WASHINGTON -- Brad Parscale, a senior advisor for U.S. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign, is stepping down to get help with "overwhelming stress."

"I am stepping away from my company and any role in the campaign for the immediate future to focus on my family and get help dealing with the overwhelming stress," Parscale said in a statement to U.S. media outlets on Wednesday. (US-Trump-Campaign-Official)

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TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan -- At least 21 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 wounded during clashes and airstrikes in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province, a provincial government spokesman said Thursday.

"Militants armed with guns and propelled grenades resumed fighting with security forces on Tuesday. The ground forces responded to the attack and Afghan Air Force also supported them in the fight against the militants," spokesman Ahmad Shah Sahil told Xinhua. (Afghanistan-Taliban-Clashes)

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LOS ANGELES -- Over 5,000 employees at the Disneyland resort in California's Orange County are to be laid off as the COVID-19 pandemic has hammered its business, a local newspaper reported Wednesday.

The company announced Tuesday that 28,000 employees would be laid off at Disneyland, Disney World, Imagineering and in the company's cruise line, travel planning, gaming and publishing divisions. (US-Disney-Layoff)

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QUITO -- Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno on Wednesday announced the board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a 6.5-billion-U.S.-dollar loan agreement reached at the end of August.

"A few minutes ago I had a conversation with people from the International Monetary Fund and I can tell you that the IMF loan was unanimously approved today," Moreno told reporters at the government headquarters in Quito. (Ecuador-IMF) Enditem

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