Advertisement

World

News
Lula accused President Jair Bolsonaro of steering Brazil toward "chaos" with his calls to reopen the economy despite the coronavirus pandemic
World
20.08.2024
Lula fears 'genocide' in Brazil under Bolsonaro
Shop owner Mudaver Uygur shows the book where he notes money owed him by costumers -- wealthier ones have stepped into the breach to pay off debts worth hundreds of dollars in some cases
World
20.08.2024
Erdogan attacks opposition mayors over virus aid
Governments and private companies around the world -- like Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, seen here -- are working to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus
World
20.08.2024
Trump threatens to cut China ties as virus toll tops 300,000
UN diplomats will vote on new Security Council members in person despite the coronavirus pandemic
World
20.08.2024
UN won't vote electronically in Security Council election
Advertisement
Coronavirus lockdowns have upended the German economy, with many firms such as resaurants forced to close
World 20.08.2024
German first-quarter GDP data to give early taste of virus impact
A man disinfects an empty supermarket in Dakar
World 20.08.2024
African e-commerce firms get coronavirus boost
Lucian Cojocaru, a volunteer from "Casa Buna" (The Good Home) NGO, shows a Romanian schoolgirl and her mother how to use a desktop computer, aiding their access to home schooling during the pandemic
World 20.08.2024
With few computers, Romania and Bulgaria face homeschool hurdles
A human footprint dated to between 19,100 and 5,760 years ago at the Engare Sero site, south of Tanzania's Lake Natron
World 20.08.2024
Making tracks: ancient footprints shed light on early humans
AFP followed an extended family in France under lockdown, to chart how they fared through the unprecedented upheaval of family life for eight weeks
World 20.08.2024
Close, yet apart: Diary of a family under lockdown
Researchers warned that surging hospital admissions for COVID-19 would divert already limited resources to tackle major health issues in the region
World 20.08.2024
Virus could infect more than 200 mn in Africa: WHO modelling
A picture released by German migrant rescue NGO Sea-Eye shows an operation to rescue people in distress off the Libyan coast in April
World 20.08.2024
Fears mount over migrants dying 'out of sight' in Mediterranean
The World Bank ranks Burundi among the world's three poorest countries
World 20.08.2024
Little hope ahead of polls as Burundi economy hit by virus
Austria's Foreign Minister and leader of Austria's centre-right People's Party (OeVP) Sebastian Kurz was buffeted by a graft scandal a year ago
World 20.08.2024
One year after Ibiza scandal, Austria's Kurz rides high
Advertisement