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Sri Lanka: People flee the bankrupt nation
08 Jul 2022
Sri Lanka will soon have 60% inflation. The Prime Minister said the nation is bankrupt and he does not expect a bailout from the International Monetary Fund. He believes he can turn the economy around, but…
Zimbabwe: Selling gold coins as currency falters
08 Jul 2022
The southern African nation's 15 million people are faced with shortages, inflation and other economic woes, conjuring memories of economic chaos under Robert Mugabe's near four-decade rule of hyper-inflation. Zimbabwe will start selling gold coins from…
Hong Kong: Housing woes
08 Jul 2022
Over 220,000 people live in cramped subdivided flats in Hong Kong. These units are found across rooftop houses, space capsules, cubicles, and loft spaces, and are sometimes not even bigger than a single bed space. Tens…
Mali: Jihadis kill 132 civilians
01 Jul 2022
Attacks by jihadi rebels in central Mali have killed 132 civilians, showing that Islamic extremist violence is spreading from Mali’s north to more central areas. For several weeks rebels have been blocking the road between Gao…
Global: Probes into migrant deaths
01 Jul 2022
Five human rights organisations want Spain and Morocco to investigate the deaths of 18 migrants, the injuries of 76 others, and the actions of 140 Moroccan security officers when migrants attempted to scale a fence separating…
Japan: Worst heatwave since 1875
01 Jul 2022
Japan is sweltering under its worst heatwave for almost 150 years. The city of Isesaki, northwest of the capital, saw a record 40.2C - the highest temperature ever recorded for Japan. There are official warnings of…