Inside a Baghdad slum left barren by war
Baghdad/Amman, 19 September 2019 (AFP) – Sadr City, a Baghdad slum seen as symbol of Saddam Hussein’s downfall, is virtually bereft of electricity and clean water and remains one of the main flashpoints of…
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Baghdad/Amman, 19 September 2019 (AFP) – Sadr City, a Baghdad slum seen as symbol of Saddam Hussein’s downfall, is virtually bereft of electricity and clean water and remains one of the main flashpoints of…
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Sebastian Vettel has won four races during his time at Ferrari Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel has agreed a two-year deal to join Aston Martin in Formula 1. The German will test the new Vantage…
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Federal subsidy payments will drop, and now more people can buy Obamacare plans. Premiums are expected to drop more than expected in the next two years in all but one state, according to a…
iStockphoto For the fourth year running, youth leaders from around the world gathered in Barcelona for COP26, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. In a nod to the EU’s challenge in preserving the…
As global temperatures rise, the German landscape is changing as well: in one extreme, roadside ecologists are removing the leaves from trees to prevent them from falling on pedestrians; in another, invasive species have…
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Written by By Staff Writer Known in some circles as the Indian Air Force, the air force is now proposing that an Indian passenger airline — with a range of 5,000 nautical miles and…