Iran orders crypto-mining ban to prevent winter blackouts. Iran for the second time this year ordered a shutdown of authorized cryptocurrency mining centers as part of efforts to ease the strain on the country’s power plants and avoid blackouts, according to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, director of the state-run Iran Grid Management Co. and a spokesman […]
Day: December 28, 2021
Afghan women call for rights, protest alleged Taliban killings
A crowd of women has marched through the Afghan capital calling for women’s rights to be respected and condemning Taliban killings of soldiers who served the former United States-backed government. About 30 women gathered near a mosque in the centre of Kabul on Tuesday and marched a few hundred metres chanting “justice, justice” before they […]
Sri Lanka to shut three foreign missions as dollar crisis worsens
Sri Lanka has announced to shut three overseas diplomatic missions in a bid to save foreign currency reserves, as the country’s Central Bank slaps tighter controls on dollars needed to finance essential imports. As Sri Lanka has decided to shut three foreign missions, the Sri Lankan High Commission in Nigeria and consulates in Germany and […]
No long-distance travel for women without male relative: Taliban
In Afghanistan, the Taliban authorities say women seeking to travel long distances should not be allowed on road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance issued on Sunday by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which also called on vehicle owners to refuse rides to […]
Foxconn delays reopening its India iPhone plant
Foxconn delays reopening its India iPhone plant. A Foxconn iPhone factory in India at the centre of a mass food-poisoning incident will extend a week-long closure by an extra three days, a senior official for the state of Tamil Nadu told the Reuters news agency. The factory, which employs some 17,000 people, had been due […]