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Salman Rushdie: Iran blames writer and supporters for stabbing

Instead of placing the blame on the author Salman Rushdie, Iran has "categorically" rejected any connection with the assailant. During a performance in New York,...

Egypt church fire :18 children among dozens killed

Hospital records were obtained by CNN and scores of parishioners gathered for Sunday morning mass at a church in Giza, greater Cairo, and it...

BBC News Komla Dumor award : Zambia’s Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya wins

Dingindaba Jonah Buyoya, a TV and radio host from Zambia, has won the 2022 BBC News Komla Dumor Award. Buyoya, who won the prize at...

As Shanghai Ikea is placed under lockdown, customers rush for the exits

Customers at an Ikea branch in Shanghai fled in panic on Saturday after local health officials ordered the business to close down after a...

Kenya election results: a tense battle between Raila Odinga and William Ruto

There is growing hope that the much-anticipated outcomes of last week's presidential election in Kenya will be made public soon. The national tallying center is...

EU monitor : Warns of new wildfire record this year in Europe

More than twice the size of Luxembourg has been burned down this year. This summer, most of Europe has been a tinderbox, making it easy for fires to spread. This is due to a combination of repeated heat waves, which are a result of a rising trend brought on by climate change, and a continuous lack of rainfall. The most recent report from the European Forest Fire Information System shows that since the start of 2022, flames have destroyed approximately 660,000 hectares of EU land, an area that is more than twice the size of Luxembourg (EFFIS). In 2017, the bloc's worst wildfire year, about 420,000 hectares had been burnt by mid-August before a devastating October pushed it up to 988,087...

Rising inflation :Some Bulgarian companies adjust workers pay

According to a survey conducted by the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) among its members, half of the businesses in Bulgaria have...

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