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Thanks for following along – this blog is now closed. 11.55pm BST That’s it from me, Robyn Vinter. Here’s a summary of what’s been happening over the last 24 hours: 11.21pm BST Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 9,697 new confirmed cases of …
As a child in Afghanistan, she pretended to be a boy in order to get an education, before starting her own women’s news agency. Now living in Britain, her fight continuesJust over a month ago, Zahra Joya left her house in Kabul to walk to her office, a…
Evacuation of employees, not contractors, ‘splitting hairs’, says HRW, warning of days left to save livesAfghan employees who worked as contractors on UK aid projects fear for their lives after not being granted resettlement in Britain.The Guardian has…
Joe Biden has introduced a vaccine mandate affecting millions, but some countries have gone furtherCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFollowing the decision by the US president, Joe Biden, to introduce a vaccine mandate for mil…
National cases are at record lows, yet in state that excelled in handling first wave rates have stayed high since MayCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs Covid-19 swept through India last year, there was one state that was alw…
Women’s protests led to prohibition in Bihar but can alcohol bans end domestic abuse and harassment?Holding sticks and brooms, the women marched to the liquor shop in the centre of Konar village. It was a rare ambush in the staunchly patriarchal Bihar …
The most vulnerable people will bear the cost of sanctions, as services and the economy collapseWatching Afghanistan’s unfolding trauma, I’ve thought a lot about Mumtaz Ahmed, a young teacher I met a few years ago. Her family fled Kabul during Taliban …
A struggling healthcare system and inflated prices mean hospital treatment can result in a lifetime of debt for manyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAnil Goel remembers the night in May when he received a call from his desper…
Volunteers ‘operating blind’ about refugees’ needs, while hotels left with no staff to distribute aidThe government’s response towards families evacuated from Afghanistan to Britain has been “chaotic and uncoordinated”, hampering volunteers’ efforts to…
Life for single mothers in Afghanistan has always been marred by stigma and poverty. Now with the Taliban in control, what few protections they had have disappearedThe day after Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province, fell to the Tali…
Tinder profiles reveal desperate reality of trying to buy a home as survey shows housing is the number one concern for Kiwis, ranked above Covid“It is a truth universally acknowledged,” Jane Austen wrote in 1813, “that a single man in possession of a g…
James Heappey, armed forces minister, says it is important to let veterans know their service was not in vainBritish veterans of the conflict in Afghanistan will be feeling vulnerable and questioning whether their service was worth it as they witness t…
Hundreds of millions of children fell behind around the world as schools closed during the pandemic. We look at four countries as pupils try to resume their education‘Lost generation’: education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse, study warnsC…