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3 Countries Investigate Morocco Attacker Who Killed Tourist

January 22, 2022
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RABAT, Morocco—A Moroccan judge on Thursday ordered a man suspected of fatally stabbing a French woman and injuring a Belgian visitor to undergo psychiatric evaluation, as authorities in three countries opened probes into the suspect’s possible links to terrorism. A 78-year-old French woman was killed in a knife attack in a market in the southern…

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EU Countries Split Over Joint Response to Energy Price Spike

October 26, 2021
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LUXEMBOURG—European Union countries failed to agree on a bloc-wide response to surging energy prices in an emergency meeting of government ministers on Tuesday, with some countries seeking a regulatory overhaul and others firmly opposed. European gas prices have hit record highs this autumn and remain at lofty levels, prompting most EU countries to respond with…

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Poor Countries’ Debt Rose 12 Percent to Record $860 Billion in 2020: World Bank

October 11, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The debt burden of the world’s low-income countries rose 12 percent to a record $860 billion in 2020 as countries responded to the COVID-19 crisis with massive fiscal, monetary, and financial stimulus packages, the World Bank said in a report released Monday. World Bank President David Malpass said the report showed a dramatic increase in…

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