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Published by Al-Araby The boycott of Iraq’s parliamentary elections is showing no sign of slowing after the Iraqi Communist Party announced this weekend it would not be taking part. The party said during a press conference on Saturday that it was boycotting the election because it does not believe that the 10 October elections will […]
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Published by Al-Araby Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz will meet his French counterpart in Paris this week for talks that will include an “update” on the Pegasus spyware scandal, his office said on Tuesday. A ministry statement said Gantz will leave Wednesday for talks with French Defence Minister Florence Parly on topics including the crisis
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Published by Reuters By Colin Packham and Renju Jose CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state said on Tuesday it will end lockdown after curtailing the spread of COVID-19, but neighbouring New South Wales faced a four-week extension of restrictions according to media reports after new cases hit a 16-month peak. More than half of Australia’s
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Published by Reuters By Carl O’Donnell and Jeff Mason (Reuters) -The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not revised its masking guidance, even as the Delta variant of the coronavirus sweeps the United States, driving up infections, CDC director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday. Walensky declined to say if the CDC is considering
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Published by Reuters By Emily Chow ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Workers driving construction vehicles rescued stranded residents and delivered food to those still trapped on Friday after days of torrential rain swamped the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. As floodwaters began to recede, rescuers in the city of 12 million used digger trucks, inflatable boats
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Published by Al-Araby The pandemic and the subsequent coronavirus restrictions had turned the lives of people across the world upside down. It affected many aspects of life including Eid celebrations for the Muslim community. Pre-covid I would attend morning Eid prayers at my local mosque. My neighbours and I would exchange food and I would
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Published by Reuters SCHULD, Germany (Reuters) -The number of people who lost their lives in the heavy floods in the western part of Germany increased to at least 81 on Friday, according to German broadcaster ARD, in what is Germany’s worst mass loss of life in years. Around 1,300 people were missing in the Ahrweiler
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Published by Al-Araby Saudi Arabia will host another downsized hajj from Saturday, with only residents fully vaccinated against the coronavirus permitted and overseas Muslim pilgrims barred for a second year. The kingdom seeks to repeat last year’s success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day Muslim pilgrimage. It isallowing 60,000 residents of Saudi Arabia
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Published by Reuters By Kevin Yao and Gabriel Crossley BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s economy grew slightly more slowly than expected in the second quarter, weighed down by higher raw material costs and new COVID-19 outbreaks, as expectations build that policymakers may have to do more to support the recovery. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 7.9% in
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Published by DPA Six houses collapsed in western Germany due to flooding and ongoing rain overnight, leaving about 30 people missing Thursday morning, police said. The catastrophe was unfolding in the rural Eifel region of Rhineland-Palatinate state, where police said four people had been found dead in the district of Ahrweiler. The entire district was
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