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Taliban bars government employees without beards from work
Afghanistan’s Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration. The sources said representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice were patrolling the entrances to government offices…
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Twitter user slams The Academy over Will Smith’s violent behaviour at Oscars
A Twitter user, DSP The Undying has berated the organisers of the Oscars for the despicable behaviour of Will Smith on global television during the Oscars awards night. Will Smith sauntered on the stage to deliver a hot slap on the comedian show host, Chris Rock for what the actor considered an improper joke on his wife, Jada Pinkett. Immediately…
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Afghanistan’s last finance minister, now a D.C. Uber driver, ponders what went wrong
Until last summer, Khalid Payenda was Afghanistan’s finance minister, overseeing a $6 billion budget — the lifeblood of a government fighting for its survival in a war that had long been at the center of U.S. foreign policy. Now, seven months after Kabul had fallen to the Taliban, he was at the wheel of his Honda Accord, headed north on…
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Jeff Fortenberry: The US lawmaker toppled by a Nigerian billionaire, Gilbert Chagoury
A US lawmaker could face expulsion from Congress for lying about funding ties to an African billionaire. Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from Nebraska, lied to the FBI about taking illegal donations from Gilbert Chagoury, a high-flying Nigerian businessman, a federal jury found.He could be sentenced to 15 years in prison on three felony counts. The case has also renewed attention…
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Zelensky claims 16,000 Russians have been killed in Ukraine war
Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed that more than 16,000 Russian troops have been killed so far in the Ukraine war. It comes as Vladimir Putin appeared to be preparing Russians for a possible scaling back of his ambitions in Ukraine away from seizing Kyiv to fighting for control of the east. On Friday Moscow said the “special military operation” would now…
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Ukrainian President Zelensky in talks with Academy to make Oscars appearance
Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in talks with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to make a video appearance during Sunday’s broadcast of the Academy Awards, The Post has learned. Academy officials still are debating on whether Zelensky will indeed appear briefly on the show, sources said. It’s also not clear if he would appear live or…
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Putin’s regime looks under serious threat for first time since he came to power, By Professor Mark Galeotti
When the demonic despot Joseph Stalin suffered a severe stroke at his country estate outside Moscow in March 1953, his four closest cronies rushed to the scene. None of them, all candidates to succeed the dictator as leader of the Soviet Union, wanted to see Stalin live. But all were afraid of what might happen if he died. Eventually, the…
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Russia reliance: US LNG to supply EU with gas
The European Union and United States are set to unveil a deal on Friday to supply Europe with more US liquefied natural gas (LNG), sources told the Reuters news agency, as the European bloc seeks to quickly curb its reliance on Russian fossil fuels. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Europe’s top gas supplier, pushed already-high energy prices to records…
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Russian defense ministry to focus on ‘liberating’ Donbas region in eastern Ukraine
Russia’s defense ministry said it will focus on “liberating” the Donbas region in Eastern Ukraine. It also said that phase one of the “special military operation” in Ukraine is complete.The new plan appears to show Russia is scaling back its operation after being met with strong resistance in Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry said Friday that it will focus on…
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Why US didn’t sanction Chelsea owner, Abramovich like UK
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky asked President Joe Biden in a recent telephone call not to impose sanctions on Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich because he might prove to be a useful intermediary in peace talks with Moscow, it emerged on Wednesday. As a result, the White House persuaded the Treasury Department not to go ahead with plans to hit Abramovich alongside…
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