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In this election, it is imperative that leaders show they recognize the reality of China as a rising, antagonistic superpower with which we can no longer endeavour to be partners. Also crucial is that they articulate a well-designed plan to handle Beijing as it continues to make the international order more unpredictable.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, whose state is engulfed in a fourth COVID surge, said he tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after having a "brief and mild" bout with the infection this week.

President Biden on Sunday left open the possibility of extending U.S. troop deployments in Afghanistan beyond an Aug. 31 deadline if necessary to facilitate the evacuation of American personnel and Afghan allies.

In Biden’s remarks to the press Friday, he was either openly deceiving the American people or he is completely unaware of conditions in Kabul.

Kamala Harris traveled to Southeast Asia to visit Singapore and Vietnam as thousands of Americans are stranded in Afghanistan in a potential hostage situation.

The international community is being called upon to do what it can to ensure the protection of women, children and minorities in Afghanistan. 

In the course of hectoring the United States for its “bungled and embarrassing withdraw from Afghanistan” on Thursday, China’s state-run Global Times admitted Beijing has a rapacious interest in Afghanistan’s vast rare-earths mineral resources and snarled it was none of America’s business if China makes deals with the Taliban to get what it wants.

President Joe Biden has made some really awful decisions, but one reporter called him out on the most dangerous and puzzling of them all.

The Pentagon announced on Saturday 17,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since last week after the Taliban 's growth in the region culminated in Sunday's takeover of the capital city of Kabul.