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Business Standard 

Gunmen kill 14 people in Afghanistan's Shiite-majority area; 6 wounded

Gunmen killed 14 people in a Shiite-majority area in central Afghanistan, the Taliban said on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country this year. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility before the Taliban acknowledged the shootings, which took place Thursday and targeted people as they travelled between the Shiite-majority provinces of Ghor and Daikundi. A machine gun was used in the assault, the IS group said. It gave a higher death toll than the Taliban.

TheSun.co.uk 

Asda axes 40 products from popular range loved by bargain hunters

ASDA has axed 40 items from a popular range loved by bargain hunters.

The supermarket chain has confirmed some products from its budget-friendly Just Essentials range are no longer available to buy online.

GettyAsda said 40 items from the Just Essentials range were removed from its website ‘earlier this year’[/caption]

A spokesperson for the company said the changes were implemented earlier this year.

While they didn’t share a detailed list of the products that have been axed online... Читать дальше...

Voice of America 

Analysts say Vietnam officials US trip could set path to C-130 deal

HO CHI MINH CITY — Analysts say this week’s visit to Washington by Vietnamese Defense Minister Phan Van Giang shows advances in cooperation between the two countries, despite rising Vietnamese nationalism that may indicate rising anti-American sentiment in Vietnam. A U.S.-based analyst told VOA on September 12 that Giang’s trip set the groundwork for Hanoi to potentially purchase military cargo planes from the United States this year. Giang met with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Monday. Читать дальше...

Cyprus Mail 

Prague on high flood alert as central Europe faces torrential rain

Prague was putting up flood defences in the city’s historic centre on Friday after Czech forecasters expanded a warning for extreme rainfall to areas of the country including the capital, which suffered catastrophic flooding more than 20 years ago. Heavy rain has pounded mostly eastern parts of the Czech Republic since Thursday, and the most […]