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Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover
Middle East
August 22, 2021
Europe fears Afghan refugee crisis after Taliban takeover
HANGEDIGI, Turkey (AP) — From above, the new border wall separating Turkey from Iran looks like a white snake winding…
Erdogan says Turkey will not be “Europe’s migrant storage unit” amid Afghanistan turmoil
Middle East
August 20, 2021
Erdogan says Turkey will not be “Europe’s migrant storage unit” amid Afghanistan turmoil
ANKARA, Aug 19 (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday urged European countries to take responsibility for migrants coming from…
Egypt-Libya electricity project successful, plans linkage with Europe: minister
Egypt
August 20, 2021
Egypt-Libya electricity project successful, plans linkage with Europe: minister
Egypt succeeded recently in generating electric power to Libya through existing projects, and is planning an eventual electricity linkage with…
Meet the Middle Eastern migrants trapped in Lithuania
Middle East
August 20, 2021
Meet the Middle Eastern migrants trapped in Lithuania
The trip from the center of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, to the refugee reception center in Rudninkai takes about 40 minutes. It’s…
European stock markets slip, Asian markets advance
World
August 18, 2021
European stock markets slip, Asian markets advance
BEIJING (AP) — European stock markets opened lower Wednesday while Asia advanced as investors awaited an update from the Federal…
After UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part
World
August 15, 2021
After UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part
HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Young urban shepherd Lukas Janssens guides his flock among the graves in Schoonselhof, one of Belgium’s…
Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens
World
August 12, 2021
Messi joins crypto craze as gets part of PSG fee in fan tokens
MIAMI, Aug 12 (Reuters) – Soccer star Lionel Messi’s signing on fee at Paris St Germain includes some of the…
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
Middle East
August 11, 2021
To get to Europe, Tunisian migrants turn to ‘self-smuggling’
In a self-made video, posted live on Facebook, young Tunisians on the boat clattering noisily toward the Italian coastline look relaxed, as…
Germany and Netherlands suspend deportations to Afghanistan
Middle East
August 11, 2021
Germany and Netherlands suspend deportations to Afghanistan
Germany will temporarily stop deportations to Afghanistan due to the unstable security situation, the German Interior Ministry told DW on Wednesday.…
‘We fought a great battle’: Greece defends wildfire response
World
August 11, 2021
‘We fought a great battle’: Greece defends wildfire response
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — As the worst of Greece’s massive wildfires were being tamed Tuesday, the country’s civil protection chief…