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South Africa is the hardest-hit country in Africa with at least 521,318 infections diagnosed so far, accounting for more than half the continent's cases
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21.08.2024
Coronavirus infects 24,000 S.African health workers
Latvian adventurer Karlis Bardelis spent nearly two years rowing alone across the ocean from Peru to Malaysia
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21.08.2024
Defying virus, Latvian ocean rower plans next adventure
The Third Mainland Bridge is a key link to the city's business district and is going to partially closed for months for repairs
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21.08.2024
Bridge repair paralyses Lagos traffic
Police in Mondragone cordoned off a block of flats where 43 positive cases of coronavirus have been identified among Bulgarian farm workers
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21.08.2024
Virus highlights plight of Europe's migrant farm hands
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A helicopter pours water onto the fire at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut
World 21.08.2024
Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands
Lulu Pototschnik has gone from catering for big stars to no work after the pandemic erased all concerts off the calendar
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Single mums feel 'invisible' in Germany's coronavirus crisis
An outbreak in Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city, has seen hundreds of new cases recorded daily in recent weeks
World 21.08.2024
Australia records deadliest day of pandemic so far
HSBC has become the canary in the coalmine with regards the new Hong Kong law, and analysts warn companies might have to eventually choose between the city or the United States
World 21.08.2024
Banks snared by Hong Kong sanctions laws as US-China spat spirals
A railroad boxcar filled with ammonium nitrate lays on its side near to the remains of the fertilizer plant that exploded on April 18, 2013 in West, Texas
World 21.08.2024
Ammonium nitrate: fertilizer behind many industrial accidents
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will lead the upcoming delegation to Taiwan, which Beijing claims and had vowed to one day seize
World 21.08.2024
US announces 'highest level' visit in decades to Taiwan
Aerial view showing large scale forest fires in Pocone, Pantanal region (the largest tropical wetlands in the world), Mato Grosso State, Brazil on Ausgust 1, 2020
World 21.08.2024
Brazil firefighters race to contain wetland blazes
Virgin Australia is attempting to revive its fortunes after going into voluntary administration in April
World 21.08.2024
Virgin Australia closes budget offshoot, fires 3,000 staff
Two huge explosion rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing scores of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky
World 21.08.2024
Apocalyptic scenes as blasts ravage Beirut
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