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World
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Africa
8/2/2023 5:13:17 PM
Hundreds of Nigerian workers across various sectors were on strike Wednesday over the rising cost of living following the removal of subsidy on petrol.
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World
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Region
7/31/2023 6:52:54 PM
Several thousand people briefly took to the streets across the Gaza Strip on Sunday to protest chronic power outages and difficult living conditions.
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Egypt
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Society
7/31/2023 2:18:44 PM
The fourth edition of the Egyptian expatriates conference kicked off in Cairo on Monday, with wide-ranging topics of discussion including the economic, political, and social issues faced by Egyptians living abroad.
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Egypt
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Society
7/27/2023 2:15:49 PM
Egyptian men living abroad with outstanding military conscription status may apply online to settle the issue starting in August, announced the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
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World
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Africa
7/26/2023 3:40:26 PM
Nigerian resident doctors working in government hospitals began a total and "indefinite" strike on Wednesday over pay and welfare in their latest industrial action.
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World
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Africa
7/26/2023 1:17:21 PM
Weary Kenyans on Wednesday voiced cautious optimism for an end to political unrest after President William Ruto said he was ready to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga "anytime" following months of anti-government protests.
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World
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War in Ukraine
7/22/2023 1:47:18 PM
A Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow-annexed Crimea caused the "detonation" of an ammunition depot Saturday, the Moscow-installed leader of the peninsula said, ordering the evacuation of people living within five kilometres of the attack and halting rail traffic.
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World
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Africa
7/20/2023 10:21:44 PM
Police in Kenya say they have been ordered not to report deaths amid demonstrations against the rising cost of living, but an independent watchdog says at least six people were shot dead by police and 27 were shot dead in such protests earlier this year.
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World
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International
7/20/2023 4:48:13 PM
Voters went to the polls Thursday in three electoral districts of England, with the governing Conservative Party braced for a drubbing over a cost-of-living crisis and a morale-sapping string of political scandals.
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World
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International
7/20/2023 1:20:07 PM
With its open kitchen, bathtub and electric piano, Chinese e-commerce worker Twiggy He's home is the envy of her colleagues -- even if it is located in their office carpark.
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World
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Africa
7/19/2023 8:41:14 PM
Police in Kenya opened fire on protesters in clashes that left at least 12 people wounded Wednesday as the opposition organized demonstrations calling for the government of President William Ruto to lower the cost of living.
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World
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Africa
7/19/2023 1:40:33 PM
At least four protesters were injured in Kenya Wednesday as police clashed with demonstrators who are calling for the government to lower the cost of living.
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World
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Region
7/19/2023 10:27:53 AM
The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it will reduce monthly cash aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees living in two camps in Jordan because of what it described as an “unprecedented funding crisis.”
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/14/2023 6:30:00 PM
The cost-of-living crisis in Britain has been casting a dark shadow over everyday language.
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World
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International
7/13/2023 8:24:55 PM
The British government offered millions of public sector workers pay raises Thursday in a bid to end an array of strikes that have crippled trains, health care and other services for more than a year amid the biggest cost-of-living crisis in generations.
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Business
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Economy
7/13/2023 10:49:35 AM
US consumer inflation cooled in June to its lowest rate since early 2021, according to government data released Wednesday -- an encouraging sign for policymakers battling cost-of-living pressures.
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Egypt
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Society
7/8/2023 3:12:50 PM
A total of 1,000 Egyptian nationals living in 56 countries have registered to attend the fourth edition of the country’s expatriates conference, which will kick off on 31 July, according to Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs Soha Gendy.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
7/7/2023 8:52:31 PM
For many years, Israel played along with the international community’s demand for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state living side-by-side with it in peace.
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World
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Region
6/29/2023 4:59:44 PM
A few dozen Iraqi protesters on Thursday briefly breached the Swedish embassy in Baghdad over the burning of the Quran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, an AFP photographer reported.
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World
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Region
6/29/2023 1:15:14 PM
Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern nations on Thursday condemned the burning of the Koran by an Iraqi living in Sweden, warning such acts "inflame" the feelings of Muslims around the world.
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