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COP27
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To Know
9/19/2022 3:17:00 PM
On behalf of Africa, Egypt will host the the 27th session of the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh in November with the world picking up speed in its race against climate change to limit the rise in Earth's temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. COP takes place annually in a different host city.
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World
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International
9/14/2022 9:28:18 PM
Commuters, food producers, refineries and others could all be affected if there is a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week.
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World
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International
9/14/2022 8:25:43 PM
Border clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan have killed 155 troops on both sides in the largest outbreak of fighting between the neighbors and longtime adversaries in nearly two years, fueling fears of even bigger hostilities.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/12/2022 10:35:26 AM
The forced shutdown of Ukraine's endangered and crippled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant _ Europe's largest _ significantly reduces the risk of a radiation disaster that has haunted the world for weeks.
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World
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International
9/10/2022 1:14:06 PM
Charles became king immediately upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday. He was officially proclaimed King Charles III on Saturday during a ceremony at St. James's Palace in London, and many more formal steps will follow until his coronation, which may not come for months.
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World
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International
9/10/2022 11:48:07 AM
Sweden is holding an election Sunday to elect lawmakers to the 349-seat Riksdag as well as to local offices across the nation of 10 million people.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
9/9/2022 4:56:59 PM
Europe is facing an energy crisis that is squeezing ordinary people's finances and in just a few weeks could mushroom into rolling blackouts and factory shutdowns. Already, many economists say a recession is on the way.
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World
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International
9/7/2022 3:41:40 PM
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, during a visit to the neighbouring Central Asian nation of Uzbekistan this month, in what would be his first overseas visit since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/7/2022 10:58:55 AM
North Korea is apparently moving to sell millions of rockets and artillery shells _ many of them likely from its old stock _ to its Cold War ally Russia.
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World
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International
9/6/2022 6:20:04 PM
Liz Truss, a onetime accountant who has served in Parliament for the past 12 years, became Britain's prime minister on Tuesday after Queen Elizabeth II formally asked her to form a government.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
9/4/2022 10:44:29 AM
Capping the price of Russian oil, an approach G7 members said Friday they want to pursue "urgently," would be an unprecedented move and one which some analysts say could backfire.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/2/2022 4:39:24 PM
As Ukrainian forces fight a late-summer counterattack to wrest the southern province of Kherson from Russian control, Russian President Vladimir Putin is learning a lesson that many political leaders have learned before: War is often much longer and costlier than anticipated.
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World
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Africa
9/1/2022 3:24:48 PM
The northern Ethiopian region of Tigray erupted in violence nearly two years ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in troops to topple a rebel movement he accused of attacking federal army bases.
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World
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Region
8/30/2022 8:14:18 PM
Iraq's long-running power struggle between rival Shia camps devolved into bloody street violence this week, the culmination of months of simmering tensions and a political vacuum.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/29/2022 10:19:01 PM
A consortium of Egyptian companies – under the supervision of the Egyptian government – started construction of Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere Hydroelectric Power Project (JNHPP) in 2019.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/24/2022 5:31:38 PM
The Egyptian Ministry of Transportation has been building the Bashteel Railway Station in Giza governorate since 2020, with the aim of serving passengers travelling to and from Upper Egypt.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/15/2022 4:32:43 PM
Satellites owned by private companies have played an unexpectedly important role in the war in Ukraine. For example, in early August 2022, images from the private satellite company Planet Labs showed that a recent attack on a Russian military base in Crimea caused more damage than Russia had suggested in public reports.
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World
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International
8/10/2022 9:20:39 PM
Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
8/9/2022 7:15:37 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly revealed on Tuesday the government’s plan to reduce and rationalise energy and water consumption nationwide amidst the global energy crisis.
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World
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Africa
8/6/2022 11:58:30 AM
Kenyans vote Tuesday to choose a successor to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The race is close and could go to a runoff for the first time.
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