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Top Afghan cricketers urge Taliban to reverse ban on women’s medical education
Two of Afghanistan’s national sporting heroes have called on the Taliban to reverse a decision to bar women from education and medicine, as cricket’s international community grapples with how to best address human rights concerns in the country.
Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team fled following the takeover in 2021 and no …
Can Keir Starmer’s six targets turn the tide? What the PM said – and what it all means
Sir Keir Starmer’s speech on Thursday mentioned the word “milestone” eight times and “missions” 13 times. There were also three “promises” and a “pledge”.
This all added up to one big thing: the prime minister attempting to turn the tide after a difficult start in government, by setting targets it …
A player’s foreseeable death raises existential questions for college football
“It is clearly the duty of the colleges which have permitted these monstrous evils to grow up and become intense to purge themselves of such immoralities … Intercollegiate and interscholastic football ought to be prohibited until a reasonable game has been formulated.”
of …Iran releases Nobel peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave, says lawyer
Iran has released the Nobel peace laureate Narges Mohammadi, jailed since November 2021, for three weeks on medical grounds, her lawyer posted on social media.
“Based on the advice of the examining doctor, the public prosecutor suspended the jail sentence against Narges Mohammadi for three weeks and she was released …
Exposure to air pollution increases infertility risk, US study finds
‘We’ve seen this before’: residents of rebel-held Aleppo fear regime onslaught
A billboard of the Syrian president that once overlooked a central square in Aleppo has been burned almost beyond recognition, but the influence of Bashar al-Assad is still felt in the now rebel-held city as residents live in fear of bombardment by his regime.
“The biggest fear, one shared by …
Gisèle Pelicot’s lawyer: ‘This level of depravity? I have never seen anything like it’
When the lawyer Stéphane Babonneau took on what would become the most horrific case of his career, he faced a dilemma. He knew his client Gisèle Pelicot had to be told details of the hundreds of rapes her husband had subjected her to while she was unconscious over the course …
Political chaos in South Korea: what is martial law and what comes next after Yoon Suk Yeol’s U-turn?
South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, on Tuesday declared martial law, blasting the opposition as “anti-state forces” threatening the country’s democracy.
The unexpected move from Yoon, marking the first time martial law has been declared in South Korea in more than four decades, alarmed the US and other allies.
Six …
Husband of UK royal took own life after ‘adverse effects of medication’
The son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent killed himself after suffering adverse side-effects from antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace doctor, an inquest has found.
Thomas Kingston, 45, whose marriage to Lady Gabriella at Windsor Castle in 2019 was attended by the late Queen, died from a self-inflicted …
Finance fears overshadow racing as BHA’s chief executive search goes on
Brant Dunshea, the British Horseracing Authority’s chief regulatory officer, will take over as the Authority’s “acting” chief executive from 1 January as the search for a permanent replacement for Julie Harrington, the CEO since January 2021, continues, the sport’s governing body said on Tuesday.
Dunshea has been closely associated with …