Weekly Recap: Aug 23 to Aug 29
Aug 30: Biden warns another highly possible attack on Kabul, ‘Humanitarian catastrophe’ unfolds as hundreds die in Western Ethiopian violence, 539 migrants rescued off Italian island of Lampedusa
Afghanistan
Weekly Recap: Aug 16 to Aug 22
Aug 23: At least two Afghans fell from the sky after clinging onto a US Air Force plane to flee Afghanistan last Monday, Taliban forces held its first press conference last Tuesday to explain its wish to have peaceful relations with other countries, hundreds of firefighters have been struggling to contain France’s worst wildfires
Weekly Recap: Aug 9 to Aug 15
Aug 16: The UN released a climate report last Monday emphasising global warming may reach an irreversible state, North Korea did not answer routine calls with South Korea on inter-Korean hotlines last Tuesday, Taliban forces entered Afghanistan’s capital Kabul last Sunday
Weekly Recap: Aug 2 to Aug 8
Aug 9: Afghan city of Sheberghan falls to the Taliban in Afghanistan war, Lebanon’s Hezbollah fires a volley of rockets at Israel in retaliation, Myanmar citizens arrested over plans to kill Myanmar UN ambassador
Weekly Recap: July 19 to July 25
July 26: Central Henan province experiences severe flooding, France rolls out new COVID-19 health pass, US Congress’ probe into insurrection to continue
Weekly Recap: July 5 to July 11
July 12: Haitian President Jobenel Moise assassinated, Taliban rushes to fill power vacuum left by US withdrawal, container ship Ever Given sets sail from Suez Canal
Weekly Recap: June 28 to July 4
July 5: US and NATO forces leave Afghanistan base, shooting rampage in Haiti, Israel conducts fourth air raid on the Gaza Strip
Weekly Recap: Jan 25 to Feb 1
Feb 1: GameStop saga continues, Indian protesters storm Red Fort, EU reverses vaccine move after uproar
