Engagement photos typically take place in such serene settings as a park or pedestrian plaza. But for a Palestinian couple, the perfect setting for their pre-wedding pix turned out to be the refugee camp where the bride-to-be grew up. The newly engaged couple are Samih Mazien Mahmoud, 23, and Rayan Sokkar, 24. They decided …
Mexican researchers turned to high-tech to help decode Mayan hieroglyphs and decipher the names of nine chiefs who ruled the ancient city of Cobá during its golden era, between A.D. 500 and 780. The names of another five leaders could not be determined. The Cobá archaeological site is located in the southeastern Mexican state …
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The Abbott World Marathon Majors comprises six of the world’s largest marathons, stretching from Berlin to Tokyo. It’s a feat for any runner, let alone one who once deemed herself a sedentary smoker. Brazil native Sara Velloso, an avid smoker for 17 years, is now, at 52, an accomplished competitor in the six-marathon stretch. Sara …
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A 21-mile-long (35 km) column of trucks lined a major highway between Kenya and Uganda on Saturday, a sea of diesel engines and goods headed west but stopped at the border for time-consuming coronavirus tests. The drivers, stuck on portions of highway between Eldoret, Kenya and the border town of Malaba, told Zenger News that …
Some Nigerians who rejected a government order to stay in place and left COVID-19 affected states for home are being turned in by their own communities. The majority of Nigerians living and working in the three most densely populated states of Abuja, Lagos and Kano are suddenly confronting the downside of regions offering more work …
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Chile will issue immunity passports for recovered COVID-19 patients, a measure critics say puts the economy before people’s health. Under the Safe Return Plan, Chile’s government aims to restart the economy over the next weeks. President Sebastián Piñera had ordered 60,000 public employees to return to their offices. Shopping malls can gradually reopen as other …
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As she sits on her lawn battered, bruised and bitten from an alleged assault from members of Zimbabwe’s army, Lucia Mashoko, aged 26, recounts a harrowing tale. Around 8 p.m on the previous night, Mashoko said she was outside of the main house cooking when she saw people fleeing back inside the house. When …
For the past 5 years, Laura Flores and Jazmin Elizondo fought for their union to be accepted, and after insults, threats, lawsuits and lots of patience, they find it hard to believe that their struggle is over. The two met in 2014 in Flores’ restaurant. Elizondo was saving money to move to Mexico, and Flores …
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Kenyans in rural areas and a port city region who expected to get electricity next year might be disappointed. The African Development Bank Group suspended the China-based Sinotec company for three years for fraud a move that will likely delay the second phase of a $150 million electricity project, which was targeted for completion in …
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A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of COVID-19. The desert locusts is the worst invasion in Kenya in 70 years, according to the United Nations, have destroyed huge swaths of crops …
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