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8/27/2021 4:10:09 PM
Lebanon is in the throes of one of the world's worst economic crises since the mid-19th century, which has sparked a flurry of shortages from medicines to fuel as foreign currency reserves run low
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8/23/2021 10:58:49 AM
Medics scramble to find alternatives to saline solutions after the hospital ran out. The shortages are overwhelming, the medical staff exhausted, Lebanon's hospitals are at a breaking point
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8/20/2021 7:10:01 PM
'What we are going through is mind-blowing. We have nothing left, we are deprived of everything, even sleep, Ayla said
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World
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Africa
8/15/2021 5:42:48 PM
Less than 2% of the continent’s 1.3 billion people are fully vaccinated and African countries have received just over 100 million vaccine doses, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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World
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8/14/2021 5:38:13 PM
As Lebanon's economic crisis deepened, one of the country's top private hospitals said it could close due to power outages caused by shortages of diesel
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World
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8/12/2021 7:11:16 PM
Pedersen stressed that immediate, safe and unimpeded humanitarian access must be granted to all affected areas and communities, and that the near siege-like situation must end.
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8/12/2021 1:24:34 PM
As Lebanon struggles with a free-falling economic crisis and fuel shortages, the ending of fuel subsidies by the central bank has caused anger as prices are expected to increase five fold
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
8/12/2021 11:53:00 AM
Despite decreases in areas earmarked for rice cultivation this year, no shortages are expected
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World
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International
8/6/2021 3:34:16 PM
Tens of millions more inhabitants will face heightened risk of water shortages, coastal flooding and exposure to potentially deadly extreme heat
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World
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International
8/2/2021 10:31:46 AM
For months the WHO urged countries to prioritize immunizing refugees, placing them in the second priority group for at-risk people, alongside those with serious health conditions
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World
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Region
7/27/2021 11:20:27 AM
Dozens of Iranians marched down a major street in Tehran, online videos show, amid ongoing protests over water shortages in southwestern Iran
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World
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7/24/2021 10:04:21 PM
Iran rejected "false accusations" by the UN rights chief on protests over water shortages in the country's southwest, where at least four people have been killed since last week.
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7/17/2021 11:05:00 AM
A demonstrator was shot dead during protests against water shortages in drought-hit southwestern Iran, state media reported Saturday, with an official blaming the death on "opportunists and rioters"
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World
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Region
7/9/2021 2:36:38 PM
The country is facing what the World Bank has called one of the world's worst economic crises since the 1850s, and its foreign currency reserves are fast depleting
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World
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Region
7/2/2021 12:48:35 PM
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has formed a crisis cell to take immediate measures to address shortages, according to a statement from his office
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World
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6/30/2021 10:34:02 AM
He recently had to fix the brakes on his car, and his engine needed a spare part. That cost him more than twice the minimum monthly wage in Lebanon
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World
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International
6/28/2021 11:47:17 AM
While some are government opponents, the vast majority are escaping long-running economic devastation marked by blackouts and shortages of food and medicine
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World
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Africa
6/17/2021 8:43:29 PM
Africa is especially vulnerable. Its 1.3 billion people account for 18% of the world’s population, but the continent has received only 2% of all vaccine doses administered globally
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World
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Region
6/8/2021 9:21:16 PM
Hezbollah, long designated a terrorist organisation by the US, is a major political player in Lebanon and is closely aligned with regional Shia powerhouse Iran
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World
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International
5/15/2021 1:41:04 PM
India’s second wave of the coronavirus has not only created shortages of oxygen, medicines and hospital beds, but also of wood for funeral pyres, hearses and crematorium slots
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