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Egypt and Sudan back DR Congo to mediate Nile dam deadlock

Egypt and Sudan proposed Tuesday that current African Union chair Democratic Republic of Congo should lead efforts to restart talks over Ethiopia's Blue Nile mega-dam, a foreign ministry statement said. The move comes after DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi started his one-year term as AU chair last month, replacing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, vowing to seek "innovative solutions" to resolve the dispute. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric project, has been a source of tension in the Nile basin ever since Ethiopia broke ground on ...

Syrian pound hits record low against dollar

Syria's pound hit a new low against the dollar on the black market Tuesday, a foreign exchange website and currency traders said, in the latest blow to the war-battered economy. The exchange rate reached 4,000 Syrian pounds to the US dollar for the first time since the start of the conflict a decade ago, traders told AFP by phone. "There's a huge scarcity of dollars on the market," one trader said. Syria's economy has been battered by 10 years of war, and is reeling from the knock-on effects of a financial crisis in neighbouring Lebanon that has stemmed the flow of dollars into government-held...

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Disney+ Adds A Content Disclaimer Warning To Some Episodes Of ‘The Muppets’

The Muppet Show has become the latest show added to Disney’s streaming service – but fans of the series got a surprise before some of the episodes. The 120 episodes of the 1970s variety show, that featured puppets interacting with different celebrity guests, received a warning on some episodes asking viewers to recognize the “negative depictions” and the “mistreatment of people or cultures” that may appear in the show. “These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create ...

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日本一のミスキャンパスを決める「ＭＩＳＳ ＯＦ ＭＩＳＳ ＣＡＭＰＵＳ ＱＵＥＥＮ ＣＯＮＴＥＳＴ ...

伍代夏子が治療中の「喉のジストニア」とは…　夫・杉良太郎の献身サポートで完治目指す

歌手の伍代夏子（５９）が２日、けいれん性発声障害（喉のジストニア）と診断されたことが分かった。現在は...

Vanessa Bryant Wants To Name Deputies Who Shared Photos Of Her Husband Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Crash

Vanessa Bryant, widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, has requested to publicly name the Los Angeles County deputies, who allegedly shared photos of the helicopter that killed her husband, daughter, Gianna and seven others in January 2020. In September, Bryant sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department over the “unauthorized” photos being shared. She is seeking damages for negligence, invasion of privacy and intensional inflection of emotional distress. On Wednesday, her lawyers filed an amended complaint to add the deputies and the Los Angeles County Fire Department as defendants in the laws...

Myanmar security forces fire on anti-coup protesters

Myanmar security forces fired live rounds and tear gas at protesters again on Tuesday, leaving at least three people critically injured as regional powers rebuked the junta over its deadly crackdown. The country has seen weeks of mass protests demanding the military release civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in detention since the February 1 coup. Soldiers and police have steadily stepped up their use of force, deploying tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and, increasingly, live rounds. Sunday was the bloodiest day since the military takeover, with the United Nations saying at ...

Israel court's conversion ruling rattles Orthodox groups

Israeli religious leaders, including key election allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, criticised Tuesday a supreme court decision ending an Orthodox monopoly on Jewish conversions. Late Monday, the court ruled that people whose conversion to Judaism in Israel was overseen by a reform or conservative rabbi must be considered Jewish and therefore entitled to Israeli citizenship. Previously, the Jewish state only recognised conservative and reform conversions that took place outside Israel. Within the country, the stricter Orthodox movements had to sanction conversions for them to be con...

チョンボ連発…フジ・久慈暁子アナ 「めざましテレビ」メインを後輩・井上清華アナに奪われ大傷心

フジテレビの〝次世代エース候補〟久慈暁子アナ（２６）の精神状態を危惧する声が続出している。同局の人気...