UNICEF has warned that the Taliban's ban on girls' education above sixth grade and restrictions on women's employment are weakening Afghanistan's economy and could trigger significant long-term social consequences. The analysis, cited by Forbes, documents reduced GDP growth directly attributable to the exclusion of half the population from education and formal work.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have identified the five-month-old baby who succumbed to injuries sustained in a three-vehicle crash on the Pepper main road in St Elizabeth on Saturday morning as Kemarala Forbes. Police said the baby suffered a laceration-type injury to the face. A police indicate that about 10:30 am the child was among four people travelling in a Toyota Voxy when the vehicle turned right into the path of a Nissan pickup, causing a collision.