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World Environment Day commemorated across the globe

June, 2023
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Members of Greenpeace and other environmental bodies stage a rally in front of the National Assembly in Seoul 5 June 2023, calling for parliament to come up with measures to tackle climate challenges.

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A diver retrieves a ghost net, spotted by members of the NGO Aegean Rebreath, from the seabed at a depth of 45 metres, off the coast of the island of Santorini on June 3, 2023.

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A man washes plastic sheets at the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 05 June 2023. World Environment Day, a United Nations (UN) campaign to raise awareness about protection of the environment, is celebrated annually on 5 July.

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AFP

Rag pickers search for recyclable materials at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Lahore on June 5, 2023.

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On World Environment Day more than twenty members of the Knitting Nannas conservation and environmental group wrap Big Spotty, a giant spotted gum, in the North Brooman State Forest near Termiel, south of Sydney, on June 5, 2023.

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Protestors hold placards during a rally marking World Environment Day, in Sydney, Monday, June 5, 2023.

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Members of Hyderabad Zindabad Forum carry a model of the globe filled with plastic during an awareness campaign on World Environment Day in Hyderabad on June 5, 2023.

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Iraqi environmental activists launched a clean-up campaign to clean the Banks of Tigris River from waste, especially plastic waste such as bags and water bottles in conjunction with World Environment Day.

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AFP

A man bathes in the polluted waters of river Yamuna laden with foam, on the eve of world environment day in New Delhi on June 4, 2023.

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World Environment Day

Fares Garabet 05 June , 2023
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Culture & Social Affairs

The problem with Picasso

A few years after the death of Pablo Picasso, a New York band called Modern Lovers wrote a sarcastic song about how some people tried to pick up…

Bryn Haworth 05 June , 2023
A circular economy offers a solution to the type of resurgence that is required if we are to move away from boom-and-bust economics, to a truly sustainable economic model. Luca D'Urbino
Business & Economy

World Environment Day 2023: How London is paving the way toward a circular future

50 years on from the first World Environment Day, the Côte D’Ivoire will host this half-century celebration. The theme is: “Circular Economy:…

Bassam Mahfouz 05 June , 2023
North African countries, especially Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, are experiencing a sharp decline in water resources which have fallen by 80% from their averages of the past three decades. Ewan White
Business & Economy

North Africa bears brunt of Mena climate change challenges

A long, dry, and hot summer accompanied by forest fires and floods; a short warm winter with sparse rainfall; and a fast-passing spring with little…

Mohamed Sharki 04 June , 2023
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser with Local Affairs Minister Abdel Latif Al-Baghdadi (L) and  Armed Forces commander-in-chief Abdel Hakim Amer (R) as they watch a military parade. AFP
Documents & Memoirs

The 1967 Naksa relived through the memoirs of Abdel Nasser’s top generals

In late May 1967, President Gamal Abdel Nasser summoned his top generals to a meeting, days before the outbreak of the Six-Day War. Many were members…

Sami Moubayed 04 June , 2023
Opinion

Power struggles stifle political life in the Middle East

The countries of the Middle East are grappling with the consequences of a long absence of a properly engaged form of politics in public national life…

Alia Mansour 04 June , 2023
The Kingdom’s move to boost industry has defied Covid to bring in billions of dollars in foreign investment and boosted an array of local start-ups to bring new meaning to the Made in Saudi brand Majalla
Business & Economy

Saudi industry goes global after reforms spark growth

A project to boost Saudi Arabia’s industrial sector has brought in almost $19bn in foreign direct investment for factories alone and has hundreds of…

Shujaa Albogmi 03 June , 2023
Opinion

OPEC’s defensive posture is no longer tenable

Some Western oil media outlets are reporting that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has banned the entry of some…

Faisal Faeq 03 June , 2023
When Alan Turing and Donald Bayley invented the Turing machine, little did they know it would bring forth the enormous leaps in AI we have borne witness to in the last few years Eduardo Ramon
Culture & Social Affairs

From Dreyfus to Kissinger: 10 books to help you make sense of AI

London: Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most exciting facets of technology and computing. In a nutshell, AI seeks to develop software and…

Ibrahim Qaadouni 03 June , 2023
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A US Navy sailor directs a Eurocopter AS-332 Super Puma helicopter on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting US military operations in the war with Iran on 16 August 2026. US. Navy/REUTERS
Politics

US troops leave Iraq, but double down in the region

30, Sep 2026

Why 30 September should be understood less as a US exit from the Middle East than as the end of a particular model of American intervention

Caroline Rose
Eduardo Ramón
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Ibrahim Hamidi spent years following the story of Mossad's 'spy in Damascus ', but some secrets remained untold. He then learned that the man who could answer them was still alive

Ibrahim Hamidi
Moroccan Foreign Minister Bourita & Israeli Foreign Minister Sa'ar agreed to advance their
relationship on security, trade, and regional integration on 16 September 2026. @USAmbUN/X
Politics

Morocco expands ties with Israel: why now?

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After months of behind‑the‑scenes talks, Rabat and Tel Aviv are deepening ties under a new phase of the existing Abraham Accords, with Western Sahara being dangled as an incentive

Mohamed Sharki
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping view portraits of former US presidents at the White House, Washington, DC, on 24 September 2026. Reuters
Politics

US-China summit: did Xi get what he wanted?

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Why the Chinese president's visit to Washington could be considered a success, despite no big movement on trade, Taiwan, and technology

Charbel Barakat
Soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force chant slogans after completing their training at an officers' training ground 70 kilometres northeast of the city of Gondar, Ethiopia, on 14 September 2021. AFP
Politics

Turmoil in Tigray: the view from Ethiopia's neighbours

30, Sep 2026

While many would like to see Addis Ababa distracted, they also worry about a refugee spillover should a civil war break out. It might be a case of 'be careful what you wish for'

Sergey Eledinov

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