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![From left: SPD's Olaf Scholz, Greens' Annalena Baerbock and FDP's Christian Lindner [AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AP21269625102750-2.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said the delay in development of Instagram Kids will give Instagram an opportunity to demonstrate the value and importance of this project for younger teens online [File: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/ig-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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Biden mulls US rival to China’s Belt & Road in Latin America
A US official is travelling to Colombia, Ecuador and Panama to scout for possible projects, sources tell Bloomberg.
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Qatar Airways suffers $4bn annual loss on pandemic hit
Qatar’s flagship airline carrier also said its operational loss shrank by 7 percent from the year before.
!['Whilst our competitors grounded their aircraft and closed their routes, we adapted our entire commercial operation to respond to ever-evolving travel restrictions and never stopped flying,' Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said in a statement on Monday [File: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/328322642.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
A vote for ‘stability’: World reacts to Germany election outcome
European allies welcome performance of pro-EU parties as Russia eyes ‘continuity’ in relations with Berlin.
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Afghanistan envoy withdraws from UN General Assembly debate
Isaczai, ambassador for the government overthrown by the Taliban, was due to speak on Monday.
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ICC prosecutor leaves US forces out of new Afghanistan probe
ICC prosecutor targets Taliban, ISKP as he seeks approval to resume investigation into Afghanistan.
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‘Whenever we hear soldiers coming, we run’
Myanmar’s Sagaing region is a hotbed of resistance to military rule and women are forced to flee when soldiers appear.
Power problems: Could solar solve Nigeria’s electricity woes?
Hungry for energy, millions of Nigerians put up with noisy, smoky petrol-fuelled generators to power their lives.
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