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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is the first of Germany's 16 states to reopen schools
World
21.08.2024
Masks on as German children start new schoolyear under virus cloud
For many girls like Linnet, left, hopes of ever returning to school will be fully dashed once they give birth
World
21.08.2024
In Kenya, alarm over rise in teen pregnancies during pandemic
Graphic looking at countries with the highest coronavirus death tolls, and their respective death rates.
World
21.08.2024
Australian city begins curfew as global virus cases top 18 million
Map of Afghanistan locating Jalalabad, where armed men stormed a prison in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday
World
21.08.2024
At least 20 dead in Afghan prison raid claimed by IS: officials
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A woman walks out of a near-deserted Flinders Street Station in Melbourne after the state announced new restrictions to contain coronavirus
World 21.08.2024
Australian city orders non-vital businesses shut to curb virus
Beer-lovers were reassured by China's low numbers of new virus cases, and turned out to raise a glass
World 21.08.2024
Chinese beer lovers leave facemasks and worries behind as festival opens
Three Gambian government ministers have tested positive for the coronavirus, with Gambian President Adama Barrow in self-isolation after his deputy got the virus
World 21.08.2024
Gambia government ravaged by COVID-19
Authorities in the Philippines have ordered people to stay home unless they need to buy essential goods or exercise outdoors
World 21.08.2024
Millions return to lockdown in Philippines as virus cases soar
Before the onset of the virus, HSBC was already under pressure owing to China-US tensions and Brexit
World 21.08.2024
HSBC profits hammered by pandemic and soaring US-China tensions
Former pope Benedict XVI became seriously ill after visiting his sick brother in Germany in June and is "extremely frail", reports say
World 21.08.2024
Former pope Benedict XVI 'extremely frail': report
People practice social distancing at Washington square park in San Francisco
World 21.08.2024
Top coronavirus advisor warns US in 'new phase' of pandemic
Irfaan Ali holds his son as he arrives at a campaign rally in Lusignan, Guyana on February 29, 2020
World 21.08.2024
Opposition candidate Ali sworn in as Guyana's president
On Valentine's Day 2005, Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, who embodied the reconstruction of the country after its 1975-1990 civil war was killed in a monster bomb attack on his convoy
World 21.08.2024
Hariri assassination: the day that rocked Lebanon
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