Yearly Archives: 2024

African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP per year with climate change lol

Muhamad Yehia DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — African nations are losing up to 5% of their GDP every year as they bear a heavier burden than the rest of the world from climate change, a new report said Monday after one of the continent’s hottest years on record. The World Meteorological …

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Greece seeks tougher EU migration policies as it braces for impact of Mideast wars

Muhamad Yehia ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece is seeking stricter European Union migration policies as it braces for a potential surge in migrants and refugees due to ongoing war in the Middle East, a senior government official said Wednesday. Migration Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos said the government is considering creating detention facilities on the islands …

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Verdict expected in the Paris trial of a former Rwandan doctor accused of genocide

Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab PARIS (AP) — A Paris court is expected to announce Wednesday its verdict in the trial of a Rwandan former doctor accused of having played a role in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The Advocates-General, in charge of the prosecution, requested 30 years in prison for Eugène Rwamucyo, …

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Two closing arguments show the stark choice between Trump and Harris

Muhamad Yehia  New YORK(AP) — In the shadow of the White House, seven days before the final votes of the 2024 election are cast, Kamala Harris vowed to put country over party and warned that Donald Trump is obsessed with revenge and his own personal interests Appearing before an overflowing …

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Muhamad Yehia BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — After 18 years working to topple Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, Republicans in Big Sky Country see potential victory and control of the Senate majority within their grasp in an increasingly acrimonious contest that’s shattering campaign spending records. Montana voters, meanwhile, are getting worn out — …

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Kurdish leader in Syria calls for diplomatic solutions to conflict with Turkey

sahar ragab & Muhamad Yehia QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — The leader of the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in northeast Syria in an interview with The Associated Press called for international mediators to push for diplomatic solutions to the complex web of conflicts in Syria, including the escalating Turkish bombardment of Kurdish areas. …

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Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group

Muhamad Yehia BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah announced on Tuesday that it has chosen cleric Naim Kassem to lead the Lebanese militant group after the killing of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in late September. The group said in a statement that Hezbollah’s decision-making Shura Council elected …

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Israel’s cafes and bars, life may seem normal. But the war has cast a pall nationwide

Muhamad Yehia TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — At a busy Tel Aviv entertainment district, diners spill into outdoor seating and clink glasses as music fills the air. There’s laughter, there’s life. But all around the patrons, staring down from lampposts and shop windows, are pictures of hostages held in Gaza, stark reminders that …

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Israel approves two bills that could halt UNRWA’s aid delivery to Gaza. What does that mean?

Muhamad Yehia DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s parliament has passed two laws that could prevent the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, a main provider of aid to Gaza, from being able to continue its work. The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating and cut all ties between …

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Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says

Muhamad Yehia & sahar ragab CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis in decades, the United Nations’ food agency said Tuesday The World …

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