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Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines
World

Unwilling to wait, poorer countries seek their own vaccines

NEW DELHI (AP) — With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United…
Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow
Middle East

Crime, conflict, chaos crushing Afghan hopes for tomorrow

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Every morning when Khan Wali Kamran left for work, he was afraid his children might be…
Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests
Middle East

Tripoli, Lebanon’s poorest city, on edge after curfew, protests

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanon’s poorest city, Tripoli, was again racked by violent protests last week, and some politicians and…
Syria floats new bank note amid soaring inflation
Middle East

Syria floats new bank note amid soaring inflation

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A new, 5,000 Syrian Lira bank note goes into circulation Sunday, the largest denomination in the…
Egyptian parents arrested after offering daughter for sale on Facebook
Egypt

Egyptian parents arrested after offering daughter for sale on Facebook

Egyptian security services have arrested two people in Cairo for offering their infant daughter for sale on Facebook. The Department…
Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest
Middle East

Lebanon’s downhill spiral hits the weakest

“With each passing day, the lives of Lebanon’s citizens, migrants and refugees is becoming more unbearable; the poverty rate has…
World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon
Middle East

World Bank approves cash assistance to crisis-struck Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank approved a $246 million loan to Lebanon to provide emergency cash assistance to nearly…
Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census
World

Virus, other problems threaten to throw off homeless census

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The swanky, billion-dollar casinos of Las Vegas are bedecked with shining towers, neon signs and eye-popping…
Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’
World

Pandemic exposes the vulnerability of Italy’s ‘new poor’

MILAN (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic did not produce Elena Simone’s first budgetary rough patch. The 49-year-old single mother found…
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