Taliban Order Afghanistan’s Hair And Beauty Salons To Shut
[BBC] The Taliban have ordered hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut in the latest restriction faced by women. A Vice and Virtue Ministry…
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Philadelphia Shooting: Five Killed And Two Wounded After Man Opens Fire
[BBC] Five people have been killed and two children wounded after a man wearing a bullet-proof vest opened fire in the US city of Philadelphia….
Eight-year Election Ban For Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
[BBC] Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court has voted 5-2 to bar ex-president Jair Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years. Mr Bolsonaro was found guilty…
France Unrest Appears To Be Ebbing But More Than 700 Arrested
[Al Jazeera] Young rioters clashed with police overnight and targeted a mayor’s home with a burning car as France faced a fifth night of unrest…
EU Leaders Agree To Provide ‘Security Commitments’ To Ukraine but have yet to define what they are
[EuroNews] European Union leaders decided in the early hours of Friday morning to put their pledge to support Ukraine for “as long as it takes”…
US Top Court Bans Colleges From Considering Race In Admissions
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that colleges must stop considering race as a factor in their admission policies, dealing a setback to so-called “affirmative action”…
France Shooting: Policeman Charged Over Teen’s Traffic Stop Death
[BBC] A French policeman has been charged with homicide and is now in custody over the killing of a teenager during a traffic stop near…
Anger In Paris After Police Kill Teen In Traffic Stop
[BBC] Protests and unrest erupted in the Paris region overnight after police shot dead a 17-year-old who failed to stop when ordered to by traffic…
South Koreans Become Younger Under New Age-Counting Law
[BBC] South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation’s two traditional age-counting methods with international standards. The…
Titan Submersible Implodes; All Five Onboard Believed Dead
[Al Jazeera] A catastrophic implosion is blamed for the deaths of all five people onboard a deep-sea submersible travelling to the wreckage of the Titanic at the…