. German news agency dpa reported that the man, whose identity…

VIDEO: Whale joins paddleboarder for a swim

(CBS Newspath) -- WOW! Here’s the moment a whale paid a visit to a paddleboarder in Argentina. Drone video from Tuesday (8/31) shows the southern right whale swimming alongside the person. For more videos,…

Those left in Afghanistan complain of broken US promises

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the final days of the chaotic American airlift from Afghanistan, Javed Habibi, a green card holder from Richmond, Virginia, said he was getting emails and phone calls from the U.S. government promising that he, his…