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The UN has extended an arms embargo on South Sudan even though President Salva Kiir, seen here, and Riek Machar, the rebel leader who is now first vice president, have made a deal to form a unity government
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20.08.2024
UN extends S. Sudan arms embargo through May 2021
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit Europe, the Lufthansa group has been bleeding one million euros per hour, with around 90 percent of its 760-aircraft fleet grounded
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20.08.2024
Germany, Brussels seal pact on Lufthansa rescue plan: sources
Closed gates are seen in Lansdowne, Ontario at the US-Canada border in March 2020
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20.08.2024
Canada immigration sharply curtailed by virus: study
The 39 migrants were found in a truck in an industrial zone east of London
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20.08.2024
Key suspect in UK migrant lorry tragedy held in Germany: sources
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US President Donald Trump has severed ties with the World Health Organization
World 20.08.2024
Trump says US 'terminating' relationship with WHO
A UN peacekeeper patrols outside the mosque in Mopti, central Mali: two members of the peacekeeping mission have died of coronavirus, the organisation said
World 20.08.2024
First two UN peacekeepers die of coronavirus
Outgoing president Mauricio Macri embraces his leftist rival and new Argentine President Alberto Fernandez at the inauguration in Buenos Aires on December 10, 2019
World 20.08.2024
Argentina's ex-president Macri probed over 'spying'
A protester is arrested in Moscow on Thursday
World 20.08.2024
At least 35 detained at Moscow opposition protest
People stand at a booth where passersby can give their signatures in support of a new security law in Hong Kong
World 20.08.2024
US, UK raise Hong Kong at UN as pressure mounts on China
A clash between President Donald Trump and Twitter has escalated in recent days, but more fireworks may be coming if the platform uses additional moderation tools
World 20.08.2024
Twitter has more tools to use against Trump, if it chooses
A man carries water in Caracas May 19, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic
World 20.08.2024
Venezuela's official virus data is 'absurd': HRW and Johns Hopkins
The high profile of Christian Drosten, a world-leading expert on coronaviruses, has made him a lightning rod for a noisy minority angry about social distancing rules
World 20.08.2024
German virus 'guru' in crosshairs of lockdown critics
An aerial view of a burial is seen at the Bom Jardim cemetery, the largest public cemetery in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil on May 7, 2020, as many of the burials were of people who were confirmed or suspected to have died from COVID-19
World 20.08.2024
Poor and black, northeast Brazil faces virus 'hurricane'
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