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December 2, 2020

Lebanon: Rafic Hariri killer to be sentenced on 11 December

The man who killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri will be sentenced on 11 December, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported. Prosecutors are calling for Salim Jamil Ayyash, 57, to...

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December 2, 2020

Erdogan: Defamation in the name of freedom of speech should stop

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the media’s tendency to turn a deliberate blind eye to the French government’s attempt to suppress freedom of the press, Turkish media...

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December 2, 2020

Algeria’s football federation condemns player’s exposure to racism in Germany

The Algerian Football Federation yesterday condemned the exposure of international player, Nabil Bentaleb, to racist attacks in Germany. This came in a statement published by the Algerian Football Federation...

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December 2, 2020

Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson calls on Egypt to release EIPR staff

Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson has called on the Egyptian authorities to release three senior staff members of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). Executive Director Jasser Abdel-Razek, Administrative...

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December 2, 2020

Human Rights Watch urges IMF to demand Egyptian army’s financial data

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ask the Egyptian government to disclose the financial information of companies owned by the military before disbursing...

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December 2, 2020

US court reviews university decision to ban pro-Palestine student group

The Supreme Court of the State of New York reviewed last week reviewed a case filed by Fordham Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) against the university’s decision to...

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December 2, 2020

MEMO in conversation with Abir Tobji

In a year that has kept us confined to our homes, unable to attend gigs or visit museums, the fourth Celebrating Syria Festival is the end-of-year pick-me-up we all...

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December 2, 2020

World Bank: More than half of Lebanon will be poor by 2021

The World Bank warned yesterday that more than half of Lebanese people will be poor by 2021 and criticised the local authorities’ “deliberate lack of effective policy action” to...

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December 2, 2020

Israeli intelligence agencies are preparing to confront Hamas in a technology war

As tension escalates on numerous fronts, Israeli intelligence agencies continue to develop their capabilities, and now have databases and integrated artificial intelligence, allowing them to analyse massive amounts of...

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December 2, 2020

Egypt’s Suez Canal registers $490m in revenue in November

The Chairman of Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, yesterday announced that the canal’s navigation movement was “normal despite the repercussions of the novel coronavirus”. Rabie told reporters that...

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