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International
1/19/2022 4:34:23 PM
One year into a presidency defined by lofty ambitions and at-times frustrating shortfalls, President Joe Biden will try to talk anxious Americans through the challenges of delivering on his lengthy to-do list as he holds a rare news conference and asks for patience with the pace of progress.
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International
1/18/2022 9:49:58 PM
Kazakhstan's influential former leader released a short video on Tuesday in which he talked about the violent unrest that engulfed the ex-Soviet nation earlier this month and rejected reports alleging that he fled the country amid tensions with the current president.
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World
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Region
1/18/2022 6:03:31 PM
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, announced a $1.6 billion funding appeal Tuesday to help counter "chronic" budget shortfalls.
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World
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Region
1/16/2022 2:16:11 PM
Internet services were disrupted in Lebanon Sunday because of diesel shortages, according to the state provider, adding another essential service to the list of casualties of the country's snowballing economic crisis.
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Sports
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World
1/14/2022 2:54:13 PM
Burnley's shortage of players due to coronavirus cases and injuries has led to its Premier League match against Leicester being postponed.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/12/2022 8:56:14 PM
The organisers of Zawya's Short Film Festival revealed the poster for the event's upcoming sixth edition.
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Books
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Reviews
1/12/2022 7:31:50 PM
Alice Gaber's most recent collection of short stories entices the reader's curiosity with a simple, easy to read style and characters that face misfortune, but is hampered by its forgettability.
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World
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International
1/12/2022 4:12:48 PM
Former US president Donald Trump expressed support for getting vaccinated against Covid-19 but said it should be up to individuals, in an NPR interview aired Wednesday that he cut short after again falsely claiming election fraud.
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World
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International
1/10/2022 12:43:12 PM
Dutch King Willem-Alexander is swearing in a new ruling coalition Monday, led for the fourth time by Mark Rutte, amid a nationwide coronavirus lockdown and policy challenges ranging from climate change to housing shortages to the future of agriculture.
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World
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International
1/8/2022 10:57:30 PM
Ambulances in Kansas speed toward hospitals then suddenly change direction because hospitals are full. Employee shortages in New York City cause delays in trash and subway services and diminish the ranks of firefighters and emergency workers. Airport officials shut down security checkpoints at the biggest terminal in Phoenix and schools across the nation struggle to find teachers for their classrooms.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
1/8/2022 10:48:14 PM
The eighth Alexandria Short Film Festival (ASFF) has released the poster for its upcoming edition scheduled to take place in February.
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
1/7/2022 4:37:21 PM
Egypt and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah will vie with Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi for FIFA's Best award after being named in a final three-man shortlist for the prestigious prize on Friday.
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World
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Region
1/5/2022 12:29:37 PM
The U.S. led-coalition in Syria struck several launch sites for short-range rockets believed to be intended for attacks on an installation used by U.S. troops in eastern Syria, officials said Tuesday.
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Sports
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Talents Abroad
1/4/2022 9:54:35 PM
FIFA said it will unveil on Friday its three finalists for its Best Player of the Year award, which Egypt's Mohamed Salah is contesting with 10 other nominees including Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski and Paris Saint-Germain forward Lionel Messi.
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World
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International
1/4/2022 9:23:34 PM
British hospitals have switched to a "war footing" due to staff shortages caused by a wave of Omicron infections, the government said Tuesday, as the country's daily Covid caseload breached 200,000 for the first time.
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World
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International
1/2/2022 7:06:20 PM
The UK government has been making contingency plans in case hospitals, schools and other workplaces are hit by major staff shortages amid the country's record-breaking spike in coronavirus infections.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/2/2022 1:01:21 PM
Egypt reopened the Port of Nuweiba in South Sinai and a number of major roads for traffic nationwide on Sunday shortly after their closure over bad weather conditions over the last weekend.
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Sports
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World
1/1/2022 5:23:15 PM
Paris Saint-Germain's 13-point lead midway through the season is far less comfortable than it appears.
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Sports
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World
12/29/2021 7:38:45 PM
Qatar wants to attract 1.2 million people to the World Cup but will struggle to accommodate many of them.
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World
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International
12/28/2021 4:25:44 PM
Hundreds of thousands more people were confined to their homes in northern China Tuesday as the country battled its worst Covid surge in 21 months and locked-down residents took to social media to complain about food shortages.
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