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Violence against women, girls in Afghanistan has further increased

Globally, one in three women have experienced physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Afghanistan has one of the highest rates of violence against women globally, with nine out of 10 women experiencing at least one form of intimate partner violence in their lifetime.

German states mull making vaccination mandatory

In the past 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care increased by around 140 and climbed to almost 4,000, according to the online registry of the German Interdisciplinary Association for Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI)

Aus Covid caseload crosses 200K

With over 1,000 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, the country's infection tally now stands at 200,651, reports Xinhua news agency.