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Israel'a parliament speaker Benny Gantz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, bitter rivals through three elections in less than a year, have pledged to form an emergency unity government to tackle the coronavirus but a deal has proved elusive
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20.08.2024
Israel MPs tasked with ending deadlock over unity govt
Annual GDP in 2019-2021 in a selection of developing countries forecast to experience siginficant slumps in growth this year
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20.08.2024
G20 agrees to temporary debt standstill for poorest countries
Most of China's new coronavirus infections have been found in recently returned citizens
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20.08.2024
China offers reward for catching Russia border crossers over virus fears
The incident comes as Pakistan and India accuse each other of violating ceasefire terms at the Line of Control
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20.08.2024
Pakistan shoots down Indian drone as Kashmir tensions rise
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The personal seal known as inkan or hanko remains popular in Japan, and is proving an obstacle to telework for some
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Traditional Japanese seal system hampers telework for some
Catholic faithful wearing face masks against the spread of the coronavirus watch the Nazareno de San Pablo motorcade procession to mark Holy Week celebrations in Caracas on April 8, 2020
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UN delivers 90 tons of COVID-19 aid to Venezuela
No alcohol: South African Police Minister Bheki Cele (file picture)
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SAfrica crime rate drops, minister says thanks to virus lockdown booze ban
This handout photograph taken and released on January 11, 2020, by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, shows people analysing the remains of the Ukraine International Airlines plane that crashed outside the Iranian capital
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus delays analysis of downed Ukraine jet black boxes
A herd of horses seen on a deserted road in a residential area of Srinagar, in Kashmir
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Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's streets in virus lockdown
Far-right provocations are a growing problem at the sites of former Nazi concentration camps in Germany, such as Buchenwald
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Holocaust memorial sites fight new threat from far right
The upgraded rocket relies on a digital flight control system rather than the analogue equipment used in prior Soyuz models
World 20.08.2024
No press, no family: Space crew set for launch during pandemic
The steeple and roof of Notre-Dame in Paris collapsed during the fire that devastated the cathedral on April 15, 2019.
World 20.08.2024
Lockdown stalls Notre-Dame's rebirth one year after fire
Chad's army is recognised as one of the region's most professional forces
World 20.08.2024
Chad's troop deployment and the anti-jihadist campaign in the Sahel
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