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April 2, 2020
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April 2, 2020
Proposed COVID-19 pay rise insufficient, say Egypt’s doctors
Doctors in Egypt have said that President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s proposed 75 per cent medical allowance raise is not enough given the gravity of what they are facing as...
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April 2, 2020
Coronavirus leads to violations of media freedoms in Egypt
Thirty-nine violations against media freedoms were documented in Egypt in March, the Arab Observatory for Media Freedom reported yesterday. The majority of the cases, the organisation said, related to...
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April 2, 2020
American activists call on US to send aid to Palestine
American activists have signed a petition urging the US administration to supply Gaza and the West Bank with much-needed humanitarian aid as the novel coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the Palestinian health...
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April 2, 2020
Former Somali Prime Minister dies of Covid-19 in London
A former Prime Minister of Somalia has died after contracting coronavirus Covid-19 in London, his family said on Wednesday. The son of Nour Hassan Hussein Nour Adde said that...
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April 2, 2020
Sudan asks US to remove it from terrorism list
Acting Sudanese Ambassador to Washington Amira Agaraib asked the US to remove Khartoum from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, Anadolu reported. This came during a meeting between Sudanese official and the...
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April 2, 2020
With over a million jobless, Israel’s unemployment rate jumps 527%
Israel’s shattered economy is showing further signs of slowing down with unemployment rate hitting 25 per cent due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new figure marks a near eight...
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April 2, 2020
Turkish military hacks into Syria regime radio to broadcast warning
Turkey’s armed forces in Syria’s north-west province of Idlib have hacked into Syrian army radio frequencies yesterday and issued a warning not to violate the de-escalation zone. Local sources...
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April 2, 2020
Houthi official calls for 12-country arbitration with Saudi
Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Al-Houthi, has extended a new arbitration initiative to the Saudi-led coalition, urging it to “accept the arbitration of 12 countries”. In a Twitter post yesterday,...
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April 2, 2020
Philippines envoy to Lebanon dies from coronavirus, as case toll mounts
Philippines Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died early this morning of coronavirus in Beirut, according to local media reports. Catalla, 62, was being treated in a hospital in Beirut...
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