Poet Mustafa al-Trabelsi penned eerily prescient lines in the days before he would die in a flood in the city of Derna, on eastern Libya’s Mediterranean coast. “The rain /Exposes the drenched streets, /the cheating contractor, /and the failed state,” he wrote after attending a public...
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The Guatemalan government resumed its presidential transition with representatives of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo this week, a move that comes after weeks of disputes and controversy following Arévalo’s landslide victory in an August run-off, Reuters reported. Arévalo won Guatemala’s presidential elections on promises to root out corruption...
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French Transport Minister Clément Beaune urged calm this week amid widespread reports of bedbug infestations across the country, an issue that comes as France prepares itself to host next year’s Olympic Games, CNBC reported. In recent weeks, videos on social media have been showing the presence...
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Indian police raided the homes of journalists linked to an independent news outlet critical of the government – and accused of spreading Chinese propaganda – a move that has sparked concern over eroding press freedoms in the world’s largest democracy, CNN reported. The raids targeted reporters,...
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This week, the European Union reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion, as schisms over the issue continued to grow in the United States and Europe, Al Jazeera reported. A delegation of EU foreign ministers visited Kyiv and expressed unity...
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Scientists recently discovered a new virus in the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans, Euronews reported. The pathogen was located in sediment taken more than 29,000 feet underwater in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench – considered the planet’s deepest location, researchers wrote. The Mariana Trench’s lowest point...
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