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The Taliban are banning women’s beauty salons in Afghanistan, a government spokesman said Tuesday. It’s the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and…
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Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Saturday dropped plans to curtail the autonomy of the country’s Karakalpakstan province following a rare public protest in the northwestern region, his office said. Friday’s rally was called to…
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Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licenses to women, professionals from the sector said. While Afghanistan is a deeply conservative, patriarchal country, it is not…
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Lewis Hamilton urged social media companies to do more to stop the spread of online abuse after fellow Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi received death threats following the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Latifi crashed his…
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Swedish music streaming platform Spotify Technology SA said on Friday Apple Inc's agreement to loosen App Store restrictions for small developers does not address the basic aspects of their "anticompetitive and unfair practices".…
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Alphabet Inc’s Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones, which a growing chorus of technology researchers and dermatologists says is inadequate for assessing…
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Austrian authorities said Thursday they seized weapons and ammunition in raids on radical opponents of coronavirus restrictions. The interior ministry said that the investigation stemmed from a Telegram chat group in which people…
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Over the last year, Britain has been through a national trauma unprecedented in modern history. It has had a profound impact on all our lives. Within days of the prime minister telling the nation we must stay at home to save lives,…
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Dr. Galina Kolosova, aromatherapy specialist, announced that there are certain smells that affect the appetite and help one not think about food. In an interview with "Sputnik" Radio, the expert notes that there are certain smells that…
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China’s market regulator released new antimonopoly guidelines on Sunday that target internet platforms, tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s tech giants. The new rules formalize an earlier antimonopoly draft law…
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