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Fiery protests over racial injustice and a health pandemic that has killed 100,000 Americans and tanked the economy are converging to form what is perhaps the most unstable US presidential election year in modern history
World
20.08.2024
Pandemic, dire economy, unrest upend US presidential race
Charities had warned that people living on the streets were particularly vulnerable to coronavirus
World
20.08.2024
Fears for UK homeless as virus hotel scheme draws to close
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, shown here in Madrid on January 25, 2020, has reappeared in the streets of Venezuela after claims he was hiding in the French embassy
World
20.08.2024
Venezuela's Guaido reappears after claim he hid in French embassy
A picture taken on May 28, 2020, shows the village of Talhandak, some 80 kms northwest of Tessalit in northern Mali, where the leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Abdelmalek Droukdel is reported to have been killed by French forces
World
20.08.2024
Al-Qaeda North Africa chief killed: What next for the region?
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Celebrations that normally draw big crowds were held without veterans and were intentionally "simple, sombre and strong"
World 20.08.2024
Virus forces scaled down D-Day commemoration in France
Lidia Portales, center, is helping feed sex workers deprived of their livelihoods by Peru's lockdown imposed over the coronavirus pandemic
World 20.08.2024
Sex workers sharing food to survive during virus pandemic
Lebanese army troops form a human chain to separate supporters of Hezbollah from other demonstrators after they clashed during a protest in central Beirut
World 20.08.2024
Dozens wounded in clashes as hundreds of protesters flood Beirut
Mali has been in the grips of a jihadist insurgency since 2012
World 20.08.2024
Twenty-six killed, village torched in central Mali attack
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (C) has opposed lockdown measures
World 20.08.2024
Brazil threatens to quit WHO, Trump says US beating pandemic
Forces of Libya's UN-recognised unity government patrol the town of Tarhuna, southeast of the Tripoli, after retaking it from fighters loyal to eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar
World 20.08.2024
Libya govt says offensive launched for Kadhafi hometown Sirte
Rallies are being held around the world this weekend to protest against racism and police brutality
World 20.08.2024
Global race protests mark George Floyd's death
The Western Cape province accounts for two thirds of South Africa's coronavirus cases
World 20.08.2024
In S.Africa's virus epicentre, COVID-19 patients get priority
The 13-member OPEC and other oil producing nations such as Russia and Mexico are discussing a deal agreed in April to boost prices
World 20.08.2024
OPEC, allies meet to discuss output cuts
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