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On Tuesday, Taliban ordered a ban on higher education for women. Islamic rulers who are in power of the country, 17 months earlier banned most female Afghan teenagers from attending the  secondary school and now they did that on universities as well. Sabra is a fourth-year medical student, living in Kabul, during her interview she said “I studied with all my heart for four years, I only had one year left to graduate from university.” In my opinion that is absolutely heartbreaking. Women who worked so hard, are now being deprived of a chance for bright future. Right to education is a fundamental human right and this is a violation of it and a crime against humanity. I think that this decision is absolutely shameful and should be immediately reversed. source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/21/afghanistan-women-react-university-ban-taliban

Animals like cats or dogs eat grass to help their digestion, while wild species use natural substances in order to prevent diseases or to prevent getting parasites. This behavior is called animal self-medication, or more formally “zoopharmacognosy”. There are also other behaviors such as the consumption of medicinal plants, soil, or the application of substances to the body. That might be a bit surprising, but for example consuming dirt is also really important for some of the wild animals, since it’s the source of many minerals which are helpful in the process of digestion. There was an expedition to Brazil recently taking place and it was discovered that Cabreúva which is locally known for its great anti-parasitic, anti-inflammatory and antibiotic functions. It is found that it is a resource that could help the species that use it to maintain their populations by improving their health and increasing their reproductive success. In my opinion that is such an important discovery, bec...

BBC interviewed four cleaners who said that they were fired from Twitter on Monday, they said that they were sacked without getting severance pay. One of them -  Adrianna Villarreal, who worked for Twitter for four years, told the BBC that now she’s afraid that she might not have enough money to feed her family during Christmas Time. Julio Alvarado had been a cleaner for 10 years at Twitter and his says that the atmosphere has always been nice and friendly. That was until Elon Musk took Twitter over in October. "Elon Musk has had a long history of flouting labour laws," said Mr Chiu. The president of the cleaners' union, told the BBC they organised a protest on Monday which led to cleaners being fired immediately. In my opinion, sacking people off just before the Christmas Time is quite cruel. A lot of them may not be able to live through winter or even feed their children, but honestly I don’t think that neither Elon Musk nor his people care too much about it. They’re ...