The story: Iraq has announced three days of national mourning after the deaths of scores of people in a major fire at a hospital in Baghdad. The tragedy has prompted Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to suspend a number of top officials, including the country’s health minister. Kadhimi has also launched a probe into the blaze, putting Iraq’s corruption-plagued health sector under the microscope yet again.
The coverage: On Apr. 25, Iraq’s interior ministry announced that at least 82 people were killed and 110 injured in the tragic event. Less than an hour later...
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