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Month: August 2021

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced “very startling numbers

Arkansas has just 8 ICU beds available as the state had its largest increase in hospitalizations

By Rebekah Riess, CNN Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday announced “very startling numbers,” including the state’s largest single-day increase in hospitalizations, eclipsing its previous high of Covid-19 admissions. In a tweet, Hutchinson said there were only eight available intensive care unit beds in the state. The Arkansas Department of Health is reporting 995 new

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At night a curfew takes hold in Kandahar and cellular communications are cut; during the day markets open to fewer shoppers buying essential items.

Besieged on a ‘Taliban-made island,’ Kandahar’s residents see no way out as militants advance ever closer

By Clarissa Ward, Brent Swails and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A wedding hall in the west of Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second city, now lies on the front line of fierce fighting between Taliban forces and Afghan government troops. Dust coats the chairs where the guests would normally sit. Instead of the chatter of celebration, gun shots crack

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