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Bangladesh: Fire rips through COVID treatment centre for Myanmar refugees
A devastating fire has ripped through a COVID-19 treatment centre for Myanmar refugees sheltering in Bangladesh, UN migration agency (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Harare, Zimbabwe, J
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How subsidies helped Montreal become “the Hollywood of video games”
For decades, Montreal has used generous tax subsidies to boost its video game industry. The policy has succeeded, but the city may need to keep the subsidies in place to keep companies from leaving.
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Ecstasy as Zimbabwe’s Small-holder Farmers Secure European Pineapple Market
Harare, Zimbabwe, Jan 04 (IPS) – In her wildest dreams, smallholder farmer Sarudzai Sithole never imagined that her pineapples could someday stock the produce section of Europe’s finest supermarkets.
Goa, India, Jan 03
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2 years after the U.S. killed Iran’s Qasem Soleimani, tensions remain
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the impact of the U.S.’s assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani.