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- US troops are in Syria as part of a coalition fighting against remnants of the Daesh group
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- Capt. Oleksandr Demchenko, taken captive in May 2022 in Mariupol, recounted his experience of 127 days of incarceration
- Lyudmila Huseynova, a former safety engineer in Donetsk, waived her right to anonymity as a survivor of sexual violence
- The campaign was launched by the Jood Eskan platform
- Blaze in Marrakech trapped father of two, worker in ‘truly horrific incident’
- They died from smoke inhalation despite efforts of paramedics, police, firefighters
- Spokesperson: Ongoing investigation into blasts that struck the pipelines last September must be conducted with full transparency
- Britain last week banned the Chinese-owned video app on government phones
- The United States, Canada, Belgium and the European Commission have already banned the app from official devices
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Heat Island Effect
Heat islands form in urban settings where vegetation is replaced by concrete structures such as roads and buildings, making surfaces absorb — instead of reflect — the sun's heat. With roads reaching high temperatures of 70 degrees Celsius, the heat absorbed is released at night, keeping people from taking a walk during summer nights. To address this, Saudi Arabia's Roads General Authority is testing a newly technology that uses cold pavements, which are meant to reduce road surface temperatures.
Pogrom
It is a word that describes an organized act of mass violence targeting a particular ethnic or religious group. The term had been used to refer to ethnic mob attacks against Jews in eastern Europe in the 19th and early 20th centuries. On March 1, 2023, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fuchs, head of the Israeli army’s Central Command, described the Feb. 28, 2023, rampage by Jewish settlers in the Palestinian town of Hawara as a "pogrom carried out by outlaws."
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Ramadan 2023
- Imams to be sent to France for same purpose; Germany and Belgium have made similar requests
- Italy made request ‘so all Muslims will be given good spiritual care during Ramadan,’ Interior Ministry source tells Arab News
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict
- The reunion was organised by Save Ukraine, an NGO that fights what it says are illegal deportations of Ukrainian children to Russian-controlled territory
- Russia denies the allegations, saying instead it has saved Ukrainian children from the horrors of the war
- Emma Gilmour, Tanner Foust finished Saudi Desert X Prix with 14 points in 7th place
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