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'Avatar' director James Cameron and a crew of 55 received special permission to enter New Zealand to film the sequel to his 2009 mega-hit, prompting anger over double standards
World
20.08.2024
New Zealand to change border rules after 'Avatar' row
Twitter is banned in China, which uses a 'Great Firewall' to restrict access to news and information
World
20.08.2024
Twitter deletes Chinese 'state-linked' disinformation network
Kara Bos -- who was abandoned at the age of two and adopted by an American family -- embarked on the legal battle to discover her birth mother's identity
World
20.08.2024
Seoul court names birth father in landmark adoptee ruling
People waited for hours on June 9, 2020 to vote in Georgia's primary election
World
20.08.2024
'How do we fix this?' NBA star LeBron James takes on voter suppression
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With many Britons looking to stay at home this year in the wake of the coronavirus media and travel firms have been talking up the merits of domestic destinations such as Durdle Door near West Lulworth on the south coast
World 20.08.2024
Virus outbreak clouds Britons' annual trips to the sun
Vasil Bozhkov, lottery king and former owner of Levski Sofia football club, denies all 18 charges against him
World 20.08.2024
Exiled fallen oligarch thorn in flesh of Bulgarian authorities
An astronomer prepares equipment ahead of a solar eclipse at the La Silla European Southern Observatory in Chile's Coquimbo region, on July 2, 2019
World 20.08.2024
Pandemic shuts Earth's eyes on the skies
Argentina's Economy Minister Martin Guzman has led months of tough negotiations with creditors
World 20.08.2024
Recession-hit Argentina refines new offer to creditors
Zhou Fengsuo -- a US based Tiananmen survivor -- said his Zoom accounts was among those closed
World 20.08.2024
Zoom accedes to Chinese demands to shutter online activist meetings
Human Rights Attorney Mike Withey, a veteran of major protests in 1999 against the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests, addresses demonstrators in the CHAZ zone
World 20.08.2024
Seattle mayor tells Trump to 'go back to your bunker'
The US-led coalition has already consolidated to just three bases in Iraq in recent months, down from a dozen, and the talks would likely bring a further drawdown
World 20.08.2024
US pledges to reduce Iraq troops as tensions ease
Oil-rich Kuwait has a per-capita income of over $70,000 a year, one of the highest in the world, ensuring a lavish lifestyle for many citizens
World 20.08.2024
Shuttered salons deprive Kuwaiti women of social outlet
China's plan to impose a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has many in the city considering whether to use their British National (Overseas) passports to emigrate
World 20.08.2024
Fearful Hong Kongers rush to secure limited British passports
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