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Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya casts her ballot in Minsk
World
21.08.2024
Belarus presidential challenger demands 'honest election'
"Prepare the gallows because our anger doesn't end in one day," warned one message circulating on social media in response to Tuesday's earthquake-strength blast of a huge pile of industrial chemicals
World
21.08.2024
Furious Lebanese vow new protests over deadly mega-blast
Attempts to stabilise the stricken vessel and pump 4,000 tonnes of fuel from its hold have failed
World
21.08.2024
Mauritius struggles to contain oil spill polluting its seas
An aerial view of parts of the devastated Beirut port taken on August 7 shows the crater caused by the colossal explosion three days earlier of a huge pile of ammonium nitrate that had languished for years in a port warehouse
World
21.08.2024
Beirut port blast crater 43 metres deep: security official
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A mega gathering of prominent Afghans has approved the release of hundreds of Taliban prisoners
World 21.08.2024
Afghan peace talks close after Taliban prisoner release approved
The brewery mistakenly chose a Maori term that is commonly used to refer to pubic hair
World 21.08.2024
Canadian brewer apologizes for naming beer 'pubic hair' in Maori
Thailand's billionaires appear immunite to the economy devastation unleashed by the coronavirus, splurging on everything from supercars to extravagant parties
World 21.08.2024
Supercars and champagne: Bangkok's rich purr through pandemic
Algeria's capital Algiers during a curfew at the end of June aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19
World 21.08.2024
Algeria economy rocked by one-two punch
Hemp looks and smells like marijuana but contains very little tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is what gets users high
World 21.08.2024
'Not marijuana': US hemp farmers battle tough market and thieves
In power since 1994, Lukashenko has kept his landlocked homeland wedged between Russia and EU member Poland largely stuck in a Soviet time warp
World 21.08.2024
Lukashenko: Soviet-style autocrat on Europe's doorstep
Doves fly during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, at the city's Peace Park
World 21.08.2024
Nagasaki marks 75 years since atomic bombing
For those unable to afford prohibitively high rents in Cairo, the burial chambers provide shelter to eke out a largely tranquil, if bizarre, existence side-by-side with dead sultans, singers and saints
World 21.08.2024
Egypt highway uproots graves, homes in 'City of Dead'
US Health Secretary Alex Azar will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during a three-day visit to the self-ruled island
World 21.08.2024
US to begin highest level Taiwan visit in decades
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