Global News 08/18/2021

Axios

Intelligence community pushes back on claims of Taliban surprise, Haiti earthquake: Death toll reaches nearly 2,000, New wave of Ethiopian detentions of Tigrayans includes kids, Rare doctors' outcry highlights Cuba's COVID crisis, growing dissent

• Intelligence community pushes back on claims of Taliban surprise (Axios)

• Haiti earthquake: Death toll reaches nearly 2,000 (BBC)

• New wave of Ethiopian detentions of Tigrayans includes kids (AP)

• Rare doctors' outcry highlights Cuba's COVID crisis, growing dissent (Reuters)

• Cuba tightens control of internet after protests (BBC)

• Deadly protest in Jalalabad against removal of Afghan flag (Al Jazeera)

• Balkan countries affirm US alliance by accepting Afghan refugees (POLITICO)

• UK announces plan to resettle 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

• EU holds migrant talks, accuses Belarus of 'hybrid warfare' (AP)

• Ethiopia: Ethnic Tigrayans Forcibly Disappeared (Human Rights Watch)

• US Vice President’s Visit Set to Improve Ties in Crucial, Yet Wary, Southeast Asia (Voice of America)

• Caldor Fire in Northern California wildfire triples in size, forcing thousands to evacuate (CNN)

• 11,000 Cameroonians flee to Chad after communal violence (EastAfrican)

• Massachusetts Police Can Easily Seize Your Money. The DA of One County Makes It Near Impossible to Get It Back. (ProPublica)

• Back to school: Thousands of students in quarantine, schools shutting down (USA Today)