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The Turkish currency dropped 10% last week, to historic lows, risking an economic crisis. The Turkish currency has lost 45 percent of its value this year, raising fears that the country’s economic woes will aggravate tensions over millions of refugees
Burkina Faso’s security is deteriorating, with Islamist extremists carrying out the bloodiest assaults on civilians and security forces in the country in years. People are protesting the inability of Burkinabe and foreign forces to put an end to the bloodshed, with others pushing for changes at the top
Omicron strain is “another reminder that, although many of us might think we’re done with COVID-19, it isn’t done with us,” WHO chief Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus warned at the beginning of a special session of the World Health Assembly.The World Health Assembly (WHA), which regularly meets in May, has been called to a special session for only the second time in its history
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) welcomed the evacuation of 93 asylum seekers to Italy from Libya on Thursday (November 25), where they had been living in precarious situations with uncertain futures
Crude oil flowed in the ocean off the coast of Southern California in early October after an underwater pipeline ruptured. Life in Huntington Beach has returned to normal over two months later, but many believe the city’s reputation has been tarnished, and businesses have suffered as a result
Portugal’s Golden Visa program allows foreign investors to gain Portuguese citizenship and, as a result, have wider access to the European Union. It has traditionally appealed to mainland Chinese, but more people from Hong Kong and other parts of the world are also joining
Their goal was to find a treatment for cancer, but they are most known for developing the first coronavirus vaccine. Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, the founders of the German company BioNTech, are now refocusing their efforts on cancer
Prince Edward Island is Canada’s smallest province, made famous through the Anne of Green Gables novels. It has attracted immigrants from all around the world in recent years
Despite global efforts to control deforestation and reduce air pollution, the Brazilian government claims that at least one-fourth of the country’s 214 million people have returned to cooking with firewood. This is occurring not only in Brazil’s vast forests and rural areas, but also in the country’s largest cities
In Zimbabwe, a former boxing champion is teaching the next generation, with the intention of keeping underprivileged youth away from drugs and crime