Monthly Archives: July 2020

Inside the crippling economic crisis in Lebanon

BEIRUT – Mohammad Kekhia looks at his nearly empty refrigerator. His 14-year-old son Hassan is by his side, looking with hope. To Hassan’s disappointment, his father closes the door without retrieving any food. There is not enough. Not if they want something left for tomorrow. “We are eating once every …

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Battle in the Himalayas – The New York Times

China and India have once again stumbled into a bloody showdown over some of the most inhospitable terrain on Earth. A deadly fight last month killed 20 Indian border troops and an unknown number of Chinese soldiers, fueling a decades-long border dispute that has become one of the world’s most …

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