Thousands of migrants on Monday fled one of Greece’s main camps on the island of Lesbos after apparently setting fire to the facility, police said. “Between 3,000 and 4,000 migrants have fled the camp of Moria” because of the fire, a police source told AFP, adding that strong winds were ...
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Soros to invest $500 million to help refugees and migrants
Soros, who chairs the Open Society Institute, made the announcement Tuesday, following the first-ever U.N. summit on migrants and refugees and ahead of a meeting chaired by President Barack Obama to spur pledges to help the world’s 65.3 million displaced people. “Our goal is to harness the private sector for ...
Read More »A global response to refugees and migrants: 244 million migrants in the world
Perhaps no issue on the global agenda is more susceptible to manipulation by grandstanding demagogues than refugees and migrants. “Us” versus “them” is a timeless if irresponsible unifier, used throughout history to obscure our common humanity by those with dangerously self-serving interests. The difference now is that more people are ...
Read More »Third Beirut Yoga Festival comes as practice takes Lebanon by storm
Hundreds are expected to gather in Beirut Sunday for a festival of yoga, highlighting the ever-growing popularity of the practice. For the third year in a row, the Nafas Association – a local nonprofit – will host the Beirut Yoga Festival at Pleine Nature, Mar Roukoz. Turnout at the festival ...
Read More »Lebanon bank dollar liquidity down: Citi
A new report by Citigroup said that the amount of U.S. dollars at Lebanese banks has dropped by at least $2.5 billion due to the recent purchase of government eurobonds by the local lenders. “Bank U.S. dollar liquidity has fallen as a result of the cash purchase of eurobonds by ...
Read More »Fourth attack in uptick in Palestinian-Israeli violence
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier Saturday in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron before he was shot dead, the army said, in the fourth attack on Israelis in less than 24 hours. A military statement said the attacker drew a knife during a routine security check in Hebron’s ...
Read More »Long daytime naps are ‘warning sign’ for type-2 diabetes
Napping for more than an hour during the day could be a warning sign for type-2 diabetes, Japanese researchers suggest. They found the link after analysing observational studies involving more than 300,000 people. UK experts said people with long-term illnesses and undiagnosed diabetes often felt tired during the day. But ...
Read More »Syria war: US and Russia argue over truce
There are signs of growing tensions between the US and Russia over Syria – four days after a ceasefire came into effect in the country. Moscow warned it could resume air strikes on “moderate” rebel groups unless Washington did more to distance them from extremists. In turn, the US voiced ...
Read More »Nigeria facing ‘a famine unlike any we have ever seen’
The whimpers from skeletally thin babies too weak to cry are a harbinger of worse things to come: A quarter of the children lucky enough to make it to this emergency feeding center are dying. They are the latest victims of Boko Haram’s Islamic insurgency. No one knows how many ...
Read More »Obama meets Philippine leader who called him a ‘son of a whore’
Barack Obama met briefly with Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday, their two governments said, days after the firebrand politician branded the US president a “son of a whore”. The encounter took place just before a dinner during a summit of regional leaders in Laos, officials indicated. “They met at ...
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