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In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war. In little over one month, the slender-horned gazelle population at the Sawa reserve in southern Iraq has plunged from 148 to 87. Lack of funding along with a shortage of rain has deprived them of food, as the country's drought dries up lakes and leads to declining crop yields.
Iran, Russia to establish trade centers
June 17, 2022 Iran and Russia signed a memorandum of understanding today concerning the establishment of mutual trade centers. One center will be located in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and the other in Russia’s Baltic port city St. Petersburg. They will facilitate trade between the two countries in the energy, transportation, electronics, agriculture, food, pharmaceuticals and construction sectors.
Crisis-stricken Hamas borrows from local banks
June 17, 2022 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas-run Ministry of Finance is battling a new financial crisis amid declining fiscal revenues and soaring prices of most imported consumer goods in the wake of the Russian war on Ukraine. Hamas has cut taxes on and even subsidized fuel and cooking gas supplies from Egypt, paying the price difference after their global hike. These costs and shrinking tax revenues have drained the treasury.
Egypt boosts ties with Tanzania amid ongoing Nile dam dispute
June 17, 2022 CAIRO — Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Liberata Mulamula visited Cairo June 9, where she met with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss ways to cement bilateral ties. During the meeting, Sisi expressed Egypt's pride in the deep-rooted ties with Tanzania that have grown stronger in recent years and the activation of joint cooperation mechanisms in various fields.
Gaza spa offers belly dance classes
June 17, 2022 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — At five o'clock in the afternoon of a quiet spring day, the secretary at the Soleil women’s salon and spa in Gaza received a phone call from a man booking his wife a spot in a belly dance course. The secretary has been receiving many such calls from men interested in enrolling their wives. Men are not allowed to enter this all-women spa and the only contact they can make is via phone.
A tragédia do incêndio em um hospital do Iraque
Raiva e lágrimas cobrem seus rostos, e os gritos de raiva ecoam em meio aos escombros ainda fumegantes da unidade de coronavírus do hospital Nasiriya, no sul do Iraque. Seus primos, sobrinhos e vizinhos morreram no incêndio que matou 64 pessoas na noite de segunda-feira. "Eles vieram para se curar e saíram em caixões", chora um homem desesperado, Abu Nur al-Shawi, que perdeu vários membros de sua família.
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