Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban Again As The U.S.-Backed Government Collapses – Twenty years after being removed from power in a U.S.-led invasion, Taliban militiamen swept to into Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Sunday, facing little resistance from Afghan government forces. [npr]

Trump Calls On Biden To ‘Resign In Disgrace’ Over Crisis In Afghanistan – Former President Donald Trump Sunday called on President Joe Biden to “resign in disgrace” over his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal and other issues. [nyp]

Biden’s Words Come Back To Haunt Him – Just five weeks ago the president said there’s ‘no circumstance where Americans will be lifted out of the U.S. embassy in Kabul by helicopter’ – and now he’s trying to squirm out of it by blaming Trump. [dm]

US Embassy Staff In Kabul Are Destroying Documents As Biden ‘Braces For Diplomatic Drawdown By 31 August’ – Any documents featuring ‘American flags…which could be misused in propaganda efforts’ will also be destroyed. [ind]

French Covid Permit Scheme Extended To Paris Department Stores – Shoppers in capital and parts of Med coast will have to show pass sanitaire as case numbers rise. [guardian]

Death Toll From 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake In Haiti Rises To Over 1,200 People – The Haitian government declared a state of emergency after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the country Saturday, leaving at least 1,297 people dead and more than 5,700 injured, according to the country’s civil protection agency. [cnn]

Date Set For Virginia Giuffre’s First Court Hearing In Lawsuit Against Prince Andrew – The hearing will be conducted via a phone conference in New York on 13 September. [tatler]

Experts Take On Inaccurate Claims In Top Doctor’s Covid-19 Vaccine Video – On Friday Health24 reported that complaints were set to be laid against a leading South African doctor after “problematic” comments she made about Covid-19 vaccines, in a recently published video. [n24]

Antivaxers Think Their ‘Pure’ Semen Will Skyrocket In Value – There’s no scientific truth in the meme that unvaccinated sperm is more pure or safe than that from people who’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19. [vice]

The Mysterious Chinese Fashion App That’s As Popular As Amazon – The platform Sachan is using belongs to a Chinese brand called Shein — pronounced “She In” — which has rapidly attracted a global army of teen fans on TikTok. [cnn]

Deal Of The Century – How Michael Dell Turned His Declining PC Business Into A $40 Billion Windfall. [forbes]

Ex-Supermodel Carré Sutton Sues Former Boss Of The Elite Agency – dubbed the ‘Harvey Weinstein of the fashion industry’ for ‘repeatedly raping her at his Paris apartment when she was 17’ and for ‘trafficking her to wealthy men across Europe for sex’. [dm]

Meet Nestflix – The fake streaming service for fictional shows from real movies and TV – For every show you dream of watching but sadly never can. [mash]

Why Everybody’s Talking About Ethereum As The Next Big Thing – Ethereum is one of the top-performing cryptocurrencies of the moment, with many investors excited by some of the recent developments. [here]

Did Melania Trump Really Ruin The White House Rose Garden? – Former First Lady claps back at accusations she ‘eviscerated’ it, as 80,000 sign petition to restore garden to its prior state. [scmp]

This 122-Foot Superyacht Is A Seafaring Tribute To The Golden Era Of GT Racing – The exterior of “Aurelia” was inspired by Steve McQueen’s “Le Mans” racer while the cabins have Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin motifs. [rr]

Unpacking The Bizarre Sobriety Contract In Bam Margera’s ‘Jackass’ Suit – The “wellness agreement” that Margera says got him fired from ‘Jackass Forever’ is far from normal, experts told VICE. [mash]

All For Show: A Short History Of The Status Symbol – NFTs are the latest status symbol, with billionaires fighting each other to ‘own’ a piece of digital art. But, from purple to pineapples via private jets, here’s what came first. [tatler]

Cheeky! Katy Perry’s Fiancé Orlando Bloom Goes Swimming Naked – And covers up his pert posterior with a peach emoji on Instagram. [dm]

Miranda Kerr And Evan Spiegel Live In Luxury Aboard $250 Million Yacht – The billionaire couple were spotted aboard their 311-ft mega yacht sailing through the Mediterranean with their two sons, Hart, 3, and Myles, 2, as well as Kerr’s son, Flynn, 10, from her previous marriage to Orlando Bloom. [p6]

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