Two Rhythms, One Stage: Tap Dance Premieres at Michigan Jazz Festival
Read full article: Two Rhythms, One Stage: Tap Dance Premieres at Michigan Jazz FestivalThis year marks the 30th annual Michigan Jazz Festival and every year it continues to evolve. This year, a new form of art is introduced: tap dancing.
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1 dead, dozens wounded in tribal clashes in southern Tunisia
Read full article: 1 dead, dozens wounded in tribal clashes in southern TunisiaFrench Prime Minister Jean Castex, right, poses with Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, prior to their meeting at Matignon, in Paris, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/Pool photo via AP)TUNIS – Tunisian authorities ordered a curfew in regions in southern Tunisia after at least a man was killed and dozens of people wounded, two seriously, in tribal clashes that broke out over a land dispute. The security forces union reported 83 wounded who were transferred to nearby hospitals using ambulances from surrounding areas. TAP reported that four security officers were injured in the clashes and a security vehicle ransacked. Mechichi, who is on his first trip abroad since he took office on Sept. 2, is scheduled to visit Italy on Tuesday.

Tunisia bans full-face coverings in public institutions after bombings
Read full article: Tunisia bans full-face coverings in public institutions after bombingsPhoto by Michele Mossop/Getty Images(CNN) - Tunisia has banned people from wearing the niqab -- a full-face veil -- in public institutions, citing security concerns. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed signed a government order Friday that prohibits anyone wearing a niqab, which covers everything but the eyes, from accessing public offices, according to official news agency TAP. On June 27, twin suicide bombings in the capital, Tunis, targeted Tunisia's security forces and killed at least one person and injured several others. There have been reports that terrorists have been using niqab to disguise themselves, TAP said. The niqab and hijab, or headscarf, were banned under secular governments until the ouster of longtime President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's regime in 2011, Reuters reports.