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Italy resumes migrant transfers to Albania as navy vessel heads to centers with 49 people
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Taliban deputy urges leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls
A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls,…