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According to reports from Iran’s local media on Sunday, an bank manager who served an unveiled woman has been sacked as protests sparked by the compulsory head-covering requirement rock the Islamic regime to its foundations.

Hundreds of individuals demonstrated against China’s zero-Covid policy on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai on Sunday in a rare display of public outrage directed at the state. The demonstrations took place on the same day.

Equatorial Guinea’s authoritarian leader, who has been in power longer than any other leader in the world, has been re-elected as president.

According to police spokesman Garry Desrosiers, Harington Rigaud “was shot in the head not far from the academy.” His vehicle was stolen, and his driver was taken.

Chinese-born Canadian music singer Kris Wu was found guilty of offences including rape on Friday and given a 13-year prison sentence by a court in Beijing.

Court documents show that on Wednesday, Alexandre de Moraes, the head of Brazil’s electoral court, denied a challenge to the results of the presidential election brought by supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro, who narrowly lost the vote.

Police in Malawi say they have detained the stepson of ex-president Peter Mutharika after 30 corpses were discovered in graves in a jungle in October.

The trial of Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticising the war in Ukraine, has begun in a court in Moscow.