Germany calls for fireworks ban after attacks on rescue services The GuardianGermany condemns New Year’s attacks on fire, police officers The Associated Press – en EspañolGermany Vows Crackdown After Brutal New Year’s Violence&nbs…
UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women NGO ban
A senior U.N. official in Afghanistan met on Sunday the deputy prime minister of the Taliban-led government to discuss a ban on women working for non-governmental groups that Afghan authorities have announced in a series of measures rolling back women’…
Bomb blast at Kabul checkpoint kills and wounds several, Taliban says
A spokesman for the Taliban-led government says a bombing at a military airport checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed and wounded several people.
A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India’s tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn (Chloe Cornish/Financial Times)
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A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India’s tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn — Funding crunch has triggered mass job …
Former Pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness, thanks God in final published letter
Former Pope Benedict XVI, who died Saturday in a monastery in the Vatican at the age of 95, asked for forgiveness for those he has “wronged” in the spiritual testament published following his death.
UN official meets Taliban deputy premier over women NGO ban
The U.N. says one of its top officials in Afghanistan has met the Taliban’s deputy prime minister to discuss a ban on women working at nongovernmental groups
Boy, 10, among nine people killed in Ugandan New Year’s Eve fireworks crowd crush
Fatal incident occured at shopping centre in capital Kampala as people gathered to celebrate 2023
Channel crossings: 45,756 people came to UK in small boats in 2022
Last crossings were on Christmas Day, with none recorded in last six days of the yearMore than 45,000 people crossed the Channel to the UK in small boats over the past year, according to government figures, with 90 crossing on Christmas Day.Two boats f…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy in New Year message: “I want to wish all of us one thing – victory”
By Sergiy Karazy and Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that his only wish for all Ukrainians for 2023 was victory and resolved to stay the course while the country fights for it. “I want to wish all of us one …