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In a largely forgotten chapter of the dying days of World War II, some 250,000 German refugees were interned in refugee camps across Denmark -- still then occupied by the Nazis -- where they were not made to feel welcome
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21.08.2024
Denmark's German refugees remember forgotten WWII chapter
A still from a video shows jihadists destroying an ancient shrine in Timbuktu in 2012
World
21.08.2024
Malian jihadist on trial at ICC over Timbuktu destruction
The Echizen Maru fishing trawler returned to port in Ushuaia after some of its crew began exhibiting symptoms typical of COVID-19
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21.08.2024
Mystery as Argentine sailors infected with virus after 35 days at sea
More than 600,000 Hong Kongers turned out over the weekend to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections
World
21.08.2024
China warns some HK primary campaigning may have broken security law
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Aquatic creatures such as these common dolphins swimming off the southern French coast benefited from less sound pollution from pleasure craft during lockdown
World 21.08.2024
Paradise regained then lost: Med mammals mourn lockdown end
Japan's defence paper has accused China of disseminating disinformation about the coronavirus
World 21.08.2024
Japan defence review slams China's virus 'disinformation'
The French air force will still carry out its traditional flyover of the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs-Elysees
World 21.08.2024
Macron to host downsized Bastille Day, outline crisis response
More than 600,000 Hong Kongers turned out over the weekend to choose candidates for upcoming legislative elections
World 21.08.2024
China says Hong Kong opposition primary a 'serious provocation'
Angoho, an indigenous woman of the Pataxo Ha-ha-hae community, wears a face mask at the Vila Vitoria favela on the outskirts of Belo Horizonte, Brazil
World 21.08.2024
Brazil's displaced indigenous struggle in concrete jungle far from home
Libya's UN-recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (left) and his adversary, General Khalifa Haftar
World 21.08.2024
Foreign powers in Libya: who wants what?
Small businesses have taken a heavy blow in Libya after the country plunged into chaos and violence following the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed veteran dictator Moamer Kadhafi
World 21.08.2024
Libya small businesses struggle to rebuild after waves of unrest
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who says he is bored staying at home after testing psoitive for COVID-19, feeds emus outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia
World 21.08.2024
Brazil's Bolsonaro fed up with quarantine, to take new virus test
Tiny Singapore, viewed as a barometer for the health of global trade, is highly sensitive to external shocks, and the gloomy figures are another ominous sign for the global economy
World 21.08.2024
Virus-hit Singapore plunges into recession as economy shrinks 41%
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