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US panel votes to make Trump's tax returns public
On Tuesday evening, the Democrat-led House Ways and Means Committee voted 24-16 to publish the documents, with all all Republicans opposed to the decision, reports the BBC. The move caps a nearly four-year legal battle by Democrats to obtain the documents, which was ultimately decided by the US Supreme Court last month.
Taliban suspends university education for Afghan women
A letter issued by the regime's Education Ministry on Tuesday said the decision, which will further restrict women's access to formal education, was taken at a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately, reports CNN.Meanwhile, the Minister for Higher Education said that the suspension will remain until further notice.
US drug agents seize enough fentanyl 'to kill every American'
The DEA described the highly addictive substance, which is 50 times more powerful than heroin, as the deadliest drug threat facing the US, reports the BBC.
Iran says ready to conclude Vienna nuke deal on basis of final draft
Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in a two-hour meeting with the EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell on the sidelines of a regional conference in Amman, capital of Jordan, according to a statement published on the Iranian Foreign Ministry's website on Tuesday.
Japan's births set to fall below 800K in 2022
According to the Ministry's preliminary data released on Tuesday, births in Japan from January to October fell 4.8 per cent from a year earlier to 669,871, and the annual total of newborns in the country is on pace to reach 770,000, compared to last year's 811,604.
Ukrainian President Zelensky visits US today
This will be Zelensky's first visit outside Ukraine after the Russian invasion in February, and his second to the US. Earlier on Tuesday, US lawmakers announced a bipartisan deal to provide nearly $50 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine in its battle against Russia. With this, the total US aid to Ukraine in this effort goes up to $100 billion.
NASA's Mars InSight lander posts its last image on Twitter
"My power's really low, so this may be the last image I can send. Don't worry about me though: my time here has been both productive and serene. If I can keep talking to my mission team, I will - but I'll be signing off here soon. Thanks for staying with me," posted the InSight lander team.
Tibetan monk sentenced to jail in China for campaign to stop killing and selling of animals
Monlam Gyatso, a Tibetan monk, writer and teacher from Raktam village in Qinghai province's Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, had been held for more than a year in an undisclosed location before his sentencing in October earlier this year, sources said, RFA reported.
Markets, restaurants to close early in Pakistan to save energy
Briefing the media after a meeting of the federal cabinet, Asif that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had held several meetings on the issue and a final decision would be taken by Thursday, Dawn reported. He said that estimates have shown that if 20 per cent of the government workforce worked from home on a rotation basis, Pak Rs 56 billion could be saved.
Bodies pile on top of each other in hospital morgues as Covid sweeps through Beijing
As China moves away from the grueling lockdowns, mass tracking of citizens and daily testing that characterised Communist Party leader Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy, a high-ranking official in the party's law enforcement arm said that a family member of his had died recently, and the family had had to wait five days before they could find a cremation slot.
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