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Libyan economic failures are forcing farmers to go out of work and abandon farming moving towards alternative sources of incomes. Libyan farmers are losing hope as they are starting to desert their cultivations are moving elsewhere. The reason is high rise of prices of raw materials and supplies that are being used in agriculture. This has been confirmed by a report published by the London-based newspaper that writes on the Middle East . Cost of living is high, and farmers are having to look for alternatives to fend for themselves and their families. According to many farmers who have spoken to this media source, price of agricultural inputs have doubled in the recent years and that imported goods have also caused severe damage to their local crops yields. Financial losses are difficult to mitigate as the economy is already in doldrums for the longest time. Lack of supplies in the market and cost of living escalations has forced most farmers to shift to alternate modes of employmen...

This is one of the most sad and gory descriptions of real-life murders in medical facilities that has been depicted well and is trending on Netflix A nurse that murdered dozens of patients over a course of 16 years, Netflix is all ready for the story of nurse Charles Cullen. The series is gaining traction as is the previous crime thrillers including Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and The Watcher. If one to ask about the real person behind the story, he is still alive. A troubled person who was orphaned at a young age, Charles Cullen was also discharged from the US Navy when it attempted to take his own life.   Shortly after that, he started to train to be a nurse. Born in New Jersey , between 1988 and 2003, he worked in several hospitals across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Till his arrest in December 2003, he had murdered some 29 people. In 2013, Cullen spoke about his crimes in his first televised interview, appearing on 60 Minutes. He described some as “mercy kil...

Scientist s from space have been able to capture raw imagery that shows massive methane emissions from Central Asia, the  Middle East, and the south-western US NASA has reportedly spotted Iran and Turkmenistan as the ‘super emitters’ of methane gas, a recent report has suggested. While on one side the hole in the ozone layer is reducing, on the other hand, methane usage can lead to devastating effects on the environment all together.   The gas is one of the main drivers of climate change, accounting for about 30 per cent of global warming since the pre-industrial era. NASA scientists are gathering this data through space observations and their revelations have also identified sites in the US as well.   As of now, some 50 such spots have been discovered by NASA through the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source (EMIT) mission. This mission has identified areas in   Central Asia, the  Middle East, and the south-western US. Most of them are conn...

He seems to have run out of luck or dug his own grave as brands pull endorsements and celebrities criticize him for making irrelevant antisemitic comments Kanye West is being trolled for his antisemitic statements he has been making. The latest stands that Adidas has had to drop him from product endorsements due to his comments. Since early October, West wrote on Instagram that rapper and record producer Sean "Diddy" Combs was being controlled by “the Jewish people.” Days later, he tweeted that he was “going death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE” before alleging he wasn't “ Anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also.” Seems like out of his mind and wanting some more attention, his statements have been criticized by other celebrities as well. He now loses trust with brands like Vogue that has also made a public statement about him not being a part of the ‘inner circle’ anymore. Adidas spokesperson said that he felt that West’s “current statements and actions have ...

Callousness of authorities have been blamed by residents whose family members have gone missing while transiting illegally through Tunisia  Residents of Zarzis in southern Tunisia has extremely angry. They are blaming authorities for having buried drowned migrants from the coastal city without the informing families or finding out their whereabouts. Blockades and tyre burning has been their way of revolting and retaliating in the Medenine governorate. A boat carrying migrants to Europe went missing on the September 21. It was carrying as many as 18 people. Those who perished included a child as well. They all came from Zarzis, a city of 78,000 residents known as a crossing point for both Tunisian and Sub-Saharan African migrants. Authorities have been accused of negligence in initial attempts to look for the missing boat — even thwarting independent efforts with misinformation — and subsequently not putting enough effort into the search for bodies. This was compounded by bodie...

Media is spilling beans of governmental pressure that has forced the Iranian athlete to retract from her previous support to the anti-hijab worldwide outcry According to BBC Persia, the rock climber from Iran, Elnaz Rekabi was forced into giving a statement that she was sorry for not having adhered to the hijab rule set in by the Iranian authorities. She had said that her hijab had fallen off, which looks extremely unplausible for someone who might have worn a hijab all her life. The act of revolt was retracted as an unintentional mistake, for which it is now being said, that she was coaxed into retracting her statement. The BBC source said Rekabi had been detained in a room at Iran's National Olympic Committee building with agents present until she met the minister. She is now under house arrest, but the authorities said she is staying at home because she is in need of rest, the source said. The lady athlete had also disappeared and then resurfaced apologizing on open tele...