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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he will pick a woman as his running mate
World
21.08.2024
Suspense surrounds Biden's upcoming VP selection
Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic -- (L-R) Dr. Risal Djohan, Dr. Daniel Alam, Dr. Francis Papay and Dr. Maria Siemionow -- completed the operation on Connie Culp in December 2008
World
21.08.2024
First US recipient of partial face transplant dead at 57
Statistics analysed by the South African Medical Research Council suggest the true virus death toll may be higher than the official figures state
World
21.08.2024
South Africa coronavirus cases top 500,000: government
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga holds a placard during an anti-corruption march along Borrowdale road, in Harare; she was arrested and freed on bail the following day
World
21.08.2024
Arrested Zimbabwean author, Booker nominee Tsitsi Dangarembga freed
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The row comes as Facebook and Twitter face increasing pressure in the United States and around the world to act more aggressively against hate speech and false information
World 21.08.2024
Facebook slams 'extreme' ruling blocking Bolsonaro allies
'It's sobering to think that six months ago, when you recommended I declare a(n emergency), there were less than 100 cases and no deaths outside China,' said WHO chief Tedros
World 21.08.2024
Expect 'lengthy' coronavirus pandemic WHO warns
As President Donald Trump says he will ban TikTok from operating in the United States over national security concerns, ByteDance has reportedly offered to sell off that part of its business
World 21.08.2024
ByteDance offers to sell TikTok's US ops as Trump ban looms: report
The protest movement against the government is the largest outside of Moscow in several years
World 21.08.2024
Massive rally held in far-eastern Russian city
The number of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon in July 2020 rose 28 percent from the same month a year ago, satellite data show
World 21.08.2024
Brazilian Amazon fires surge in July
Dozens of people died after drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in northern India's Punjab state
World 21.08.2024
Over 60 killed by bootleg alcohol in Indian state
Demonstrators, some of whom have branded the pandemic a conspiracy, demanded a "day of freedom" in protest against virus curbs
World 21.08.2024
Berlin protest over virus restrictions draws thousands
Tanzania has banned Kenya Airways flights as part of a diplomatic spat
World 21.08.2024
Tanzania bans Kenya Airways as coronavirus spat escalates
The 2008 bombing, which Iran blames on US-based "terrorists", ripped through a packed mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, killing 14 people and wounding 215
World 21.08.2024
Iran says it has arrested head of US-based 'terrorist group'
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