Ohio: Banning fruit and menthol flavors could curb the burgeoning youth vaping crisis, a study has suggested. According to 70 percent of 14- to 21-year-old vapers, they would quit if the e-cigarette tasted like regular cigarettes. The United States and the United Kingdom are currently in the grip of an epidemic of child vaping. Reports…
Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed…
The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public…
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia have imposed a ban on rental bicycles for children under 12, warning that violators could harm themselves and others. The kingdom’s public prosecution said children under the age of 12 were not allowed to ride bicycles on public roads and their guardians would be held responsible for any damage. To ensure…
“UN national personnel – women and men – have been instructed not to report to UN offices, with only limited and calibrated exceptions made for critical tasks,” according to a statement issued on Tuesday by its office in Afghanistan. The ban is the latest in a series of discriminatory measures that restrict Afghan women and girls…
In statements on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres was joined by deputy chief Amina Mohammed, in describing the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women, as a violation of their inalienable fundamental human rights. “It also violates Afghanistan’s obligations under international human rights law, and infringes on the principle of non-discrimination, which is a core tenet…
File photo Zalmay Khalilzad, the former special representative of the United States for Afghanistan, has said that the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women workers of the United Nations is wrong. In a statement, Zalmay Khalilzad said that the ban on UN Afghan women workers would increase the hardships of Afghans, and the ban could potentially…
File photo The Taliban has stopped Afghan women workers of the United Nations from working in Afghanistan. The spokesperson of the United Nations has said in his statement that the Taliban are seeking details from the authorities on preventing women staff from working. According to the news agency, UN female staff were exempted from the…
File photo Pakistani-born British boxer Amir Khan has been banned for 2 years for violating doping rules. According to the British media, Aamir Khan used prohibited drugs, under the anti-doping rules, Aamir Khan will not be able to participate in any sport for 2 years. According to British media, the ban on 36-year-old Aamir Khan…
Chinese spy balloons send information on US military installations to China, US media American media say that the Chinese spy balloon that flew in the American airspace in February collected secret information about American military installations and sent it to China, despite being stopped by the Biden administration. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];…
