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Taliban under fire over not reopening high schools for Afghan girls
In the statement, the countries said they were united in condemnation of the announcement of a ban on teenage girls' schools. "The decision came after months of work by the international community to support teacher stipends based on an expectation that schools would be open for all, with the higher interest of Afghan students and teachers in mind. And sadly, it came as eager Afghan girls were walking to their schools for the first time in seven months," the statement said.
NATO has never been more united than it is today: Biden
US President Joe Biden said that the NATO has "never been more united than it is today" in the face of Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine. Addressing the media after a NATO summit here on Thursday, Biden said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "getting exactly the opposite of what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine".
US sanctions blunt Russian Central Bank's ability to deploy international reserves including gold
This includes dozens of Russian defence companies, 328 members of the Russian State Duma, and the head of Russia's largest financial institution. This action aligns with similar actions taken by the European Union, the UK and Canada, and reflects continued unity to hold Putin accountable for his war of choice. It has also issued new directions to blunt the Russian Central Bank's ability to deploy international reserves, including gold, to prop up the Russian economy and fund war against Ukraine.
Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine
Documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon, the Ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday during a briefing.
Engine wreckage pieces of China's crashed plane recovered: official
The main impact point of the plane crash has been basically determined, said Zhu Tao, Head of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, on Thursday. Zhu added that most of the plane wreckage were scattered within a radius of about 30 metres of the main impact point and the depth from the surface extends to about 20 metres underground, Xinhua news agency reported.
48.7 million citizens registered to vote in France's Presidential polls
According to the institute on Thursday, 47.05 million people registered on municipal lists, 1.43 million registered overseas on consular lists, and 0.22 million registered in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, Xinhua news agency reported. In metropolitan France and the 13 French overseas territories, 95 per cent of the citizens who are eligible to vote are registered on municipal lists, it said.
NATO approves deployment of four new battle groups
The four new battle groups deployed along eastern part of the NATO alliance were approved on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. In total, there will now be eight NATO battle groups deployed along the eastern flank of the alliance, from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea.
The organisation's heads of states were called for an extraordinary meeting to discuss further support for Ukraine, in the context of the Russia-Ukraine conflict that started in February.
India abstains 6th, 7th time on Ukraine resolution; UNGA throttles S Africa resolution
The Assembly approved a resolution on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine proposed by that country criticising Russia's role, but it throttled another put forward by South Africa that did not mention Moscow. India's Permanent Representative T.S. Tirumurti said at the Assembly's emergency session that New Delhi abstained on the resolution proposed by Ukraine because it "did not fully reflect" India's expected focus on "on cessation of hostilities and on urgent humanitarian assistance".
Chinese Foreign Minister's visit gives rise to rumours that Taliban replaced PM Akhund
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Thursday denied rumours that the group's Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund has been replaced by his deputy, Dawn reported. The rumours of Akhund being replaced emerged after China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Kabul unannounced on Thursday morning, for the first time since the Taliban takeover of the country in August last year.
Fund led by Biden's son involved in financing biolabs in Ukraine: Russia
The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the George Soros Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also provide financial support to the Pentagon programme, the Russian Defense Ministry added, RT reported. At the same time, the scientific curator is the US nuclear center at Los Alamos.
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