Lisa Abou Khaled & Dalal Mawad in Beirut, Lebanon /UNHCR Zain Al Rafeaa’s childhood as a refugee in Beirut inspired his lead role in an award-winning movie, transporting him to the glitz of Cannes and beyond. “I felt paralyzed, totally paralyzed,” Zain said, recalling that surreal night in May when the movie “Capharnaum”, in which…
Arab News: Israeli authorities issued a notice to residents of a Bedouin village in a strategic spot in the occupied West Bank on Sunday informing them they have until the end of the month to leave. The fate of Khan Al-Ahmar has drawn international concern, with European countries calling on Israel not to move…
BBC: Anthony Joshua delivered a stunning finish to stop a game Alexander Povetkin and retain his world heavyweight titles at Wembley Stadium. The IBF, WBO and WBA champion, criticised in some quarters for failing to finalise a deal with the division’s other high-profile names, responded emphatically with a seventh-round stoppage of the Russian, who had never…
Hindustan Times: Cancer is the most feared disease worldwide, and it is even more so in India where treatment outcomes are uncertain because of delayed diagnosis, patchy availability of specialised treatment and long and expensive therapies that most people without health insurance cannot afford. Cancer continues to be diagnosed in late stages, when treatment is…
Olivier Bonaparte/Seven Billion Today A French court has demanded that Marine Le Pen have psychological tests, because she shared images on her Twitter of the Islamic State beheading James Foley. She was the leader of the National Front in 2015 when she tweeted these images. NOW, the party has tried to change its name to…
Desk Report: Citibank, N.A. Bangladesh won the Global Finance Magazine country award for excellence in digital banking across Corporate/Institutional banking for the eleventh consecutive year, said a statement, reports Financial Express. Citi won over 30 awards in Global Finance Magazine’s 2018 World’s Best Digital Bank Awards, reaffirming the bank’s commitment to innovation and excellence in…
Reuters: Voters in St. Gallen on Sunday approved by a two-thirds majority a ban on facial coverings such as the burqa, becoming the second Swiss canton to do so. Full-face coverings such as niqabs and burqas are a polarizing issue across Europe, with some arguing that they symbolize discrimination against women and should be outlawed….
UNB: Some 12 commercial banks paid 21.75 per cent of the total corporate tax collected by the Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) belonging to the income tax wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) during the fiscal year (FY), 2017-18. Of the banks, Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited, Standard Chartered Bank Ltd, HSBC, Sonali Bank, Agrani…
The Express Tribune: India on Sunday launched the world’s biggest health insurance scheme which Prime Minister Narendra Modi said would cover some 500 million poor people. The programme, dubbed ‘Modicare’, promises health cover worth INR500,000 ($6,900) to every poor family to treat serious ailments. The scheme is expected to cost the central and 29 state…
CNN: North Carolina fire crews hosing down Interstate 40 after floodwaters receded found a stunning discovery: Dead fish scattered across the highway. The flooding from the deadly Hurricane Florence pushed the fish from their natural habitat and stranded them on the interstate, the Penderlea Fire Department posted on Facebook on Saturday. “Well, we can add…