The Daily Populous

Thursday March 9th, 2023 morning edition

image for On International Women's Day, Afghan women blast the Taliban and say the world has "neglected us completely"

Islamabad — As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, the women of Afghanistan have little to celebrate.

The Taliban regime has methodically stripped them of their basic rights since reclaiming power over the country in the summer of 2021.

"Today, all of the past 20 years of progress have been erased, and the Taliban have excluded Afghan women from all parts of society," she lamented.

Many Afghan women feel the international community has neglected them since the Taliban came back to power.

"Had the world taken a stronger stance against the Taliban, they wouldn't have dared to exclude women from public life," she said.

Afghan women attend a protest against their country's Taliban rulers, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on International Women's Day, March 8, 2023.

"I am tired of the ineffective slogans of the international community," she said, calling on the world to "act responsibly" and stop "neglecting of its duty" to Afghan women. »

Endangered Pookila mouse captive-breeding program's team celebrates birth of pups

Authored by abc.net.au
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Key points: The Pookila mouse is endangered in Victoria and Tasmania, and vulnerable in Queensland and the ACT.

The Pookila mouse is endangered in Victoria and Tasmania, and vulnerable in Queensland and the ACT Twenty-two Pookila mice were captured in the wild for captive breeding.

Twenty-two Pookila mice were captured in the wild for captive breeding More than 20 pups have been born in recent weeks. »

Taiwan Claims China Cut Underwater Internet Cables

Authored by overtoperator.com

Over 14,000 residents on Taiwan's Matsu islands have been without internet for the past month, as the government indicates that multiple Chinese ships have cut the two submarine cables in the Taiwan Strait.

Authorities were able to identify two Chinese ships in the area where the cables were cut, based on automated identification system data.

The cables had been cut a total of 27 times in the past five years, but it was unclear which country the vessels in question originated from. »

Lauren Boebert blasts sex-ed classes. Twitter reminded her she was a teen mom

Authored by lgbtqnation.com

Boebert said no public school students should be learning these things and that schools that teach it should have their funding cut.

Twitter users ruthlessly mocked Boebert for her stance, considering she dropped out of high school when she became a teen mom – perhaps due to a lack of “comprehensive sex education”?.

Lauren Boebert believes that we should take sex ed out of schools and get it back behind the bowling alley, where it belongs. »