In Iraq’s summer, residents of Kurdistan’s Irbil ache for water

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LONDON: More than 1 million children in the Gaza Strip are at risk of contracting poliovirus type 2, a highly infectious disease that can lead to paralysis and even death, as displacement and destruction of sanitation infrastructure leave the population vulnerable to disease. The World Health Organization announced plans to send 1.2 million polio vaccines … Read more

French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics

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BELFAST: A week of racism-fuelled disorder in Northern Ireland, sparked by unrest in English towns and cities, is proving harder to end, with fears that sectarian divisions in the UK region are fueling the violence.“They burned every single thing, there was nothing left inside, just ashes,” said Bashir, whose supermarket in Belfast was torched during … Read more

South Korea and US will start summer military drills next week to counter North Korean threats

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PARIS: The jumping ambition of the Paris Olympics made them risky and difficult to politicise, but French security forces kept thousands of athletes and millions of fans safe – a “gold-medal” performance, according to the interior minister Gerald Darmanin.The two-week sporting extravaganza that ended on Sunday saw a security operation unlike any other in recent … Read more

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