More than 70,000 people rallied in Belgium’s capital Brussels on Monday in a protest against the soaring cost of fuel and food, while strikes at transportation services brought the city home to many of the EU institutions to a standstill.
Jumbo Kingdom, a three-story vessel, the exterior of which was styled after a Chinese imperial palace, was towed away by tugboats last Tuesday after nearly half a century moored in the city's southwest waters.
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov has raised $ 103.5 million by auctioning his Nobel peace prize received in October 2021. The Russian journalist said that the funds would be utilised by UNICEF for helping Ukrainian children who got displaced by the recent war.
Saudi Arabia has provided billions of dollars in financial support since Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power, and the new round of investments comes as Cairo struggles with the economic knock-on effects of the Ukraine war.
The West Africa country has been battling an insurgency by Islamist militants, some linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, since 2015. More than 1.85 million people are already displaced within Burkina Faso because of the fighting.
Its decision came a day after international swimming effectively banned transgender athletes from women’s races, placing them instead in a new “open” category.
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