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China’s economy is coming under strain because of an escalating Covid outbreak, with economists warning of a deeper slowdown if lockdowns in Shanghai and elsewhere continue to expand. Natixis SA estimates the Covid controls will cut the economic growth rate in the first quarter by 1.8 percentage points. Long-lasting restrictions across the country could...

The Taliban leadership is deeply divided over girls' education beyond Class 6, raising fears of girls’ education in Afghanistan under the new rule that has largely stripped women of their basic rights. Just recently, the Taliban banned women from flying unaccompanied. Rights groups say there are deep divisions within the Taliban's Supreme...

BBC TV programming has been taken off air in Afghanistan, after the Taliban ordered local channels not to broadcast content from international partners. Calling it a "worrying development", the BBC said it would affect more than six million viewers of Persian, Pashto and Uzbek language service programmes. The BBC Persian TV...

Learning institutions in Afghanistan have lost more than 60 per cent of students due to an escalating humanitarian crisis. Rights groups said children are staying away from schools as well as university and college students in what is blamed on a crisis in the country since August last year when the Taliban took over leadership.

WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Friday added Russia's AO Kaspersky Lab, China Telecom (Americas) Corp (0728.HK) and China Mobile International USA (0941.HK) to its list of communications equipment and service providers deemed threats to U.S. national security. The regulator last year designated five Chinese companies including Huawei Technologies Co (HWT.UL) and ZTE...

Brussels, 18 March 2022 To: Ursula von der LeyenPresident of the European Commission Charles MichelPresident of the European Council CC: Josep Borrell FontellesHigh Representative for Foreign Affairs / Vice-President of the European Commission Foreign Ministers of EU Member States

Up to 180 media outlets out of 475 have been closed in Afghanistan in the past seven months following the takeover by the Taliban in August this year, local media reported. On Tuesday, Afghanistan's National House of Journalists in its latest survey said Afghan media outlets have been affected the most after the Taliban...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that the ongoing conflicts between both countries could cause a hike in the prices of food items and fuels in Afghanistan. WFP has provided life-saving assistance for 12 million Afghans since the beginning of 2022 but has added that 95 percent of 38 million Afghans...

The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has warned that nearly 13 million children in Afghanistan are in dire need of international assistance UNICEF's communications chief in Afghanistan, Sam Mort said quoted by local media, “Afghanistan is a tough place to be a child, there are huge challenges right now in being a child.

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu has issued a grave warning about China’s attempts to reunify the east Asian nation. The comments come amid growing military activity near Taiwan and Chinese President Xi Jinping’s intentions to reunify the two nations despite the Taiwanese resistance. Speaking exclusively to Sky News Australia host Peta...