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Egypt’s Sisi still has a blank cheque for repression | Middle East
On June 14, just two weeks before the eighth anniversary of the coup against President Mohamed Morsi, an Egyptian court…
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Lebanon medicine importers warn imported drugs running out | Business and Economy News
Lebanese grappling with a raft of shortages, from petrol to medication, as caretaker gov’t discusses lifting subsidies. Lebanon’s medicine importers…
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At least 43 migrants feared drowned in shipwreck off Tunisia | Humanitarian Crises News
Tunisian Red Crescent says the boat had set off from Libya’s Zuwarah carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh.…
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Statues of Queen Victoria, Queen Elizabeth II toppled in Canada | Indigenous Rights News
Many cities scrapped Canada Day events as scandal over Indigenous children made them confront their colonial history. Protesters in the…
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No career path, no raise for Nigeria’s contract bank workers | Banks News
Lagos, Nigeria – For Basit, climbing the corporate ranks of commercial banking in Nigeria has been an exercise in frustration.…
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Art on the front lines of a changing Sudan | Arts and Culture
Khartoum, Sudan – On the exterior wall of Khartoum’s morgue, a peach-coloured building attached to a hospital, a spray-painted corpse-hand…
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Ethiopia army: ‘We can re-enter Tigray within weeks if needed’ | Eritrea News
Federal forces left the region to deal with threats ‘from outsiders’, says government spokesman. Ethiopia says its military could re-enter…
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As infections rise, Cuban doctors fan out to encourage COVID jabs | Coronavirus pandemic News
Havana, Cuba – There is a health clinic on every corner in Havana, each with a family doctor and nurse. Over…
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As China’s Communist Party turns 100, economic challenges loom | Business and Economy News
Shenzhen, China – Private education companies that provide extracurricular lessons to legions of Chinese children are in the crosshairs of…
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Indian Air Force base in Kashmir hit by explosions | India News
Authorities launch an investigation after two ‘low-intensity’ explosions, possibly from a drone, hit airport used by military in Jammu city.…
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