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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel said the 27 leaders had 'many positions' on the size of the fund, on rules for accessing it and on tying it to respect for the rule of law
World
21.08.2024
EU recovery summit could end with no deal, says Merkel
More than 200,000 thousand seafarers are stranded on ships worldwide because of coronavirus border closures and lockdowns
World
21.08.2024
Stranded on ships, 200,000 seafarers struggle in virus limbo
Cheesemakers Danie Crowther and his wife Marietjie Crowther only managed to produce small amounts of their signature smoked mozzarella and chilli-infused "string cheese" during the virus lockdown
World
21.08.2024
S.African artisanal cheesery hopes virus will boost Slow Food
Mask-wearing is not common in Australia and has not been part of the country's COVID-19 response until recently
World
21.08.2024
Australian city to make mask-wearing compulsory
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In 1947, Parisians used alternative means of transport during a general strike
World 21.08.2024
Bikes wedge their way into heavy Paris traffic
Syrians head to the polls Sunday to elect a new parliament as the war-torn country faces a crumbling economy and international sanctions
World 21.08.2024
Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil
Raoni Metuktire addresses members of different Brazilian tribes in Piaracu village, Mato Grosso state, in January 2020
World 21.08.2024
Brazil's indigenous chief Raoni hospitalized in weakened state
A man reads a newspaper on the edge of a promenade overlooking Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong
World 21.08.2024
Hong Kong security law sends jitters through city's feisty press
An EU post-coronavirus recovery plan has run into stiff resistance from some member states
World 21.08.2024
EU leaders squabble as deadlocked rescue summit enters third day
The UK has been among the worst-hit countries in the world by COVID-19
World 21.08.2024
UK's Johnson says reluctant to use national lockdown again
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, pictured in September 2018, has been hospitalised for medical testing
World 21.08.2024
Kuwait's ruler hospitalised, crown prince steps in
The outbreak is DR Congo's 11th since Ebola was identified in 1976
World 21.08.2024
Ebola cases rise in new DR Congo outbreak
A Taliban delegation (pictured) met with a group of powerful Afghans including political figures in Doha in 2019 amid separate talks with the US seeking to end the long-running conflict
World 21.08.2024
Taliban reshuffle negotiators ahead of Afghan talks
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