curfew
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Another correspondent said few people were on the streets inside Qamishli amid a curfew in place until Wednesday morning, with Kurdish security forces also lightly deployed and Kurdish flags and banners raised.
From Barron's
It will include exploring possible overnight curfews and actions to prevent "doom-scrolling", and will report back to the government in the summer.
From BBC
What has changed to necessitate a midnight curfew being imposed in Sri Lanka?
From BBC
However, England have now enforced a curfew, meaning players and staff have to be back on hotel premises by midnight.
From BBC
Kurdish authorities in north and northeastern Syria on Saturday ordered a curfew for the Raqa region "until further notice", as government forces advanced and threatened to bomb sites in the area.
From Barron's
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