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Bangladesh's government has ordered increased patrols in the Bay of Bengal
World
20.08.2024
Bangladesh to turn back new Rohingya refugee boats: minister
The coronavirus pandemic, combined with the halt in US funding, marks the biggest challenge to date for World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World
20.08.2024
China to give WHO $30 million more after US freezes funds
Chris Williamson of IHS Markit said that the ferocity of the eurozone's slump has "surpassed that thought imaginable by most economists"
World
20.08.2024
Eurozone economy suffers 'unprecedented' collapse
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang served a four-and-a-half year prison sentence
World
20.08.2024
China rights lawyer barred from Beijing after prison: wife
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The Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington. World War II veteran Philip Kahn, who has died of the coronavirus at the age of 100, fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima
World 20.08.2024
Virus kills WWII veteran 100 years after twin died of Spanish flu
The lyrics of Miriam Makeba's 1967 classic which became synonymous with South Africa's liberation struggle have been re-written to encourage safe distancing and hand washing
World 20.08.2024
S.African hit 'Pata Pata' re-launched to fight coronavirus
Peru has reported more than 19,000 coronavirus infections
World 20.08.2024
Peru to release 3,000 prisoners under virus amnesty
Women wearing face masks ride past the Opera House in Hanoi on April 23, 2020, as Vietnam eased its nationwide social isolation effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Vietnam eased social distancing measures on April 23, with e...
World 20.08.2024
Asia virus latest: Vietnam eases lockdown; further Olympic delay 'impossible'
The coronavirus lockdown has brought a welcome reprieve for Albania's flamingoes 
World 20.08.2024
Birds in paradise: Albania's flamingos flourish in virus lockdown
Masks are hot property in Japan
World 20.08.2024
Japan towns offer masks as reward for tax donation
Despite a long and porous border with China, Vietnam has recorded just 268 virus cases and zero deaths, according to official tallies
World 20.08.2024
Vietnam relaxes virus restrictions as cases plateau
With many bricks-and-mortar stores shut under coronavirus lockdowns, gamers have turned to digital downloads to keep themselves entertained
World 20.08.2024
Digital video game spending hits record high under virus lockdown
Whitney Houston, seen here in Las Vegas in 2004, is seen as one of the greatest voices of the last 30 years
World 20.08.2024
'Bohemian Rhapsody' screenwriter to pen new Whitney Houston biopic
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