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US vetoes UN ceasefire bid as Gaza bombings continue
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» GAZA CITY - Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Saturday after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war with Hamas that has triggered alerts of an "apocalyptic" humanitarian situation.
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Thailand moves up press freedom table
Published on 03/05/2023
» Thailand has improved its standing in the World Press Freedom Index this year but still ranks 106th out of 180 countries surveyed.
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Mass exodus of foreigners as fighting rages in Sudan
AFP, Published on 24/04/2023
» KHARTOUM - Foreign nations pushed on Monday with frantic evacuations of their citizens from chaos-torn Sudan, where heavy fighting raged for a 10th day between forces loyal to two rival generals.
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Pakistan risks 'extraordinary misery' without flood recovery help: UN
AFP, Published on 09/01/2023
» GENEVA - The international community must help Pakistan recover from last year's devastating floods and boost climate resilience, or the country will be locked in misery, the head of the UN development agency told AFP.
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Worst drought in decades devastates Ethiopia's nomads
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» GODE, Ethiopia: There has hardly been a drop of rain in Hargududo in 18 months. Dried-up carcasses of goats, cows and donkeys litter the ground near the modest thatched huts in this small village in the Somali region of southeastern Ethiopia.
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Nowhere to hide: Abused Afghan women find shelter dwindling
AFP, Published on 02/01/2022
» KABUL - Married off at seven to a man old enough to be her great-grandfather, Fatema endured rapes, beatings and starvation until she could take no more and tried to kill herself.
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Taliban reach Kabul, seek peaceful transition of power
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/08/2021
» The Taliban entered Kabul on Sunday and ordered its forces to remain just outside the Afghan capital ahead of talks for a peaceful transition of power, cementing its renewed grip on the country two decades after the US ousted it from power.
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Passports please: Afghans queue up for escape lifeline
AFP, Published on 28/07/2021
» KABUL - Like thousands of his compatriots, Abdel Khalid Nabyar waited outside Afghanistan's main passport office to apply for the precious travel document that would allow him to leave the war-torn nation.
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Covid surge starting to ease in Indonesia capital, data shows
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2021
» JAKARTA: As Indonesia grapples with a devastating wave of coronavirus infections, Jakarta government data shows a fall in cases and easing pressure on hospitals in the capital, even as the situation worsens in other parts of the archipelago.
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Singapore aiming to start quarantine-free travel in September
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/07/2021
» Singapore aims to relax more virus curbs, including starting to allow quarantine-free travel in September, marking the first time it’s set out a timeline to reopen borders that have been mostly shut for more than a year.
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