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UN calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse crackdown on women

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Monday calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their crackdown on women and to combat militant groups inside Afghanistan that Pakistan accuses of carrying out cross-border attacks. China’s U.N. Ambassador Fu Cong, whose country sponsored the resolution, said the hope is that the…

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Victorian allied health workers to walk off the job as pay negotiations with the government break down

Disruptions are expected at Victorian public hospitals as thousands of allied health workers walk off the job over a pay dispute. Radiographers, sonographers, physiotherapists, podiatrists, speech pathologists and social workers will all participate in a 24-hour strike from midnight on Tuesday. The union representing allied health workers said the industrial action came after protracted bargaining…

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