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Juneteenth, the annual US commemoration of the end of slavery, comes as Americans continue Black Lives Matter demonstrations and protests against police brutality following two high-profile killings of blacks by police in May and June, 2020
World
20.08.2024
US marks 'Juneteenth' end of slavery amid tensions over racism
The IAEA's board of governors has passed a resolution urging Iran to allow its inspectors access to two sites
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20.08.2024
UN nuclear watchdog passes resolution criticising Iran
Dexamethasone, a commonly-used steroid, can help critically-ill COVID-19 patients, according to a new study
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20.08.2024
S.African pharma giant to 'ramp up' dexamethasone production
President Donald Trump says the US could completely cut economic links with China
World
20.08.2024
Trump warns of 'complete decoupling' from China despite talks
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US economist Joseph Stiglitz wants new climate-laced metrics to measure economic growth
World 20.08.2024
Build a better, greener world economy after pandemic: Stiglitz
Mussel power: Wolfgat's speciality is seafood and ingredients foraged from the ocean
World 20.08.2024
S.Africa: Not even world's top eatery is immune to coronavirus
A 2018 file photo shows fighters of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) manning a roadblock in the Qandil Mountains, the groups's main rear-base in northern Iraq
World 20.08.2024
Turkish strikes kill civilian in northern Iraq: local official
Researchers across the world have been tracing the spread of coronavirus through waste water and sewage, finding genetic traces from Brisbane to Paris and Amsterdam
World 20.08.2024
Virus already in Italy by December, waste water study finds
US troops have been in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years
World 20.08.2024
Taliban says no threat to West as US troops leave Afghanistan
Chinese authorities have linked a new cluster a food market in Beijing
World 20.08.2024
EU seeks post-virus recovery plan as China battles new outbreak
The coronavirus crisis is pushing the EU to grapple with an old institutional problem -- the lack of joint borrowing to fund major projects for the bloc
World 20.08.2024
EU leaders tackle huge virus recovery plan
The migratory pests have descended on East Africa in record numbers since late 2019
World 20.08.2024
In midst of pandemic, E. Africa braces for another locust invasion
The statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, on June 18, 2020
World 20.08.2024
Confederate statues fall as winds of change buffet American South
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