Dozens of entrepreneurs and non-profits came forward to help flood survivors as the country was overwhelmed by its worst flooding in decades. Monsoon floods ravaged large parts of Pakistan last month, overwhelming disaster management efforts. But non-profits and dozens of entrepreneurs, old and young, stepped in as their country faced its worst disaster in decades.
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UN increasingly concerned the ‘tragic’ policy and other restrictions on basic freedoms will contribute to a deepening of the economic crisis. The United Nations has called for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in classes seven to 12, calling the anniversary of their exclusion from high school “shameful”. The UN said on Sunday it is
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Local media reports say police fire tear gas at a rally following the funeral of a young woman who died after being arrested by the so-called ‘morality police’, who found fault with her hijab. Police have fired tear gas to disperse a protest rally in western Iran following the funeral ceremony for a young woman who
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