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WHO chief Tedros walking tightrope on Tigray
WHO chief Tedros walking tightrope on Tigray
by  AFP

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's leader, is in the rare position of heading a UN agency's response to a humanitarian crisis in which his own family's survival is at stake. Last week, for instance, he branded the situation as "catastrophic" and "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world", blaming Ethiopian and Eritrean forces.

US livid as basketball star Griner said moved to Russia penal colony
US livid as basketball star Griner said moved to Russia penal colony
by  AFP

Russia is moving detained US basketball star Brittney Griner to a penal colony, her lawyers said Wednesday, drawing a sharp rebuke from the White House. She "is now on her way to a penal colony," lawyers Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov said in a statement.

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