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A general view of fields and buildings outside Kaesong in North Korea, seen across the Demilitarized Zone from the South Korean island of Ganghwa
World
20.08.2024
North Korea blows up inter-Korean liaison office near border with South
Every year illnesses such as dengue fever and malaria infect more than half a million people and kill hundreds in India
World
20.08.2024
Virus-hit India's overwhelmed health workers brace for monsoon
A landmine is exploded during Turkish demining operations in the Salah al-Din area, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli
World
20.08.2024
Landmines spell silent threat in Libyan former war zone
Technicians from Israeli firm Kando extract sewage samples from a manhole near the beach, in the southern coastal Israeli city of Ashkelon
World
20.08.2024
Israeli firm monitors sewers in fight against coronavirus
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Muslim pilgrims gather in August 2019 around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca prior to the start of last year's hajj pilgrimage
World 20.08.2024
Saudi faces perilous hajj call as virus spikes
'Anything is better than pretending that the market can deliver healthcare -- because it can't,' said Angus Deaton
World 20.08.2024
A world redrawn: Nobel winner Deaton warns virus could worsen inequality
Lovelock, who will be 101 next month, has had the disconcerting habit in his 75-year career of being right about important things
World 20.08.2024
A world redrawn: Worry about climate not COVID, says James 'Gaia' Lovelock
Wild boars eat the grass in a garden close to residential buildings in Ajaccio, Corsica, in April
World 20.08.2024
In virus lockdown, Europe's predators regain turf
The words 'Human dignity is inviolable' stand above the entrance to a court room at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt, where Stephan Ernst will stand trial
World 20.08.2024
German neo-Nazi on trial for politician's murder
North Korea has recently issued vitriolic condemnations of the South and held mass rallies against activists who send anti-Pyongyang leaflets over the border
World 20.08.2024
North Korean army 'fully ready' for action against Seoul: KCNA
The death of George Floyd while in police custody has reminded Switzerland of Nigerian Mike Ben Peter who died in similar circumstances two years ago, with protesters carrying his name at recent BLM marches
World 20.08.2024
Switzerland grapples with its own 'George Floyd' case
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (centre) has said that ruling by decree allowed him to respond quickly and effectively during the virus emergency
World 20.08.2024
Hungary set to end disputed emergency virus powers
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (2R, pictured February 2019 shaking hands with President Donald Trump) wrote the majority opinion banning employers from firing LGBT workers on the basis of their sexual orientation
World 20.08.2024
US top court in landmark ruling to protect LGBT workers
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