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Egypt prison puts hunger-striker Abdel Fattah 'under medical intervention'
Egypt prison puts hunger-striker Abdel Fattah 'under medical intervention'
by  AFP

The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention", as fear mounts that means force-feeding. On Thursday, an officer told her that her son was "under medical intervention", but gave no other details.

Biden hits world stage with midterms spring in his step
Biden hits world stage with midterms spring in his step
by  AFP

US President Joe Biden returns to the world stage with a spring in his step after midterm elections he sees proving that, in the global contest between democracy and autocracy, good guys don't always come last. The tense midterms campaign had left the world wondering which Biden would show up.

Wrong bank: Villagers split by river from Ukraine's advance
Wrong bank: Villagers split by river from Ukraine's advance
by  AFP

Russia ordered its troops to abandon the Dnipro river's west bank only hours after Yevgen Gamiy had another lucky escape from incoming fire on its east. Gamiy took out a bank loan to pay for his tractor just before the war broke out.

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