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Aerial view of the empty Plaza Grande square in Quito on March 25, 2020
World
20.08.2024
Ecuador to close embassies, state firms over virus crisis
A toddler in DR Congo gets a measles jab -- an outbreak of the disease has killed more than 6,000 youngsters since January 2019
World
20.08.2024
Virus fight just one front against epidemics in Africa
Mao Yin had a tearful reunion with his birth parents who had never given up the search for their missing son
World
20.08.2024
Man abducted as child in China reunited with parents after 32 years
President Desi Bouterse of Suriname, which will hold elections in May
World
20.08.2024
Suriname readies to vote despite virus
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Protests erupted in Burundi in 2015 over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to bid for a third straight term. During the ensuring crackdown, more than 1,200 people were killed and 400,000 fled the country
World 20.08.2024
In Burundi, abuses persist in the shadows: rights groups
About 4.8 million babies are born annually in Indonesia, a country of more than 260 million
World 20.08.2024
Baby boom: Indonesia faces virus-driven spike in births
A spokesperson for bereaved relatives holds a portrait of Anastacio Matavele, an election monitor who was gunned down ahead of a key vote last October
World 20.08.2024
Mozambique elite police on trial for murder of poll observer
The strategic city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan has briefly fallen twice to the Taliban in the past
World 20.08.2024
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on key city
Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has faced calls to resign since the murder of his estranged wife in 2017
World 20.08.2024
Lesotho's beleaguered PM Thabane officially resigns
Russia's PM credited a nationwide lockdown and 'systematic work' over the past two months for slowing the rate of new infections
World 20.08.2024
Russian PM recovers from virus as infection rates slow
Riza Aziz, one of the producers of 'The Wolf of Wall Street', was accused of receiving massive sums from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB
World 20.08.2024
Hollywood producer 'ready to testify' against Malaysia ex-PM
The strategic city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan has briefly fallen twice to the Taliban in the past
World 20.08.2024
Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on key city: officials
Trump has been locked in a bitter spat with Beijing, alleging it covered up the initial outbreak in central China late last year
World 20.08.2024
Asia virus latest: Trump slams 'puppet of China' WHO; Beijing seeks to stop wildlife trade
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