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Afghan vice-president Amrullah Saleh (centre) has personified the fortunes and perils of the country since the US-led invasion of 2001
World
21.08.2024
Enigmatic Afghan Vice-President Saleh vows to keep fighting
Climate change and the spread of infectious disease as seen as 'major threats' by the populations of 14 nations surveyed by the Pew Research Center
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21.08.2024
Climate change, infectious disease seen as major threats: survey
A blaze on the oil tanker New Diamond was finally brought under control on Wednesday, the Sri Lankan navy said
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21.08.2024
Diesel leaks from stricken oil tanker off Sri Lanka
The first direct flights between Israel and the UAE have begun after last month's peace accord.
World
21.08.2024
Norway MP nominates Trump for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
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Exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya walks with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after telling Warsaw university students events in Belarus were 'historic'
World 21.08.2024
Opposition figure compares Belarus protests to Polish struggle
The zoo is struggling with rundown facilities and lack of funds
World 21.08.2024
Abidjan Zoo ordered closed after hyena escapes
US forces in Iraq: the top general in the Middle East, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, announced that US troop levels inside the country will be slashed to 3,000 in September 2020
World 21.08.2024
US to cut troops in Iraq to 3,000 this month
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
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
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