Friday, 22 March 2024

WORLD NEWS

Some say the Garden of Eden was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq. Now, the wetlands there are drying up. The man fighting to save the marshes is risking his life to do so.

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Tuesday, 19 March 2024

WORLD NEWS

The biggest humanitarian crisis in decades is raging in the Global South. Around 50 countries are nearing bankruptcy and 165 million people have fallen into poverty. The story of a brother and sister who have lost almost everything. Except each other.

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WORLD NEWS

The first survivors of the Hamas massacre have returned to Kfar Aza, where almost 10 percent of the population was either murdered or abducted. It is a changed place, and the community is fractured.

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Friday, 15 March 2024

WORLD NEWS

Russia's democracy may be dead, but the regime is sparing neither effort nor expense in staging the presidential election. Large voter turnout is supposed to give Putin's rule the appearance of legitimacy.

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Thursday, 14 March 2024

WORLD NEWS

UNRWA employees are alleged to have participated in the October 7 terror attack against Israel. Is there any truth to the allegations? And what happens to the Gaza Strip if the most important humanitarian relief organization is abolished in the middle of the war?

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Wednesday, 13 March 2024

WORLD NEWS

German cities are suffering from a shortage of bus drivers, and local transportation companies are looking all the way to the shores of Lake Victoria to find what they need. They aren't the only Kenyans in high demand in Germany at the moment.

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