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- Proposed E.U. Law Aims to Rectify Gender Pay GapUnder a proposed law, companies in Europe could be sanctioned if they fail to pay men and women the same salaries.
- Covid-19 Live Updates: States Face Pushback as Biden Criticizes Mask MovesTexas and Mississippi’s steps to ease restrictions raised worries that they were taken too soon, while Alabama extended its mask mandate. Italy halted a vaccine export shipment from being flown to Australia. European regulators began a formal review of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V.
- In Myanmar Protests, Women Are on the Front LinesDespite the danger, women have been at the forefront of the movement, rebuking the generals who ousted a female civilian leader.
- Rockets Hit Iraqi Base Where U.S. Troops Are StationedAt least 10 rockets were fired on the Ayn Al Asad air base one week after U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia positions along the Syrian-Iraqi border.
- Demanding Loyalty, China Moves to Overhaul Hong Kong ElectionsChina’s national legislature disclosed plans for a law that would make it extremely difficult for Beijing’s critics to hold elective office in Hong Kong.
- Pope Francis Visits Iraq: What to KnowThe trip is taking place despite concerns about the pandemic and security. Here’s a brief look at why Francis is visiting Iraq, what the trip will entail and what he hopes to achieve.
- U.N. Says 38 Are Killed in Myanmar in ‘Bloodiest Day’ Since Coup BeganAs the military’s crackdown against demonstrators grows more deadly, the U.N.’s special representative for the country said the junta had rejected her requests to visit.
- BBC Apologizes for Interview With Cory Booker ImpostorThe network issued a correction and said it was looking into the matter, calling the interview a “deliberate hoax.”
- Pope’s Planned Visit to Iraq, Amid Pandemic, Raises Questions of TimingPope Francis has said he is determined to visit the war-torn country. But some worry that the visit will become a superspreader event in a land where the virus still rages.
- Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists SayBrazil is seeing a record number of deaths, and the spread of a more contagious coronavirus variant that may cause reinfection.
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- Covid: Italy 'blocks' AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to AustraliaThe bar on shipping 250,000 doses amid a row with the firm is backed by the EU.
- Nigeria kidnapping: Freed Zamfara schoolgirl keen to return to schoolA girl who was kidnapped alongside 278 students speaks to the BBC about her ordeal.
- South Africa crocodiles: Hunt on after mass escape in Western CapeAn unknown number remain at large after escaping a breeding farm in Western Cape province.
- Brexit: Stormont leaders at odds over UK-EU protocol rowArlene Foster says the EU is ignoring unionist concerns, but Michelle O'Neill says Number 10 is acting in bad faith.
- Myanmar coup: 'Everything will be OK' teenage protester mournedKyal Sin, known as Angel, was one of 38 people killed in anti-coup protests on Wednesday.
- Operation finds 150 missing children in TennesseeA months-long investigation has recovered 150 children, some suspected victims of trafficking.
- Hong Kong activists: 15 of 47 granted bail but remain detained pending appealFifteen of 47 charged HK pro-democracy activists are granted bail but stay in custody pending appeal.
- Sweden attack: Seven hurt in Vetlanda stabbing attackThe suspect has been arrested for attempted murder, but police are not ruling out terrorism.
- Myanmar coup: Hundreds attend funeral for 19-year-old protesterThe 19-year-old, known as Angel, was killed in the deadliest day since the coup began.
- Louvre reunited with 'exceptional' armour stolen in 1983The helmet and breastplate were discovered by an antiquities expert in Bordeaux.