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South Korea to ban bear farming, but what to do about hundreds of captive animals that remain?

South Korea’s successful restoration of a wild Asiatic black bear population to Jirisan National Park is a huge conservation success story. But the fortune of this wild population stands in contrast to the plight of more than 300 captive bears that remain on bear farms across the country, often in…

The Conversation

The Taliban Are Losing Some of Their Cash Cows

The U.S. and U.N. are halting aid as the Taliban ratchet up their atrocities.

Foreign Policy

NGOs take French food giant Danone to court over plastics footprint

Three French environmental groups on Monday took legal action against Paris-based dairy group Danone, the world’s biggest yoghurt maker, over its use of plastic across the supply chain.

Radio France Internationale

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While homeless battle cold, most NGOs running Delhi’s night shelters snowed under funds crisis

“If this is the case, I won’t apply for the shelter project in the upcoming years,” said Vinay Stephen, secretary of the Sadik Masih Medical Social Servant Society – among the six NGOs that oversee the Delhi government’s 195 night shelters.

Newslaundry

Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work

An aid agency chief has told The Associated Press that the Taliban's “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Afghanistan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women NGO workers, UN warns

’Without women working, we can’t deliver for the people who are in fact the primary objects of humanitarian assistance’

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Russian hackers targeted U.S. nuclear scientists

A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts.

Reuters

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Afghan aid at risk from Taliban ban on women, warns United Nations

Standoff between UN and Taliban may lead loss of billions in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan’s NGO ban for women exposes rifts in Taliban ranks

The Taliban’s latest edict banning women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has sparked international condemnation and domestic opposition in a country facing economic collapse. It has also revealed splits within the Taliban, with potentially high-stakes risks for Afghanistan’s rulers and its people.

France 24

G7 Tells Taliban to ‘Urgently Reverse’ Ban on Women Aid Workers

G7 foreign ministers on Thursday called on the Taliban to "urgently reverse" a ban on women working in Afghanistan's aid sector. The ban is the latest blow against women's rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year. The hardliners also barred women from attending universities earlier this month,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy’s Rightist Government Tightens Rules for Migrant Rescues

Italy's rightist government has approved measures to fine charities who rescue migrants at sea and impound their ships if they break a new, tougher set of rules - a move that one campaign group said could threaten lives. A cabinet decree approved late on Wednesday, seen by Reuters, said these…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Italy's rightist government tightens rules for migrant rescues

Reuters

‘Sense of helplessness’ for Afghan women on Taliban NGO work ban

Alia, an Afghan mental health professional, said the Taliban’s ban on women working with NGOs hurts the vulnerable.

Al Jazeera

UN Urges Taliban to End ‘Terrible’ Restrictions on Women

The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their "terrible" consequences. "No country can develop -- indeed survive -- socially and economically with half its population excluded," Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said…

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The Independent UK

UN rights chief urges Taliban to drop restrictions on women

The United Nations’ human rights chief has decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan, urging the country’s Taliban rulers to reverse them immediately

The Independent UK

Cleverly calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said the ban on women working for aid charities would stop millions of people from getting support.

Tribune News Service

Aid groups stop operations in Afghanistan as Taliban ban women NGO staff

Several aid groups are suspending operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban imposed a new ban on women working in non-governmental organizations, potentially disrupting humanitarian assistance to millions during the harsh winter months.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Official Meets Taliban, Urges Reverse of NGO Female Worker Ban

The acting head of the United Nations' mission to Afghanistan told the Taliban administration's acting economy minister to reverse a decision to ban female NGO workers during a meeting, according to a statement on Monday. "Millions of Afghans need humanitarian assistance and removing barriers is vital," UNAMA said in the…

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Radio France Internationale

EU, US condemn Taliban ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan

The EU on Saturday condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan and said it was assessing the impact on its aid in the country. Meanwhile, officials from the United Nations and dozens of NGOs met in Kabul to discuss the situation.

Axios

NGOs suspend Afghanistan operations after Taliban ban women

AfghanAid, Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE said they could no longer effectively provide aid.

WEKU

Aid agencies are stopping work in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred women staff

Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended work in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from working at non-governmental organizations.

ABC News

Afghanistan's Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work in latest crackdown on women's freedoms

Women's freedoms are further curtailed in Afghanistan, as the Taliban bans them from working for non-governmental organisations.

Evening Standard

Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work

Some women had not adhered to Islamic dresscode, the administration claimed

Al Jazeera

Taliban orders NGOs to send women workers home

Ban comes days after Taliban-run government ordered universities to suspend classes for women until further notice.

The Independent UK

Texas border cities plan for cold, busy end to Title 42

Texas officials are preparing relocation, coordination and emergency aid plans ahead of an expected dramatic increase in the number of asylum-seekers crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic-era immigration restrictions are set to expire this week

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