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Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang (R) arrive for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
World
20.08.2024
China's premier warns of 'immense' challenges to economy
The oil price is burning a bit more brightly than a month ago
World
20.08.2024
Are oil prices over the worst of the crisis?
Mahathir Mohamad, 94, has been trying to stay in shape during Malaysia's coronavirus lockdown
World
20.08.2024
Keeping fit, going hi-tech: Malaysia's Mahathir, 94, in lockdown
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told officials at all levels to 'tighten their belts'
World
20.08.2024
No annual growth target for virus-hit China, a first in years
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Experts say evidence is mounting that other determining factors -- specifically race and income -- play a key role in how the virus chooses its victims
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus, race and income: how the virus discriminates
Virus testing in Goma, capital of eastern DR Congo's North Kivu province
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus fails to halt conflict in DR Congo's powder-keg east
In the opening weeks of the lockdown, Nobel prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney's promise of reward for endurance struck a chord across Ireland
World 20.08.2024
Ireland and the healing power of words in a time of crisis
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi -- a royal family insider turned critic -- was killed and dismembered at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, in a case that triggered international outrage
World 20.08.2024
Sons of murdered Saudi journalist Khashoggi say 'forgive' killers
Indigenous Kaingang leader Kretan Kaingang marches in protest against President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil's COVID-19 death toll reaches new heights
World 20.08.2024
Brazil passes 20,000 virus deaths after record 24-hour toll
An inmate receives a virtual visit at Dubai's Al-Awir prison in the United Arab Emirates
World 20.08.2024
Dubai prison: Virtual visits and court hearing amid virus crisis
A child looks on as Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok visits a camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur state in November 2019
World 20.08.2024
Sudan's bloody tribal clashes threaten fragile transition
After bearing the brunt of a deadly Ebola epidemic, Guinea is looking for help to fight coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
MSF doctors return to Guinea to fight virus
US singer Cher, shown here performing in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2014, has long called for Kaavan's release
World 20.08.2024
Cher tweets joy as Pakistan agrees to free lonely elephant Kaavan
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