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In Afghanistan, Taliban diktat sparks debate about women’s attire
Al Jazeera 26 Jan 2022
Kabul, Afghanistan – Many Afghan women in the capital Kabul have protested against a poster campaign launched by the Taliban, encouraging women to wear a burqa or hijab ... It did not issue an official directive ... The word “hijab” accompanied each picture as if to clarify what that should look like ... “This poses the question ... Mohd Rasfan/AFP] ... .
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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
Washington/Moscow ... Russia denies planning an attack and says the crisis is being driven by Nato and US actions ... “Yes,” he responded ... Unilateral US forces to Ukraine ruled out ... Putin is due to meet Wednesday with the heads of some of the biggest companies in Italy, Russia’s fifth biggest trading partner, despite the rising tensions ... Gas diversion plans ... .
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Erdoğan claims Israel's President Herzog will visit Turkey next month
The Jerusalem Post 26 Jan 2022photo: AP / Steven Senne, File
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Is Retiring, Opening Seat for Biden Nominee
truthout 26 Jan 2022
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring, giving President Joe Biden and Democrats a chance to fill a crucial spot in the nation’s top court. Biden is expected to announce the justice’s retirement as soon as Thursday. The 83-year-old liberal was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994 and is the oldest member of the Supreme Court ... Wade ... .
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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. Salah sent his spot kick into the bottom right corner and then ran off and jumped onto the back of Egypt substitute goalkeeper Mohamed Abou Gabal in celebration ... ___.
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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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Mysterious energy source unlike anything astronomers have seen before
Phys Dot Org 26 Jan 2022
A team mapping radio waves in the universe has discovered something unusual that releases a giant burst of energy three times an hour, and it's unlike anything astronomers have seen before. The team that discovered it think it could be a neutron star or a white dwarf—collapsed cores of stars—with an ultra-powerful magnetic field ... Astrophysicist Dr.
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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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UN urges governments to tackle antisemitism ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Xinhua 26 Jan 2022
GENEVA, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday urged the international community to stand up against antisemitism, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27. "Today, racism and xenophobia are rising sharply ... "We need to push back against hatred ... 27, 1945 ... ■ ... .
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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 ... .