In exclusive comments to Sputnik, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said:

🚀he hopes that the "extraordinary relationship" between the US and Russia on the International Space Station will continue beyond 2030.

🚀he will travel to Russia as soon as the pandemic situation allows, and looks forward to seeing Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin either in Moscow or in Dubai.

🚀the United States is in talks with Russia about getting seats on the Soyuz.

🚀he wants Russia to collaborate with the US on the NASA-led Lunar Gateway project and will discuss it with Rogozin.

✈️ White House: US and allies have evacuated around 82,000 people from Afghanistan since 14 August

#URGENT | US reportedly has intel that Daesh affiliate plans attack on Kabul Airport amid NATO withdrawal

Vice-President Kamala Harris commemorated the third anniversary of Senator John McCain's death by laying flowers at the memorial on the site where his plane crashed in Hanoi in 1967.

❗️ House Republicans urge probe into reports Ghani fled Afghanistan with $169 mln in US aid

💉 Pentagon chief orders to conduct mandatory COVID vaccination of all military personnel ASAP

✈️ US to prioritise military evacuation of Afghanistan in the last two days, Pentagon says

Over 60% of Americans favour banning Taliban from all social media, poll shows: https://sptnkne.ws/HeCH

US reportedly ready to declassify secret space weapon to contain Russia, China

Details: sptnkne.ws/HeFc

#LIVE | US Secretary of State Blinken holds press conference on evacuations from Afghanistan sptnkne.ws/HeHm

'Taliban is Back – Not America': Trump's latest ad slams Biden on Afghanistan.

🗣 "Joe Biden promised Americans a future of growth, strength, diplomacy, and power. He told us 'America was back'. Instead, he withdrew troops from Afghanistan before removing our weapons, our allies, or even our own citizens. Under Joe Biden, the Taliban is back – not America", the caption under the video ad on Trump's website said.

The Trump ad also name calls Biden as the "surrender-in-chief."

❗️ Biden plans to campaign for California Governor Gavin Newsom, White House says

❗Biden received contingency plans briefing on US withdrawal from Afghanistan, White House says

😷 New York ups state COVID-19 death toll by 12,000 as Hochul vows transparency after Cuomo exit

⁉️ 'I trust his judgment': Pelosi defends Biden's Afghan pullout, slams GOP lawmakers' trip to Kabul 🇦🇫

🇺🇸🇦🇫⚡️The US State Department in a travel alert told American citizens in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to the Kabul airport due to security threats outside the gates.

🇦🇫 US evacuated 82,300 from Kabul, Taliban made ‘commitments’ of airport access, Secretary of State Blinken says ✈

🔥 Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shows activity with more than hundred small earthquakes 🌋

⚖️ The baby on the cover of Nevermind, now an adult, is suing the members of Nirvana, alleging child pornography.

Spencer Elden is that kid from the pool whose image as an infant was manipulated to make it appear that he was swimming underwater toward a dollar bill on a fishhook. It is not known whether he was earlier happy to be a part of musical history, but now he is claiming that he was exploited.

Spencer and his legal team believe that the album cover image is child pornography, and that the group and their label are in violation of US federal laws. He is demanding $150,000 in compensation damages from each of the 15 defendants named, including the business entity Nirvana, Warner Records, Universal Records, and the remaining band members.

🤬US President Joe Biden has been branded a “callous human being” on social media for joking about the fate of Americans in Afghanistan.

NBC reporter Peter Alexander asked Biden during a cybersecurity summit on Wednesday what he would do if any US citizens remained in the country after the 31 August deadline.

“You'll be the first person I call,” Biden joked in response, sparking outrage on Twitter.

❗️Massive explosions have been reported near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday.

The first blast happened near the eastern gate of the airport. Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby confirmed the explosions via Twitter and said they have caused "an unknown number of casualties."

According to reports, the second one targeted a hotel used as a meeting place for Americans outside the airport. Over 50 people have been injured in the incidents.