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World Review: Afghanistan, child labour and vaccine passports in France

By Tom Arms | Sun 19th September 2021 - 8:30 am

In this weekend’s World Review, Tom Arms reports the Taliban is proving to be a loose coalition that is quickly falling apart along centuries-old tribal lines and more contemporary political axes. He turns his attention to the impact that Covid is having on child labour in the developing world. And he reviews how Marcon’s insistence on vaccine passports turned France from an country opposed to vaccination to one where 74% of adults have had at least one dose.

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged afghanistan and coronavirus | 12 Comments

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