Monday, January 22, 2024

UN says Taliban is restricting Afghan women from working, seeking health care

A woman in a blue burqa, covering her head and body, walks in a market holding a yellow bag in her hand.

The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel and health care if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-taliban-women-restrictions-1.7091683?cmp=rss

More Boeing 737 planes should get checks after Max 9 incident, says U.S. aviation regulator

A jetliner is seen on a tarmac with the the logo, OKAIR, marked in orange letters on its fuselage.

The recommendation follows the FAA's grounding of 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin blowout of a door plug on an eight-week-old Alaska Airlines Max 9 jet.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boeing-737-900er-jets-1.7090696?cmp=rss

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Religious, political tensions collide as India's PM opens Hindu temple where centuries-old mosque once stood

A man stands on a ladder next to a floral elephant, in front of a wall of orange and yellow marigold strands.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-hindu-temple-modi-1.7090144?cmp=rss

Death toll in Gaza exceeds 25,000 after 107 days of Israel-Hamas war, health officials say

Israeli soldiers walk in the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas soared past 25,000 on Sunday, according to health officials in the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli government appeared far from achieving its goals of crushing the militant group and freeing more than 100 hostages.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-1.7090437?cmp=rss

Prayer and politics: New temple brings Modi praise, but critics see it as election gambit

A man stands on a ladder next to a floral elephant, in front of a wall of orange and yellow marigold strands.

The unfinished Hindu temple — set to be India's largest — opens Monday on the controversial site where a 16th-century mosque once stood, delivering on a decades-old Hindu nationalist promise.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-hindu-temple-modi-1.7090144?cmp=rss