The hungry city

Paraphrased from In Our Time, The City – a history: “Pre-modern cities had death rates that were vastly greater than birth rates.”

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IMF says it is “too early to assess” the war’s cost to Ethiopia’s economy, with talks on its next loan review expected in early December
Open-source tracker says convoy of technicals crossed from Berbera into Ethiopia at Wajale, and says a cargo plane from the UAE landed in Dire Dawa
Attack on Dammam’s King Fahd airport kills two as Washington orders non-emergency staff out of Saudi Arabia
Fano says it seized Debre Zebit and Agrit in North Wollo’s Meket, as an eyewitness tells DW of days of heavy fighting near Sanqa
Eritrea calls its sovereignty “non-negotiable” and says its army is inside its own borders, in reply to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s warning