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A portrait of 20-year-old Nguyen Dinh Luong, who is feared to have been among the 39 people found dead in a truck in Britain, is kept on a prayer altar at his house in Vietnam's Ha Tinh province on October 29, 2019
World
20.08.2024
Twenty-six held over migrant lorry tragedy in Britain
"We can already talk about the next steps out of the crisis situation," Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (R) told President Vladimir Putin during a televised video conference
World
20.08.2024
Moscow to ease lockdown from Monday as pandemic stabilises
Algerian protesters carry journalist Khaled Drareni, who was arrested while covering an anti-government protest and was accused of "inciting an unarmed gathering and damaging national integrity," on their shoulders on March 6, 2020 in Algiers
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20.08.2024
Algeria court rejects detained journalist's bail plea
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses the nation in March 2020 on the coronavirus pandemic
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20.08.2024
Greek PM praises 'huge step' of European recovery bid
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The UN health agency launched the independently-run WHO Foundation, which the organisation hopes will give it greater control to direct philanthropic and public donations towards pressing problems such as the coronavirus crisis
World 20.08.2024
WHO launches foundation to put finances in better health
An image grab shows Nicolas Zepeda attending a virtual court on his extradition case in Santiago, on May 27, 2020
World 20.08.2024
Chile suspect to remain free ahead of extraditon: court
Swiss army reservists deployed to support public hospitals in the battle against the COVID-19 were stood down Wednesday as the government announced the easing of most coronavirus lockdown restrictions
World 20.08.2024
'Reborn' Swiss to drop most virus restrictions on June 6
Lamine Diack was IAAF president for 16 years
Kenya sports more 20.08.2024
Ex-IAAF chief Diack's corruption case changed to June 8
Under fire: African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina
World 20.08.2024
African Development Bank chief hits back over graft accusations
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured December 2018) said he is "healthy" in a live-streamed interview, but didn't seem to directly deny having been in hospital, even saying he can get ill like any other person
World 20.08.2024
'I am healthy' Chechen chief says after virus rumors
With their crew cuts, cool demeanor, short and precise sentences, Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley have all the traditional hallmarks of the men of NASA
World 20.08.2024
Bob and Doug, the best friends on historic SpaceX-NASA mission
In a photograph taken in March, the UN mission in DRC patrols in Ituri province in eastern DR Congo
World 20.08.2024
ADF militia kills dozens in eastern DR Congo
Moscow in 2014 banned wholesale imports from the European Union of most types of fresh foods in response to EU sanctions over Russia's actions in Ukraine including the annexation of Crimea
World 20.08.2024
Russia seizes 40 tonnes of embargoed European cheeses
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