Taliban orders Afghan women to cover faces in public
[ad_1] The Taliban have ordered all women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public, the latest in a series of policies that have systematically eroded women’s rights and liberties…
[ad_1] The Taliban have ordered all women in Afghanistan to cover their faces in public, the latest in a series of policies that have systematically eroded women’s rights and liberties…
[ad_1] What a difference leadership makes. The leaders of Germany and Italy have offered contrasting examples of how to pursue a painful uncoupling with Russia.Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi are…
[ad_1] There have been just two women to hold the post of Lord Mayor of London in more than 800 years. Alison Gowman wants to be the third.The annual election…
[ad_1] John Lee has been confirmed as Hong Kong’s next chief executive following a campaign that critics labelled as absurd after Beijing backed his candidacy and no one else ran…
[ad_1] I didn’t mean to become one of Beijing’s illegal dog-owners. For the first three years I lived there, I didn’t know such a concept even existed. Then one day,…
[ad_1] It can look like there’s a glitch where the Manhattan skyline meets the southern edge of Central Park, as if the image of the city is breaking up with…
[ad_1] Ascension beckoned for Li Qiang. Shanghai’s top official seemed only months away from securing one of the seven positions on the politburo standing committee, China’s most influential political body,…
[ad_1] It must have been the nerves. When the hostess at HanGawi asked me to remove my shoes, I couldn’t. I was at the Korean restaurant to meet Ocean Vuong,…
[ad_1] Some see their seventies as a time to sail the world, write a book or simply sit back. Others will still be paying off their mortgages. UK bank NatWest…
[ad_1] The risk of a slowdown in the UK housing market is growing as interest rate rises by the Bank of England, the threat of recession and soaring inflation put…