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KABUL: Armed men opened fire on Monday (Dec 12) inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit near the attacked hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw area, reported receiving 21 casualties – 18 injured and three dead on arrival. Taliban sources said the attack was carried out at Longan Hotel where Chinese and…

KABUL: Armed men opened fire on Monday (Dec 12) inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit near the attacked hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw area, reported receiving 21 casualties – 18 injured and three dead on arrival. Taliban sources said the attack was carried out at Longan Hotel where Chinese and…

KABUL: Armed men opened fire on Monday (Dec 12) inside a hotel in central Kabul popular with Chinese nationals in an attack that ended when at least three gunmen were killed by security forces, the Taliban-run administration said. Two foreigners were injured while trying to escape by jumping from the hotel balcony, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid wrote on Twitter. Kabul’s Emergency Hospital, run by an Italian non-profit near the attacked hotel in the Shahr-e-Naw area, reported receiving 21 casualties – 18 injured and three dead on arrival. Taliban sources said the attack was carried out at Longan Hotel where Chinese and…

Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy had a breakout game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, but he may have gotten a big break when he bumped an official during an outburst.Late in the second quarter, Jeudy was upset the officials did not call pass interference on the defender who was guarding him. He ripped off his helmet and yelled at an official. As he was walking toward the official and the sideline, he appeared to bump into the line judge. No one was ejected, and no penalties were issued. The score was 27-0 with 3:45 left to play in…

Nurses in the United Kingdom have reached breaking point. As many as 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing will walk out across England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Thursday in the first of two days of strikes this month to protest poor pay and working conditions. They plan to walk out again on December 20. (Nurses in Scotland are negotiating a separate pay offer.) It’s the first time in its 106-year history that the RCN — the UK’s biggest nursing union — has gone on strike in England. The action has been sparked by a cost-of-living crisis that…

Myles Campbell, 38, couldn’t bring himself to eat the miraculous morsel he discovered while munching the sweet treats and instead has kept it in the fridge for two years A dad says he has been blessed with a divine Revel-ation after the Baby Jesus appeared to him in a piece of chocolate. Myles Campbell found the “divine” sweet in a bag of chocolate Revels in March 2021, reports the The Daily Star. Myles said he was at home watching a film while munching on a bag of the assorted chocolates when he felt that one had a rather peculiar shape.…

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Imagine you were asked a month ago who would be the best option to lead a second-half comeback for the Jets: Zach Wilson, Joe Flacco, or the remaining skeleton of Mike White, a player who seemingly could barely breathe, was minutes away from being sent to the hospital and may have left a few ribs on the Highmark Stadium turf. On Sunday, was there any doubt whom the Jets needed? Even in defeat — a game in which he struggled, finished just 27-of-44 for 268 yards and had a hard time staying upright in front of a depleted offensive line…

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. New York CNN  —  ‘Tis the season for Wall Street strategists to pack their clients’ inboxes with market predictions for 2023. A lot of what pours in around this time of year is fascinating and rigorous research, but a lot is also moot. It’s simply impossible to predict what will happen over the next 365 days and how that might impact markets: At…

The European Central Bank has warned that eurozone banks are at risk of mounting bad loans and a funding squeeze due to rising interest rates, higher inflation and a likely recession.Supervisors at the ECB plan more frequent inspections of bank offices and will carry out more “targeted reviews” of the largest lenders in the 19-country single currency zone to push them to address these growing risks, the regulator said on Monday.Publishing its priorities for banking supervision next year, the ECB said lending to energy-intensive sectors, residential mortgages and commercial property was particularly vulnerable to the deteriorating economic environment.Some banks could…