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Protesters -- many, but not all, wearing masks -- demonstrate on June 2, 2020 in New York city. Experts fear the demonstrations against racism could fuel the spread of COVID-19
World
20.08.2024
US protesters risk COVID-19 'for health of nation'
Tropical Storm Amanda, seen battering the coast of El Salvador June 1, 2020, passed over Central America before reorganizing in the Gulf of Mexico to become Tropical Storm Cristobal June 2, 2020
World
20.08.2024
Cristobal forms in Gulf of Mexico as season's third tropical storm
Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, spokesman for the Yanomami indigenous people of Brazil, at a conference in Paris on January 29, 2020
World
20.08.2024
Brazil's Yanomamis say endangered by miners spreading coronavirus
People are arrested in Hollywood, California on June 1, 2020 as police impose a curfew
World
20.08.2024
Violence spreads in US as Trump faces anger for ordering force
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Locals walk through a square in the Siberian city of Yakutsk, where a court ruled to commit a shaman critical of Vladimir Putin to a mental asylum
World 20.08.2024
Anti-Putin shaman forced into mental asylum in Siberia
Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (pictured February 2020) reportedly the head of the African Development Bank that the country "will stand solidly behind" him in his bid to remain at the helm of the bank
World 20.08.2024
Nigeria's Buhari backs Africa bank head despite US demands
The move specifically aims to reduce the plastic cups and bottles used in the fast food and take-away sectors
World 20.08.2024
Spain eyes new tax to rubbish plastic packaging
Map of Afghanistan locating an attack reported Tuesday
World 20.08.2024
Suicide bomber targets mosque in Kabul's Green Zone
Police have been reinforcing controls into the capital's business district
World 20.08.2024
Zimbabwe tightens virus lockdown reinforcement as cases spike
Scores of yellow vest protesters were maimed by rubber bullets or stun grenades, some losing an eye or a hand
World 20.08.2024
Paris police chief defends forces against 'racism' claims
US Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, pictured in February in Munich
World 20.08.2024
Trump ally Grenell steps down as Germany envoy
The move was a sharp turnaround for President Rodrigo Duterte
World 20.08.2024
Philippine exit from key US military pact 'suspended'
Vladimir Putin wants to turn the page on the virus crisis that critics say was badly managed and which dented his approval rating
World 20.08.2024
Putin rushes to move on from virus with vote on reforms
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