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Ali Akbar

Crying the news with Ali Akbar, the last paperboy of Paris

Ali Akbar of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, has been hawking newspapers in Paris’s Left Bank district for more than five decades. While sales are dwindling, the job has allowed him to lift his family out of poverty and earned him a knighthood – a testament to a local legend, and the end…

Radio France Internationale

9 min read

Podcast: Taxing the ultra-rich, last paperboy in Paris, end of the death penalty

The proposal to tax the ultra-rich that could address some of France's budget woes. The last paperboy in Paris, who has been hawking newspapers for nearly 50 years, tells of challenges and successes from Pakistan to Paris. And the man who ended the death penalty in France enters the Panthéon.

Radio France Internationale

2 min read

Meet Ali Akbar, The Last Newspaper Hawker In Paris

Ali Akbar knows everyone and everyone knows him: the last newspaper hawker in Paris, he zigzags each day from cafe to cafe, shouting humorous headlines in the heart of the French capital.

International Business Times

4 min read

How popular music videos drove the fight against the Islamic State

Almost a decade ago, the Sunni jihadist network known as the Islamic State (IS) declared the formation of an Islamic Caliphate after they captured the Iraqi city of Mosul in June 2014.

The Conversation

5 min read

Few buyers for Eid camels as record inflation hits Pakistan

As inflation reaches record 38 percent in May and IMF bailout package awaited, the economic crisis affects celebrations.

Al Jazeera

5 min read

Trump's J6 "crazies" worried advisors

"Why are we letting our people share a stage with Ali Akbar and people like that?," asked a Republican strategist

Salon

3 min read

Kimberly Guilfoyle confused far-right activist’s name with ‘what terrorists yell’, Jan 6 transcripts reveal

Fiancée to Donald Trump Jr makes eyebrow-raising remark during April testimony

The Independent UK

3 min read

Court revokes bail of two POCSO case accused

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The Hindu

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The Nottingham shopping street like 'no other' offering exotic fruit, stew jars and clothing

Hundreds descend every day on this street to try out the products

Nottingham Post

5 min read