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With an economy battered by US sanctions, many Iranians are reopening businesses despite the risks posed by the novel coronavirus
World
20.08.2024
Tehran cautiously reopens as economic hardship trumps virus risks
Thabane suspended parliament last month shortly after the national assembly passed a bill barring him from calling fresh elections
World
20.08.2024
Lesotho's under-fire PM sends in army to 'restore order'
Police say they were helpless to stop the crowds coming to the funeral of a 55-year-old Islamic preacher
World
20.08.2024
Tens of thousands defy Bangladesh lockdown for imam's funeral
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa gave a televised address to mark the country's 40th anniversary of independence from Britain
World
20.08.2024
Virus takes cheer out of Zimbabwe independence celebration
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Informal traders and waste-pickers queue for food at a Soweto parking lot
World 20.08.2024
Violence and looting point to food crisis in S.Africa lockdown
Iran says it has achieved a "small victory" against the coronavirus by keeping its daily death rate to below 100 even as its overall death toll tops 5,000
World 20.08.2024
Iran virus deaths top 5,000: ministry
Ian Smith, the former leader of rebel Rhodesia, pictured in July 1971
World 20.08.2024
Forty years ago, Zimbabwe was born
Thabane suspended parliament last month shortly after the national assembly passed a bill barring him from calling fresh elections in an event he losses a no-confidence vote
World 20.08.2024
Lesotho's under-fire PM deploys army to 'restore order'
Around 1,000 tourists remain stranded in Kathmandu after being rescued from hiking trails
World 20.08.2024
Rescued from Himalaya trails, trekkers find world in turmoil
The flyers are in various languages
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus spotlights Swedish segregation
Trump has largely left decisions on easing lockdowns to state officials even as he outlined guidelines for a staged reopening of the national economy
World 20.08.2024
Global virus deaths pass 150,000 as Trump endorses lockdown protests
Hong Kong was shaken by widespread and sometimes violent street protests in 2019
World 20.08.2024
Hong Kong activists arrested over last year's democracy rallies
Leader of Italy's far-right League party, Matteo Salvini may prove to be the biggest winner from the lockdown
World 20.08.2024
Will Italy's coronavirus epidemic fuel the far right?
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