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Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces again

May 8, 2022

Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions that are causing anger at home and abroad.

Dozens feared dead after bomb hits school

Dozens feared dead after bomb hits school

Sri Lanka president declares new state of emergency as protests roil island

Sri Lanka president declares new state of emergency as protests roil island

Xi Jinping sends warning to anyone who questions China’s zero-Covid policy

Xi Jinping sends warning to anyone who questions China’s zero-Covid policy

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends

53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends

Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large study finds

Omicron as severe as previous COVID variants, large study finds

Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes

Heavy rain and floods in Afghanistan kill 22, destroy hundreds of homes

Sri Lanka foreign reserves at record low, politics in crisis

Sri Lanka foreign reserves at record low, politics in crisis

EU set to unveil sanctions on Russian oil as fighting rages in Ukraine

EU set to unveil sanctions on Russian oil as fighting rages in Ukraine

Potential Supreme Court move to overturn abortion rights sends protesters onto streets

Potential Supreme Court move to overturn abortion rights sends protesters onto streets

Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing

Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing

As Beijing tightens Covid curbs, hard-hit Shanghai sees signs of life

As Beijing tightens Covid curbs, hard-hit Shanghai sees signs of life

Evacuation of civilians from Ukrainian steel plant begins

Evacuation of civilians from Ukrainian steel plant begins

COVID’s new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection – study

COVID’s new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection – study

Sri Lanka hikes price of medicines 40% amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka hikes price of medicines 40% amid economic crisis

Russia says Ukraine shells its own civilians; some evacuations in Mariupol

Russia says Ukraine shells its own civilians; some evacuations in Mariupol

Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says

Blast kills more than 50 at Kabul mosque, its leader says

Ukraine fights to hold off Russian advances in south, east

Ukraine fights to hold off Russian advances in south, east

South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID wave

South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID wave

Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine

Explosions rock Kyiv again as Russians rain fire on Ukraine

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