Taliban's Promises, Full ICUs & Amazon Outsells Walmart - Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 18 August 2021
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, August 18th, 2021!
What to know about the Taliban's new promises as they take over Afghanistan and why some people are skeptical.
Also, a new report analyzes America's efforts during the two-decade war in Afghanistan.
Plus, the impact of three major storms, Amazon outselling Walmart for the first time, and Google coming out with a smartphone that's hundreds of dollars cheaper than its competitors.
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, August 18th. |
| 0:02.1 | What you know about the Taliban's new promises |
| 0:04.3 | as they take over Afghanistan, |
| 0:05.9 | and why many people are skeptical. |
| 0:08.0 | Also, we'll explain a new report |
| 0:09.3 | that analyzes America's efforts |
| 0:11.1 | during the two-decade war there. |
| 0:12.9 | Plus, the impact of three major storms, |
| 0:15.2 | Amazon outsells Walmart for the first time. |
| 0:17.8 | And Google is coming out with a new smartphone |
| 0:19.7 | that's hundreds of dollars cheaper than its competitors. |
| 0:24.5 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:26.6 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.9 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:31.6 | I'm Erica Mandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:34.1 | You ready? |
| 0:35.0 | Let's do this. |
| 0:39.6 | For the first time, the Taliban are laying out |
| 0:41.5 | what they plan to do with Afghanistan. |
| 0:43.5 | They held their first news conference, |
| 0:45.0 | and they're trying to show their more moderate now |
| 0:47.0 | than the last time they controlled the country 20 years ago. |
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