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our brave female journalists out and about in kabul this morning

swedish staff left the embassy as their afghan colleagues worked. then, they refused to answer calls from the afghan staff and even blocked their official email accounts. left the country.

as israel begins offering covid booster shots all night vaccine sites, covid spikes again across palestine. aside from flouting its legal obligations, israel can t escape the pandemic while leaving palestinians unvaccinated. in a way, a microcosm of global vaccine disparities.

according to official figures in iran (actual figures in reality are likely to be much higher) there have been over 50k new #coronavirus cases in the past 24hrs 625 #covid19 deaths. only 5% of the population has received 2 doses of a vaccine. pandemic here only getting worse.

my latest for on mena economic growth expectations for this year--2 states with highest growth for 2021 (israel and egypt) have pursued very different covid mitigation strategies and different sources of growth. delta variant will test them

for many haitians, the only source of aid throughout their lives, in the absence of strong government institutions, has been the church, a part of haiti s landscape since the era of european colonialism and slavery.

naomi osaka will donate prize money from the western southern open for relief efforts in earthquake-hit haiti