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Ukrainian prisoners being handed over at the Mayorske checkpoint in eastern Ukraine
World
20.08.2024
Ukraine swaps prisoners with rebels ahead of Orthodox Easter
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured February 2020) warned that "with the global recession gathering pace, there could be hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020"
World
20.08.2024
UN chief calls to protect children from COVID-19 consequences
South African police have been arresting those suspected of breaking the alcohol sales ban during the lockdown
World
20.08.2024
S.Africans turn to home-brewed beer to beat virus booze ban
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank asked members to step up with emergency financing during virtual Spring Meetings amid the COVID-19 pandemic
World
20.08.2024
Everything on the table to attack virus damage: IMF
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Yemeni pro-government fighters gather at a petrol station on April 10 in the coastal town of Shihr, in the southern Hadramawt province where the country's first case of coronavirus was reported
World 20.08.2024
UN Yemen envoy: 'Good progress' on ceasefire despite continued fighting
With oceans predicted to rise by one to two metres by 2100, researchers in the US looked at the frequency of extreme water levels measured by 202 tide gauges along the US coastline
World 20.08.2024
Extreme floods to hit US cities 'almost daily' by 2100
Britain is expected to extend the stay-at-home order for three more weeks
World 20.08.2024
UK set to extend coronavirus lockdown as death rate sees spike
Overcrowded prisons are well-known targets for coronavirus. Abidjan's main prison, designed for 1,500 inmates, has a population of 7,000
World 20.08.2024
Ivory Coast races to protect jails from coronavirus
The 'intubox' creates a protective space around a sedated and intubated patient
World 20.08.2024
S.African doctors design virus 'box' to prevent infection
The stabbing happened at Riyadh's King Abdullah Park, one of the venues for a two-month entertainment festival
World 20.08.2024
Saudi executes Yemeni over Spanish theatre group stabbing
An Iranian deputy minister has acknowledged that limited testing may mean official coronavirus figures are too low but stressed that was true of many countries around the world
World 20.08.2024
Iran says virus deaths rise 92 to 4,869
Road block: Lagos, Africa's biggest city, has been in lockdown since March 31
World 20.08.2024
18 killed by Nigeria security forces over virus lockdown: rights body
A group of doctors working with patients infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 wear face shields at the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Clinicas in Porto Alegre, Brazil
World 20.08.2024
Europe still 'in eye of the storm' despite moves to ease virus lockdowns
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