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6. G7 calls upon Taliban to `urgently reverse` ban on women aid workers
• G7 foreign ministers on December 29, 2022 called on the Taliban to `urgently reverse` a ban on women working in Afghanistan`s aid sector.
• The ban is the latest blow against women`s rights in Afghanistan since the Taliban reclaimed power last year.
• The hardline Islamists also barred women from attending universities earlier this month, prompting global outrage and protests in some Afghan cities.
• The G7 ministers along with those of Australia, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands said in a joint statement they were `gravely concerned that the Taliban`s reckless and dangerous order… puts at risk millions of Afghans who depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival`
7. India halts production of syrup linked to Uzbekistan deaths
• India`s drug regulator said on December 29, 2022 that it had inspected a facility that made a cough syrup linked to deaths of 19 children in Uzbekistan and promised more action based on its findings.
• A legal representative of Marion Biotech, the Indian maker of the Dok-1 Max syrup, said the company regretted the deaths and has halted its production.
• The regulator reviewed the company`s Noida facility in the Uttar Pradesh state and is in regular touch with its Uzbekistan counter-part, the Indian health ministry said in a statement
8. Kosovo`s main border crossing with Serbia opens as tensions ease
• Kosovo`s primary border crossing with Serbia was back open on Thursday, dialling down growing tensions that had drawn international calls for deescalation.
• Barricades were dismantled on the Serbian side of the Merdare border point and Kosovo announced the crossing was open a day after Washington and Brussels urged both to ease a simmering crisis.
• The latest trouble erupted on Dec 10, when ethnic Serbs put up barricades to protest the arrest of an ex-policeman suspected of being involved in attacks against ethnic Albanian police officers effectively sealing off traffic on two border crossings
9. Russia hits Ukraine with barrage of missiles
• Russia fired scores of missiles into Ukraine on December 29, 2022, targeting the capital Kyiv and other cities, including Lviv and Odesa in the west, in one of its largest aerial bombardments that sent people rushing to shelters and knocked out power.
• `Senseless barbarism. These are the only words that come to mind seeing Russia launch another missile barrage at peaceful Ukrainian cities ahead of New Year,` Ukraine`s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tweeted.
• Ukraine`s military said it had shot down 54 missiles out of 69 launched by Russia in an assault that began at 7am local time. Air raid sirens rang out across Ukraine and in Kyiv sounded for five hours one of the longest alarms of the war. Officials had earlier said more than 120 missiles were fired into Ukraine during the attack
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10. Brazilian `king of football Pele dies at 82
• Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the `beautiful game`, died on December 29, 2022 at the age of 82, his family said.
• `Everything we are is thanks to you. We love you infinitely. Rest in peace, daughter Kely Nascimento wrote on Instagram.
• Named athlete of the century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999, Pele is the only footballer in history to win three World Cups -1958, 1962 and 1970.
• Nicknamed `O Rei` (The King), he scored more than 1,000 goals in one of the most storied careers in sport, before retiring in 1977
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