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Taliban bans women’s voices and bare faces in public
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by ...
Too many people, not enough management: A look at the chaos of ‘overtourism’ in the summer of 2024
SINTRA, Portugal — The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that ...
‘Banksy woz ere.’ London Zoo is the latest to remove street artist’s animal mural for protection
LONDON — The gorilla and other animals that appeared to have escaped from the London Zoo in Banksy ‘s most ...
What to know as India’s medics and women protest the rape and killing of a doctor
NEW DELHI — India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee ...
Kamala Harris vows to tackle costs, build houses, lower taxes in first major speech on the economy
Kamala Harris has outlined proposals to cut taxes for most Americans, ban “price gouging” by grocers and build more affordable ...
Mongolia is in the tourism spotlight and making it easier to visit. Reindeer sledding, anyone?
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia — With its reindeer sleigh rides, camel racing and stunning landscapes with room to roam, Mongolia is hoping ...
London’s Leicester Square stabbing victim confirmed as 11-year-old Australian girl
An 11-year-old girl who was seriously injured in an alleged stabbing attack in London on Monday is Australian, the Department ...
Tragedy prevented by foiling apparent plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts in Austria, official says
VIENNA — Following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over an apparent attack plot, Austria’s Interior Minister ...
UN health agency convening experts to determine if the mpox outbreak in Africa is a global emergency
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday he will convene an expert group to determine if ...
Calls for intervention amid fears PNG could sell its power grid to China
Australia’s nearest neighbour could be about to sell its power grid to China in a move that would hand Beijing ...