日: 2022-01-17

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Covid live: unvaccinated over-60s face monthly fine in Greece; UK reports another 84,429 cases and 85 deaths

Un-jabbed older people in Greece face penalties starting at a €50; UK cases continue downward trendWinter Olympics tickets will not be sold as China seeks to contain CovidDon’t buy from abroad, Chinese told as Covid threatens holidays‘I have no intenti…

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‘I was expecting the government’s help’: British taxi driver stuck in Afghanistan

Nasir is stranded in Jalalabad with his family and says he feels let down by the UK Foreign OfficeNasir*, 43, is a British citizen, stuck in Jalalabad with his six-year-old son, also a British citizen, and his wife, who is an Afghan national.I moved t…

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‘She chopped her hair off’: Pakistani women’s struggle to play cricket

In such a conservative country, young women often have to fight their own families first just to play the sport they loveBisma Amjad plays cricket. She aspires to play internationally and was picked for Pakistan’s under-19 World Cup squad.But when the …

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‘Not knowing is heartbreaking’: sleepless nights among Tongan diaspora after contact with country cut off

Communications blackout from undersea cable’s apparent damage prompts some to turn to Facebook livestreams from outside Tonga for updatesSince the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on Saturday, Seini Taumoepeau has barely slept.“I would say I’v…

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