Afghan female artist breaks tattoo taboo in Kabul studio

A normal routine in studios around the world, Shahidy’s artwork in the conservative country breaks a tattoo taboo: she believes she is the first female tattoo artist in a country where some religious scholars say tattoos are forbidden under Islam.

β€œI could have performed this profession abroad but I wanted to do it in Afghanistan because there are no female tattoo artists in the country,” she told Reuters. β€œI believe it’s not only men who can apply tattoos. Women can do it too.”

Trump to add China’s SMIC and CNOOC to defense blacklist – sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is poised to add China’s top chipmaker SMIC and national offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC to a blacklist of alleged Chinese military companies, according to a document and sources, curbing their access to U.S. investors and escalating tensions with Beijing weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Killing of top Iranian nuclear scientist: Reported versions change from 12-person commando squad to REMOTE-CONTROLLED machine gun

Iran’s top scientist was assassinated with a remote-controlled machine gun from 150 meters away, semi-official news agency Fars said, contradicting previous detailed reports of a 12-person commando team doing the killing.

Citing β€œnew details” obtained by its journalists from unidentified sources, Fars said on Sunday that the lead security vehicle in scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh’s three-vehicle convoy of bulletproof cars left its escort position to prepare the arrival location in Absard, east of Tehran.

Joe Biden received β€˜hairline fractures’ in his foot & β€˜will likely require a walking boot for several weeks

After Joe Biden slipped and twisted his ankle while playing with his dog Major, CT scans showed several small fractures in his mid foot, with his physician saying he will probably have to wear a walking boot for several weeks.

While the initial X-ray wereΒ β€œreassuring” and showedΒ β€œno obvious fracture,” a follow up computed tomography scan confirmed a couple ofΒ β€œhairline fractures” in BIden’s lateral and intermediate cuneiform bones in his mid-foot.

Fauci warns of ‘surge upon surge’ in US cases after Thanksgiving

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told ABC’s β€œThis Week” that the level of infection in the US. would not β€œall of a sudden turn around.”

AP: β€œSo clearly in the next few weeks, we’re going to have the same sort of thing. And perhaps even two or three weeks down the line … we may see a surge upon a surge,” he said.

Iran: Mourners gather for funeral of slain nuclear scientist

Family and those close to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh gathered in Mashhad, on Saturday, for the funeral of the assassinated Iranian nuclear scientist. Fakhrizadeh’s coffin was taken from a plane into the Imam Reza shrine. Fakhrizadeh’s son, present at the funeral called the assassination a ‘very cowardly act.’ Copied from page https://www.ruptly.tv/en/videos/20201129-012-Iran–Mourners-gather-for-funeral-of-slain-nuclear-scientist

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