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• Data machine: the insurers using AI to reshape the industry
  Groups are building detailed customer profiles to inform pricing and try to influence behaviour
• Taliban rout exposes US intelligence failings on Afghanistan
  Blame game begins as detractors point finger at Biden and Washington’s decision-making apparatus
• Oatly revenues jump 53% as appetite for dairy alternatives rises
  Group forecasts annual sales ahead of analysts’ estimates after it was valued at $10bn in Nasdaq float 
• Education demands free speech plus inclusion, Chicago university chief says
  Robert Zimmer warns of threats to open discourse while unveiling $200m student aid pledge
• ‘No guarantee for our security’: Afghan women fear the worst under Taliban rule
  Concern grows that two decades of educational, social and political rights are about to be curtailed
• At least five dead as Afghans swarm airport after Taliban takes control
  Crowds surround US military aircraft running evacuations after all civilian flights ceased
• Pakistan bonds hit as investors brace for Afghanistan fallout
  Uzbekistan’s debt also under pressure on rising concern over regional fallout
• China to ‘respect choices of Afghan people’ following Taliban takeover
  Beijing offers support to militant group while state media scorns ‘unreliability’ of Washington’s commitments to allies
• Afghanistan is now part of the post-American world
  The Taliban’s defeat of the US will be a boost to jihadis across the globe
• Facebook and Google plan new subsea link to boost Asian connectivity
  Project comes as internet infrastructure becomes geopolitical flashpoint between US and China