NEW DELHI (AP) — When the students were barred last month from entering their classrooms and told not to wear hijab, a headscarf used by Muslim women, they began camping outside the all-girls high school. © Provided by Associated Press India Hijab ControversyThe story cascaded across the internet, drawing news crews to the front of the […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin left a meeting on Monday with French President Emmanuel Macron indicating some proposals had a “basis for further steps” of possible compromise amid rising tensions between Moscow and the West. “A number of his ideas, proposals … are possible as a basis for further steps,” Putin said at a press conference
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“I decided to go to Libya when my father died a few years ago. I was the only person of the eight-member family and I had to do something to maintain the family,” Lakuira Sobuj, a Bangladeshi migrant who came to Italy last year after crossing the Mediterranean from Libya, told InfoMigrants.The 25-year old Bangladeshi citizen
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A plane carrying a few dozen elite U.S. troops arrived on Sunday in Poland near its border with Ukraine after President Biden ordered the deployment of troops to Eastern Europe amid mounting fears of a possible Russian invasion. © Associated Press/Czarek Sokolowski Dozens of elite US troops land in Poland Hundreds more from the 82nd Airborne Division
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The remains of the upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will go on an unplanned extended mission next month when the roughly 4-ton hunk of space junk creates a new crater on the moon’s far side by slamming into it at over 5,000 miles per hour. © Provided by CNET A natural impact on
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travelers from Feb. 21 in a further relaxation of pandemic restrictions announced Monday. © Provided by Associated Press Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. Morrison said that the
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The healthcare company Johnson & Johnson is facing an attempt to force a shareholder vote to halt its sales of talc-based baby powder across the world, including the UK, amid concerns over alleged links to cancer. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters Johnson & Johnson (J&J) withdrew its talc-based baby powder from sale in the US
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President Biden spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday about Russia’s military buildup along its border with Ukraine. “The leaders discussed ongoing diplomatic and deterrence efforts in response to Russia’s continued military build-up on Ukraine’s borders, and affirmed their support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the White House said in a statement on
BEIJING (AP) — Not enough food. Inedible meals. No training equipment. Some Olympic athletes unlucky enough to test positive for the coronavirus at the Beijing Olympics feel their quarantine conditions are making a bad situation much worse. © Provided by Associated Press Biathletes skate above the Olympic rings during practice at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday,
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck have a “happy, healthy relationship”. The 52-year-old actress and Ben previously dated between 2002 and 2004, and they rekindled their romance last year, with Jennifer feeling they’re both now at “different places” in their lives. © Bang Showbiz Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are older and wiserShe shared: “We’re older now,
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