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Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home

By Jo Shelley, Masoud Popalzai, Ehsan Popalzai, Ahmet Mengli and Rob Picheta, CNN A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested the regime’s restrictions on women rights should stay home. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s

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Senior Taliban official

Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home

By Jo Shelley, Masoud Popalzai, Ehsan Popalzai, Ahmet Mengli and Rob Picheta, CNN A senior Taliban official has repeated the group’s as-yet-unfulfilled pledge to allow girls back into high school, saying there would be “good news soon,” but suggested that women who protested the regime’s restrictions on women rights should stay home. Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s

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White House warns the US can’t buy updated Covid-19 vaccines ‘for every American who wants one’ without more funding

By Betsy Klein, CNN White House Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha warned Wednesday that without more funding from Congress the US will not be able to buy enough Covid-19 vaccines for every American who wants an updated shot later this year. Scientists are working to develop new vaccines that would offer additional protection from infection

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First on CNN: Senators announce bipartisan deal on long-sought bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits during military service

By Jessica Dean and Ali Zaslav, CNN The two top-ranking senators on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Wednesday announced a long-sought bipartisan deal on a comprehensive bill that could help millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits during their military service. “For far too long, our nation’s veterans have been living

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US soccer have agreed to a deal that achieves "equal pay and set the global standard moving forward in international soccer."

US Soccer agrees to equal pay deal

By Wayne Sterling, CNN The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), the United States Women’s National Team Players Association (USWNTPA) and the United States National Soccer Team Players Association (USNSTPA) have agreed to a deal that achieves “equal pay and set the global standard moving forward in international soccer.” US Soccer, under the agreements, will become

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