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Amadou Toumani Touré, a former president of Mali who helped shape the country’s political landscape over two decades before being toppled in a military coup in 2012, died on Monday in Istanbul. He was 72. Mr. Touré’s chief of staff, Seydou
GENEVA (AP) — As the coronavirus explodes again, the World Health Organization finds itself both under intense pressure to reform and holding out hope that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will reverse a decision by Washington to leave the health
WASHINGTON — A little-known counterterrorism official named Christopher C. Miller flew to the Middle East last month to pursue a diplomatic idea: asking Qatar to help devise plans to buy off or otherwise marginalize some senior leaders of the Shabab,
The second year of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year competition has just come to a close, and the winners have been announced. The contest “celebrates close-up, macro, and micro photography,” among seven separate categories. More than 6,500 entries were
Lebanese architect Leila Meroue is using a technique intended to build shelters on the moon, to build a sustainable school in the Senegalese village of Tivaouane Peulh. The bricks are made using sack cut from a long roll into individual bags
November 11, 2020 LA Times, Tribune pay $3M to settle journalist discrimination case This story, plus social media companies struggle with moderating misinformation on live streams, a look at how a local reporter covered the election in Georgia,
Jigawa State in north-western Nigeria experienced the worst floods in decades in September. 15,000 people were made homeless and are currently living in makeshift camps. The farming community was hit the hardest, as the majority of Jigawa’s population relies on farming
Warning: This story contains images some people may find distressing With the Ethiopian government conducting a military offensive in the northern Tigray region, some people have taken the opportunity to spread misinformation
Together, we mourn the passing of Saeb Erekat and extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Niemeh and his four children Salam, Dalal, Ali and Muhammed. They should be proud of who he was and what he accomplished in his
After weeks of brutal and bloody fighting between Armenians and Azerbaijanis in and around the disputed enclave of Nagorny Karabakh, a halt has been called. Facing defeat, the Armenian side has more or less capitulated. Russian peacekeepers are already arriving