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Protesters argue that the demolition of villages to enlarge the Garzweiler II brown coal mine in North Rhine-Westphalia state violates locals' constitutional rights and is at odds with the government's pledge to ditch the polluting fossil fuel
World
21.08.2024
German villagers take coal fight to highest court
Pope Francis quickly removed his face mask as he emerged from his car
World
21.08.2024
Pope sports a face mask for the first time in public
Alpha Conde this year pushed through a revamped constitution that opponents say was crafted to reset the term counter
World
21.08.2024
12 candidates vie with Conde for Guinea's presidency
Boris Johnson says changed are needed to Britain's withdrawal agreement from the EU to help smooth post-Brexit trade
World
21.08.2024
Storm as UK violates EU treaty with proposed law
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Opposition figures in Belarus have been detained or forced to leave the country in an intensifying crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko
World 21.08.2024
'Masked men' detain Belarus opposition lawyer
Augustine Gbao, right, was sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison for acts including terrorism, extermination, murder, rape and sexual slavery
World 21.08.2024
Former Sierra Leone rebel leader granted early release
ABC News journalist Bill Birtles was one of two Australians who fled China
World 21.08.2024
Australian spy agency targeted Chinese journalists: Beijing
India's biggest syringe manufacturer is ramping up production to churn out a billion units, anticipating a surge in demand for coronavirus vaccinations
World 21.08.2024
India syringe maker boosts production to meet virus vaccine demand
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, pictured with her daughter in 2018 has been on temporary release from Evin prison in Tehran and under house arrest since earlier this year because of the coronavirus pandemic
World 21.08.2024
Husband of detained UK-Iranian urges govt help after new charges
The blaze started just hours after the migration ministry said that 35 people had tested positive at the camp
World 21.08.2024
Thousands flee as Greece's main migrant camp gutted by huge blaze
Members of a 12,000-strong volunteer workforce attend a rally to pledge support for a typhoon recovery campaign ordered by North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Kumsusan palace in Pyongyang
World 21.08.2024
Nearly 60 bridges, 2,000 houses wrecked by typhoon in North Korea
Polls opened across the mountainous northern Tigray region despite a government decision to postpone all elections because of the coronavirus pandemic
World 21.08.2024
Ethiopia's Tigray region defies PM Abiy with 'illegal' election
Mohamed Hagi (left), Somaliland's new representative to Taiwan bumps elbows with Foreign Minister Joseph Wu
World 21.08.2024
Somaliland launches representative office in Taiwan
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