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A small Texas school district has made facial coverings part of its dress code, in a bid to get around Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates.

"The Board believes the dress code can be used to mitigate communicable health issues, and therefore has amended the PISD dress code to protect our students and employees," the district said.

The vote was 5-1 to alter the dress code in the district, which will welcome back students on Thursday. »

The team, also known as Afghan Dreamers, have overcome many obstacles, such as war and poverty, to pursue their dreams of engineering and AI.

The 20-member team, which is comprised of girls aged 12 to 18, had been making Afghanistan proud by representing the country in global robotics tournaments.

Subsequent reports noted that the girls robotics team had gone missing, but these reports could not be confirmed at the time of writing. »

"They grant us the hope of ending the pandemic, but only if they are available to all and if we work together.".

1/6 Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican, August 11, 2021.

Pope Francis was himself vaccinated in March, saying at the time that it was an ethical obligation. »

Former US President George Bush has been accused of lacking any “self awareness” after breaking his silence on Afghanistan and saying American troops had not died in vain after falling to the Taliban.

Mr Bush said US forces “kept America safe from further terror attacks” during the 20-year war, after removing both Al-Qaeda and the Taliban from Afghanistan.

The Republican was accused of showing no “self awareness” after Afghanistan’s government, backed by the US, collapsed on Sunday without US forces, who are withdrawing. »