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Taliban bans Afghan women from flying without male relative
First a ban on public appearances of women without a male relative, then school shutdown for girls, now the Taliban has ordered airlines to stop women from boarding flights unless accompanied by a male relative
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Bank of England calls for tighter regulation of cryptocurrencies
The watchdog said it will seek to ensure risks stemming from cryptocurrency markets are mitigated, by encouraging greater coordination between domestic and international regulatory bodies
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EU negotiators agree landmark law to curb internet 'gatekeeping' by Big Tech
Once implemented, the law will give Brussels unprecedented authority to keep an eye on decisions by the giants—Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple—especially when they pull out the chequebook to buy up promising startups
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Taliban orders Afghan girls' schools shut hours after reopening
Crestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belongings and filed out
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Markets to commodities, and oil: How Russia's war in Ukraine rocked the global economy
In a month of conflict in Ukraine, global oil prices have soared, foreign companies have exited Russia and Moscow faces the spectre of default
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ECB's Lagarde 'concerned' about crypto use to dodge Russia sanctions
Crypto assets are being used "to circumvent the sanctions that have been decided by many countries around the world against Russia and a particular and specific number of players," Lagarde told an online banking forum
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Rich countries must end oil and gas production by 2034: report
The 70-page analysis from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research comes as nearly 200 nations kicks off a two-week negotiation to validate a landmark assessment of options for reducing carbon pollution and extracting CO2 from the air
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Russian traders in China smell profit as Ukraine sanctions bite
Russian businessmen in China are being contacted by companies from Belarus and Russia to open trade lines as Western sanctions choke supply chain, finances
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China locks down city of 9 million as Omicron ripples across country
Health authorities reported 4,770 new infections across the country, the bulk in the northeastern province of Jilin, as the city of Shenyang in neighbouring Liaoning province was ordered to lock down late Monday
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Terramation: The 'green' burial trend gripping the US
Thousands of Americans are choosing "green" burial — which eschews chemical embalming as well as materials like concrete or metal which come with climate-harming carbon footprints — each year
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US says Myanmar committed genocide against Rohingyas
Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar since 2017 after a military crackdown that is now the subject of a genocide case at the United Nations' highest court in The Hague