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The imposing statue of first prime minister after independence Patrice Lumumba dominates the traffic in Kinshasa
World
21.08.2024
Sixty years since historic Lumumba speech launched Congo independence
Palestinian demonstrators turned out in small numbers for a demonstration against Israeli annexation plans early this month
World
21.08.2024
Palestinian leaders struggle to mobilise street against annexation
Despite a shake-up of China's marriage law last month -- and a groundswell of support for same-sex unions in the socially conservative country -- demands to make gay marriage legal have not been met
World
21.08.2024
China's LGBT couples 'wed' online as gay marriage push stalls
Assa Traore, pictured April 2019, has been given the 2020 BET Global Good award
World
21.08.2024
France's Assa Traore honored at BET Awards
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Britain's chief negotiator anhis EU counterpart Michel Barnier d held face-to-face talks in Brussels in March, but there are hopes that they can make better progress in the coming weeks
World 21.08.2024
EU, Britain intensify talks on post-Brexit future
South Africa's Dylan Frittelli has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss next week's Rocket Mortgage Championship, the PGA Tour announced on Sunday
World 21.08.2024
South Africa's Frittelli tests positive for COVID-19: tour
Protestors against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and the way he has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic gathered at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro
World 21.08.2024
Brazil has record week for virus cases
The criss-crossed diagonal star pattern was used by southern troops during the 1861-1865 American Civil War and for many it remains a symbol of the country's legacy of slavery and racism
World 21.08.2024
Mississippi votes to remove Confederate symbol from state flag
Amid an intense national debate over racism and frequent eruptions of ugly, hate-filled speech on social media, Starbucks announced a pause on social media advertising in order to determine how to "stop the spread of hate speech"
World 21.08.2024
Starbucks pauses social media ads as it targets 'hate speech'
US President Donald Trump has long been accused of fanning racial tensions, including during the nationwide reckoning triggered by the death-in-custody of African American George Floyd
World 21.08.2024
Trump tweets -- then deletes -- video of fan yelling 'white power'
A victorious Anne Hidalgo after being elected to another term as Paris mayor
World 21.08.2024
Anne Hidalgo: anti-car Socialist mayor of Paris
Employees of Russia's state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft take part in the clean-up operation after the massive fuel spill in the Ambarnaya River last month
World 21.08.2024
Russian mining giant admits waste 'violations' at Arctic plant
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has rejected pressure to intervene in the case of a Huawei executive being held on a US warrant
World 21.08.2024
Canadian detainee's wife 'disappointed' Trudeau rules out swap with China
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