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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 02:27
US President Joe Biden might become the first president to recognize the killing of more than a million Armenians a century ago, after nearly 150 lawmakers asked him in recent letters to make the acknowledgment. Biden had already spoken with Erdogan yesterday regarding the matter, and will be expected to make a statement today to follow through on a campaign pledge to formally recognize that atrocities committed against the Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire…
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Najib
Apr 24, 2021 03:46
Lebanon dropped five places from 2020 and currently ranks 107th in the 2021 RSF World Press Freedom Index report. The index is produced annually by the NGO Reporters Without Borders and evaluates the level of freedom available to the media in 180 counties. In the Arab World, Kuwait ranked two spots higher than Lebanon while Qatar ranked third ahead of Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The worst ranked country was Syria in the 173rd…
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