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Month: July 2022

Developing nations seek to overcome energy, currency crises

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh say more cooperation is needed among them to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions. Representatives from Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey and Bangladesh under the banner of

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What’s it like living in Soviet-era housing today?

Oscar Holland, CNN Interviews & photographs by David Navarro, Martynna Sobecka, Mikhail Kalarashan, Alexander Veryovkin & Giorgi Zatiashvili Across the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, huge concrete complexes stand as testament to Europe’s post-war housing drive. Constructed en masse in the second half of the 20th century, their utilitarian designs were usually geared toward

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Pope in Canada honors grandparents after Indigenous apology

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PETER SMITH Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated his first big Mass in Canada on Tuesday as reverberations echoed from his historic apology for the Catholic Church’s role in severing generations of Indigenous family ties by participating in Canada’s “catastrophic” residential school system. Some 50,000 people filled Commonwealth

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Pope in Canada honors grandparents after Indigenous apology

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PETER SMITH Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated his first big Mass in Canada on Tuesday as reverberations echoed from his historic apology for the Catholic Church’s role in severing generations of Indigenous family ties by participating in Canada’s “catastrophic” residential school system. Some 50,000 people filled Commonwealth

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Russia’s Lavrov urges UN reforms to raise Africa’s voice

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister said his country supports reforming the U.N. Security Council to give a more powerful role to developing nations, including African countries. Sergey Lavrov spoke Tuesday in Kampala, Uganda’s capital, after meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Uganda is the third stop on Lavrov’s

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New Russian airstrikes strike Black Sea regions of Ukraine

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure along the country’s southern coast, the Ukrainian military said. The Kremlin’s forces used air-launched missiles in the attack, Ukraine’s Operational Command South said in a Facebook post.

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Developing nations seek to overcome energy, currency crises

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Business leaders and officials from eight developing nations meeting in Bangladesh say more cooperation is needed among them to overcome dwindling foreign currency reserves, a growing energy crisis and supply chain disruptions. Representatives from Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey and Bangladesh under the banner of

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