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Bishop Theophylactos reopens Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, as Palestinian authorities ease coronavirus restrictions in the occupied West Bank
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20.08.2024
Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity reopens: AFP
Taliban fighters wave on a bus after being released from prison in Bagram in a handout photograph released Afghanistan's National Security Council
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20.08.2024
Afghanistan to free 900 more Taliban prisoners
Costa Rica is the first Central American country to legalise same-sex marriage
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20.08.2024
Costa Rica legalises same-sex marriage in first for Central America
Stanley Ho helped turn Macau into the world's most successful gambling hub
World
20.08.2024
Macau casino tycoon Stanley Ho dies aged 98
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Chinese aid is unloaded from a plane in Haiti, one of many shipments of medical supplies by Beijing to combat the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
China's virus diplomacy: global saviour or 'Wolf Warrior'?
The Muslim holy city of Mecca is to remain under cororonavirus curfew and indoor prayers will continue to be banned but in the rest of Saudi Arabia the authorities are bringing two months of stringent restrictions to an end
World 20.08.2024
Saudi Arabia to end virus curfew from June 21
Corruption convictions nearly doubled last year in China as President Xi Jinping ramped up his crackdown on graft
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Corruption convictions nearly double in China over last year
Venezuelan attorney general Tarek William Saab (pictured January 2020) asked the country's Supreme Court "to determine if the Voluntad Popular political organization is a terrorist organization"
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Venezuela attorney general seeks to declare Guaido party 'terrorist organization'
Media companies in Australia are accused of breaching a gag order on the trial of Cardinal George Pell
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Australian media to be tried for contempt over Pell reporting
Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour joined a galaxy of African talent for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus pandemic
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Galaxy of African stars hold virtual coronavirus concert
Living conditions for many migrant workers in the Maldives are tough
World 20.08.2024
Virus traps poor foreign workers in deserted Maldives
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (pictured May 24, 2020), who regularly rails against the mainstream media, occasionally stops outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia to speak to the press, but the informal event has turned tense at times
World 20.08.2024
Top Brazil media end coverage of presidential doorstop
Egyptian historian Khaled Fahmy says his top concern now is that, as many countries start re-opening their borders, their citizens will be subjected to ever more rigorous forms of governmental scrutiny
World 20.08.2024
A world redrawn: Egypt historian Khaled Fahmy sees rising surveillance state
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