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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Former President Donald Trump hand-picked chief of U.S. international broadcasting has quit amid a burgeoning staff revolt and growing calls for his resignation.Michael Pack resigned as the chief executive office of the U.S. Agency for Global Media just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Wednesday. The agency runs the Voice of America and sister networks.Pack had created a furor when he took over the agency last year and fired the boards of all the outlets under his control along with the leadership of the individual broadcast networks. The actions were criticized as threatening the broadcasters ; prized editorial independence.Biden had been expected to make major changes to the agency structure and management but Pack early departure signaled those may be coming sooner rather than later. Though many presidential appointees resign when a new administration comes in, Pack was not required to so. His position was created by Congress is not limited by the length of a stanley cup particular administration.In resigning, Pack cited the incoming administration desire for new leadership at the agency.I serve at the pleasure of not one par stanley cup ticular president, but the office of the president itself, Pack said in a resignation letter sent to staffers. The new administration has requested my resignation, and that is why I have stanley cup tendered it as of 2PM today.WATCH: Inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harr Qvzy Minorities make up 14 percent of state lawmakers in 2015, survey finds
KABUL, Afghanistan 鈥?Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the Taliban governments new higher education minister said Sunday.The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, laid out the new policies at a news confe stanley cup rence, several days after Afgh stanley cup anistans new rulers formed an all-male government. On Saturday, the Taliban had raised their flag over the presidential palace, signaling the start of the work of the new government.The world has been watching closely to see to what extent the stanley cup Taliban might act differently from their first time in power, in the late 1990s. During that era, girls and women were denied an education, and were excluded from public life.The Taliban have suggested they have changed, including in their attitudes toward women. However, women have been banned from sports and the Taliban have used violence in recent days against women protesters demanding equal rights.Haqqani said the Taliban did not want to turn the clock back 20 years. We will start building on what exists today, he said.However, female university students will face restrictions, including a compulsory dress code. Haqqani said hijabs will be mandatory but did not specify if this meant compulsory headscarves or also compulsory face coverings.Gender segregation will also be enforced, he said. We will not allow boys and girls to study together, he said. We will not allow co-edu