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The Consumer Electronics Show, which brings together tens of thousands of people, said it plans to hold the event in January despite health concerns due to the coronavirus pandemic
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20.08.2024
CES global gadget fest on track despite pandemic
Fighters loyal to the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) clashed with forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar in recent weeks
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20.08.2024
Libya pro-unity govt forces reseize Tripoli int'l airport: spokesman
Protesters burned tyres, blocked roads and threw stones at security forces
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20.08.2024
Madagascar anti-lockdown protests flare after alleged police violence
Both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can produce potentially serious side effects, particularly heart arrhythmia
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20.08.2024
The Lancet doubts over hydroxychloroquine study see WHO restart trials
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An Air China jet at a gate at Los Angeles International Airport, California on May 9, 2019
World 20.08.2024
US suspends flights by Chinese airlines in spat with Beijing
More than 20,000 tonnes of diesel fuel has spilled into the Ambarnaya river in Siberia
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Putin declares state of emergency over Siberian fuel spill
The Auschwitz museum is appealing for financial aid after the virus lockdown 'collapsed' the annual budget
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Auschwitz museum struggling for funds under lockdown
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet (pictured February 2020) insisted that the grievances at the heart of the protests that have erupted in hundreds of US cities needed to be heard and addressed if the country
World 20.08.2024
UN rights chief condemns 'structural racism' in US
People cycle past Tiananmen gate on the eve of the 31st anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Beijing
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Amid unrest at home, US presses China on Tiananmen
The Vatican approved an investigation into Bishop Henryk Janiak of Kalisz, Poland, after the release of a documentary detailing abuse cases that he allegedly covered up
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Vatican investigates Polish bishop for abuse cover-up
Healthcare workers from around Spain (pictured March 2020) react to the people's support as they are cheered on outside their hospitals in the cities of Barcelona, Burgos, Valencia, Coruna and Palma de Mallorca
World 20.08.2024
Healthcare staff win top Spain prize for 'spirit of sacrifice'
Without the coronavirus pandemic, the man with a five-million-dollar bounty on his head might never have been found
World 20.08.2024
How Rwanda genocide suspect spent 25 years on the run
Some 20,000 people protest the 2016 death of a young black man named Adama Traore in French police custody, using slogans echoing those in the demonstrations raging in the US.
World 20.08.2024
France urges calm after tense protest over black man's death
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