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Pham Thi Ca: the 99-year-old standing up to Vietnam’s coal rush
World

Pham Thi Ca: the 99-year-old standing up to Vietnam’s coal rush

Toothless and nearly blind, grandmother Pham Thi Ca refuses to leave her plot of land even after bulldozers demolished her…
UAE asks banks to freeze Qatar-linked accounts
Middle East

UAE asks banks to freeze Qatar-linked accounts

The United Arab Emirates’ central bank has asked all banks and financial institutions to stop dealing with 18 individuals and…
Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’: Venice Commission watchdog
Middle East

Turkey ‘on the road to autocracy’: Venice Commission watchdog

The Venice Commission, an advisory body of constitutional law experts, has described a "dramatic decline in democratic order" in Turkey and warned…
Egypt’s Beltone files lawsuit against heads of bourse and watchdog
Egypt

Egypt’s Beltone files lawsuit against heads of bourse and watchdog

Egypt's Beltone Financial has filed a lawsuit against the heads of the Cairo stock exchange and Financial Supervisory Authority over…
Islamic State supporters hack website of Syria rights watchdog
Middle East

Islamic State supporters hack website of Syria rights watchdog

Purported supporters of the hardline Islamic State group hacked the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog on…
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