World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

Published on Cagle.com, Bulgaria, August 10, 2022 | By Christo Komarnitski First published in De Volkskrant, the Netherlands, August 10, 2022 | By Jos Collignon Published on CagleCartoons.com, U.S., August 9, 2022 | By Jeff Koterba First published in Alaraby Aljadeed newspaper, London, August 8, 2022 | By J Emad Hajjaj First published in U.T. […]

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Exhausted and abused, Belgium’s vets want a break

Margaux Demoulin, a 26-year-old veterinarian, is fed up. She’s been in the job for only two years — after training for six — and she’s already been thinking of quitting. Her dream job is turning into a nightmare. With overbearing pet owners, death threats on social media, work overload and little pay, Belgium’s vets say […]

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In unstable Sahel, Germany pulls troops out of Mali

Germany on Friday suspended its military mission to Mali “until further notice,” as terrorists and Russian mercenaries continue to destabilize the embattled African country. Berlin’s decision to freeze troop deployments out of a United Nations mission came as relations deteriorated between Germany and Mali’s military junta, which has become increasingly belligerent toward the West. Germany […]

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Author Salman Rushdie attacked on stage in New York

LONDON — Novelist Salman Rushdie has been violently attacked while delivering a lecture in New York. Police said Rushdie was airlifted to hospital after suffering “an apparent stab wound to the neck” Friday morning. His condition remains unknown. The Booker Prize winner, who has been subject to death threats since the late 1980s from Iran […]

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UK government declares drought for swaths of England

The U.K. government’s environmental agency officially declared a drought on Friday in eight out of 14 areas across England. In practice, moving to drought status means that the Environment Agency and water companies will start implementing their pre-agreed drought plans, and face fewer barriers to ban people from using hosepipes and washing their car with […]

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Poland’s government in hot water over fish die-off

WARSAW — Thousands of dead fish have been found along the Oder River running between Poland and Germany, with officials on both sides of the border warning of an ecological catastrophe. It’s turning into a political problem for Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, as the opposition accuses it of ignoring early signals of […]

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