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In Afghanistan, Taliban diktat sparks debate about women’s attire
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2022
It did not issue an official directive ... The word “hijab” accompanied each picture as if to clarify what that should look like ... Many Afghan women dispute the Taliban’s claim that covering up is absolutely required for women ... “This poses the question ... The Taliban religious police has put posters around Kabul calling on Afghan women to cover up [File ... .
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IMF Urges El Salvador to Remove Bitcoin's Legal Tender Status
Beijing News 26 Jan 2022
The International Monetary Fund's board 'urged' El Salvador to do away with its move to make bitcoin a legal tender, while calling for strict regulation of the country's e-wallet ... Salvadoran Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya had no comment. In September, El Salvador became the first country to make bitcoin a legal tender, alongside the U.S. dollar.
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Another U.S.-Trained Soldier Stages a Coup in West Africa - The Intercept
WorldNews.com 27 Jan 2022
Earlier this week, the military seized power in Burkina Faso, ousting the country’s democratically elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The coup was announced on state television Monday by a young officer who said the military had suspended the constitution and dissolved the government. Beside him sat a...read full story. "When the U.S ... .
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Prince Andrew seeks jury trial in New York in sexual assault case
The Times of India 26 Jan 2022photo: Creative Commons / O'Dea
SpaceX rocket on course to crash into Moon, astronomers warn
The Independent 26 Jan 2022photo: AP / Alexei Ivanov/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service
Biden warns Putin with personal sanctions as West steps up Ukraine defences
Gulf News 26 Jan 2022
US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock ... shore up Ukraine’s defences.
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Salah sends Egypt into African Cup quarterfinals
Wtop 26 Jan 2022
DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — Mohamed Salah buried the decisive penalty as Egypt beat Ivory Coast 5-4 in a shootout to reach the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations on Wednesday ... Egypt set up a North African derby in the quarterfinals against Morocco, and Salah’s hopes of a first major title with his country are still alive ... ___ ... Source .
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Is Retiring, Opening Seat for Biden Nominee
truthout 26 Jan 2022
Biden is expected to announce the justice’s retirement as soon as Thursday ... When Donald Trump’s pick, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, was up for confirmation, the GOP changed filibuster rules to push him through, ignoring numerous sexual assault allegations that had been leveled against the justice ... Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) in a statement ... Wade ... .
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Erdoğan claims Israel's President Herzog will visit Turkey next month
The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2022photo: GFDL / Luis García
Peruvian Regulators Report Second Oil Release Off Lima
The Maritime Executive 26 Jan 2022
During spill-response efforts this week at the La Pampilla refinery complex near Lima, Peru, an additional eight barrels of oil leaked into the sea, according to environmental regulators ... At the time, the Suezmax tanker Mare Doricum was unloading a shipment of Brazilian crude oil at one of the La Pampilla refinery's offshore mooring buoys.
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China launches its largest land monitoring satellite
Anadolu Agency 26 Jan 2022
China on Wednesday sent its largest land monitoring satellite into space. The L-SAR 01A satellite was launched aboard a Long March-4C carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, public broadcaster CGTN reported ... .
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Mossad Chief David Barnea’s brother reveals new family details - report
The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2022
The Mossad director's brother went on a different path to religion. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published. JANUARY 26, 2022 19.12. Mossad Director David Barnea’s brother, Zohar, has revealed some new family details in an interview with Mishpacha magazine. ... But in the latest interview, Zohar also discusses a bit more about David and their family. .
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Syrian Kurds say prison recaptured after IS group attack
France24 26 Jan 2022
US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria on Wednesday said they fully recaptured a prison in the northeastern city of Hasaka that had been attacked by the Islamic State (IS) group, ending the biggest jihadist assault in the country in three years ... .
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Coinbase Rival FTX US Leaps to $8Bn Valuation Despite Crypto Washout
Star Telegram 26 Jan 2022photo: Creative Commons / European People's Party
Croatian PM Apologises for President’s Outburst on Ukraine
Balkan Insight 26 Jan 2022
Zoran Milanovic’s statement that NATO member Croatia should keep away from the ‘fire’ engulfing ‘corrupt’ Ukraine has embarrassed the government. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic talks to journalists as he arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium, 25 June 2021. Photo. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER MATTHYS / POOL ... .