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Cuba fuel shortages spark fistfights, queues and holiday cutbacks
World
May 2, 2023
Cuba fuel shortages spark fistfights, queues and holiday cutbacks
Havana, Cuba CNN — As the gas lines grow longer, tempers in Cuba are growing shorter. Since mid-April, Cuba has…
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise less than expected; layoffs at lowest since 1993
World
December 2, 2021
U.S. weekly jobless claims rise less than expected; layoffs at lowest since 1993
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits increased less than expected last…
How greed fueled Lebanon’s deadly milk and medicine shortage
Middle East
November 8, 2021
How greed fueled Lebanon’s deadly milk and medicine shortage
Beirut/Akkar, Lebanon — Ammouneh Haydar sits on a plastic chair in the sparsely furnished apartment she hasn’t left for a month.…
Egypt sends two planes carrying manufactured bakeries to flood-stricken Sudan
Egypt
October 6, 2020
Egypt sends two planes carrying manufactured bakeries to flood-stricken Sudan
The Egyptian Armed Forces on Monday dispatched two military planes carrying bread-producing facilities to Khartoum on October 2. The bakeries…
House of Representatives committee visits Warraq following violent clashes
Egypt
July 19, 2017
House of Representatives committee visits Warraq following violent clashes
The local administration committee’s delegation for the House of Representatives visited al-Warraq island on Monday to investigate the circumstances behind the clash…
Medical shortages — a riot is brewing
Egypt
September 2, 2016
Medical shortages — a riot is brewing
Behind a metal gate, on a plastic mat, sat Maha, seven years old, who suffers from kidney failure. Her eyes…
Faced with shortages, Egypt lifts cheap drug prices by 20 percent
Business
May 16, 2016
Faced with shortages, Egypt lifts cheap drug prices by 20 percent
Egypt is raising the price cap on medicines that cost up to 30 Egyptian pounds (US$3.38) by 20 percent in…
Thousands march in Venezuela over economic crisis, shortages
World
January 25, 2015
Thousands march in Venezuela over economic crisis, shortages
Demonstrators against Venezuela's economic crisis -- facing sky-high inflation and shortages of food and consumer goods -- took to the…
Consumers suffer from scarce butane as black market prices soar
Business
February 6, 2012
Consumers suffer from scarce butane as black market prices soar
Mona Farag stood quietly watching military and police beat some of the women around her, forcing them, with the sides…
Officials pledge to end butane shortage
Business
December 10, 2011
Officials pledge to end butane shortage
Officials on Saturday said that the current shortage of the butane gas cylinders is being addressed government measures to provide…