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Israeli farms desperate for workers
Published on 14/11/2023
» KADIMA, Israel - Israeli farms, core to the country’s national identity, for years employed Palestinian and Thai workers. But since the Hamas-led attacks on Oct 7 and the war in the Gaza Strip, most Palestinians have been banned from Israel and many fearful Thais have returned home, leaving growers to scramble for labour.
Paris business district looks to students to replace workers
AFP, Published on 08/11/2023
» PARIS - With companies cutting back on office space as working from home remains popular, Europe's biggest business district is looking to students to fill the void left by workers.
Kahlil Gibran's Lebanon hometown celebrates 'The Prophet' centennial
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» BSHARRE (LEBANON) - Nestled in the mountains of northern Lebanon, a museum dedicated to Kahlil Gibran in his hometown of Bsharre has been celebrating the centennial of "The Prophet", the renowned author's most famous work.
France reports 1,040 anti-Semitic acts since October 7
AFP, Published on 06/11/2023
» PARIS - France has recorded more than a thousand anti-Semitic acts since the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas gunmen on Israel, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Sunday.
‘World’s best schools’ honoured
Published on 04/11/2023
» LONDON - Five schools, including a bilingual, integrated Jewish-Arab institution in Jerusalem, triumphed at the World’s Best School prizes on Saturday for achievements including fostering unity, helping the local community and supporting mental health.
Thousands of Afghans flee Pakistan as deadline looms
AFP, Published on 31/10/2023
» PESHAWAR, Pakistan - More than 10,000 Afghans living in Pakistan rushed to the borders on Tuesday, just hours before a deadline for 1.7 million people to leave Pakistan voluntarily or face arrest and deportation.
Paris poster activists aim to keep Hamas's hostages in public eye
AFP, Published on 23/10/2023
» PARIS - Under cover of darkness in the western districts of Paris, activists armed with buckets of glue and thousands of posters get to work.
Race to save the Amazon leaves out Brazil's crucial savanna
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» SãO DESIDéRIO (BRAZIL) - People thought she was crazy when Carminha Maria Missio and her family bought what was considered "sterile" land in the Brazilian savanna to farm soybeans, she says.
Foreigners killed or missing since Hamas attack
AFP, Published on 19/10/2023
» PARIS - Scores of foreigners have been killed, wounded or taken hostage since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7.
French schools to honour teacher killed in 'terror' attack
AFP, Published on 16/10/2023
» ARRAS, France: Schools across France will on Monday hold a minute of silence for the teacher stabbed to death in what President Emmanuel Macron called an act of "Islamist terror".