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 A Rohingya refugee woman with her baby in front of her temporary house after a massive fire broke out two days ago destroyed thousands of shelters and fifteen people died at Balukhali refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Getty)
Politics

Myanmar Shadow Government Pledges Citizenship for Rohingya

In a move designed to burnish its claims to international support and recognition, Myanmar’s opposition National Unity Government (NUG) has promised…

Sebastian Strangio 07 June , 2021
This general view shows the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021, as members of the World Health Organization team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus visit. (TNS)
Science & Technology

The Lab-leak Origin Claim for COVID-19 is in the News, but It's Still Fact-free

A corollary to the scientific truism that "nature abhors a vacuum" is that nature tends to fill the void with any garbage near at hand. For…

Michael Hiltzik 06 June , 2021

World in Photos

June, 2021
World in Photos

Ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist Dr. Sachin Jain (3rd from R) performs surgery to remove mucormycosis from a patient who recovered from Covid-19 at Swaroop Rani hospital on June 05, 2021 in Allahabad, India. (Getty)

World in Photos

Farmers sort out harvested potatoes at a field in the Bardarash district, near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, on June 8, 2021. (AFP)

World in Photos

A health worker checks the body temperature of a passenger during a Covid-19 coronavirus screening as she arrives with her child at a railway platform on a long distance train, in Mumbai on June 8, 2021.(Getty)

World in Photos

Displaced people who fled Goma after the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano wait on a bus in Sake with their belongings, waiting to be taken home on June 8, 2021.(Getty)

World in Photos

A worker paints a teacup of the attraction Mad Hatter's Tea Cup ride in Disneyland Paris, Marne-la-Vallee, east of Paris, on June 8, 2021. - Disneyland Paris will reopen on June 17, 2021 after months-closure aimed at stemming the spread of the Covid-19 novel coronavirus.(Getty)

World in Photos

Alexander Zverev of Germany plays a backhand in their mens singles quarter final match against Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain during day ten of the 2021 French Open at Roland Garros on June 08, 2021 in Paris, France.(Getty)

The group of rappers who spoke to The Diplomat. Left to right: Arif Farooq, Ahmer Javaid, Tufail Nazir, Syed Arslan, and SXR. (TNS)
Culture & Social Affairs

The Sound of ‘Conscious’ Rap

They may look like any other group of young men chilling out on a river bank. But these young men in a huddle are scripting the revival of rap music…

Muheet Ul Islam 05 June , 2021
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Culture & Social Affairs

‘As You Wish’

In his latest book of poetry, titled “Ma ba dalak, “ (As you wish) renowned Egyptian poet Amin Haddad does exactly that. Published in December…

Amira el Noshokaty 05 June , 2021
Ashraf El Helw and lion tamer, seen during a circus performance at his home in El Agouza, Giza city.
Culture & Social Affairs

R-rr-oaring Home With a Takeaway Circus

Twenty-something Ashraf el-Helw used to go to the circus as a youngster, sitting with the most deadly animals, including lions and tigers. El…

Menna A. Farouk 05 June , 2021
US America and China flags on chess king on a chessboard. (Getty)
Business & Economy

Competition Can Be Good for the Developing World

The United States and China are locked in a contest for influence over the rest of the world. The new great-power competition looks in this sense…

Branko Milanovic 05 June , 2021
A medical worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the first drive-through vaccination center in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on March 4, 2021. (Getty)
Science & Technology

Hard Work to Get Back to ‘Normal’

“It took me a click of a button to book the Covid-19 vaccination for my wife on the Sehhaty (My Health) App, Saudi Arabia’s digital passport. The…

Motasem Al Felou 04 June , 2021
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Migdad 04 June , 2021
An Egyptian medical worker administers help people to receiving an Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on March 4, 2021 at Qattameya's medical center in Cairo on the first day of vaccination in Egypt. (Getty)
Science & Technology

Egypt: COVID-19 Updates

From 3 January 2020 to 1 June 2021, there have been 262,650 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 15,096 deaths in Egypt. As of 29 May 2021, a total of 2…

Salma Adham 04 June , 2021
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