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Frontex told AFP that 'all four boasts have been accounted for' and there had been no shipwreck in the Mediterranean
World
20.08.2024
Rescue group, EU officials dispute fate of 85 sea migrants
People walk in Guangzhou's "Little Africa" district in March 2018
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20.08.2024
China vows improvements for Africans after virus discrimination claims
China has denied claims it solicited praise from Germany for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic
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20.08.2024
China denies seeking virus praise from Germany
The latest test comes a day before North Korea marks the 108th anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un
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20.08.2024
North Korea fires multiple suspected cruise missiles: Seoul
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UN chief Antonio Guterres, pictured during a virtual press conference on April 3, 2020, hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of 2020
World 20.08.2024
Only a COVID-19 vaccine will allow return to 'normalcy': UN chief
A man wearing a face mask walks along Omoide Yokocho in Tokyo
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Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
Moore originally planned to raise £1,000 for a National Health Service charity
World 20.08.2024
WWII veteran, 99, raises almost £12m for UK health workers
India's Rishikresh was made famous by a visit by the Beatles in 1968 and is a world centre for yoga
World 20.08.2024
Tourists forced to write 'sorry' 500 times over India lockdown breach
Washington signed a key deal with the Taliban in February that promised the withdrawal of US and foreign troops from Afghanistan by next summer, provided the militants start talks with Kabul and adhere to other guarantees, including a prisoner exchange
World 20.08.2024
Taliban set to release 20 prisoners: insurgent spokesman
A man who was unaware he had the COVID-19 illness set off a chain of transmissions that infected 15 other people, including three who died, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said
World 20.08.2024
Super spreader: A funeral, a birthday party and a trail of death
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said the debt relief will help the countries, nearly all of them in Africa, channel more of their scarce resources to coronavirus relief
World 20.08.2024
IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries
In contrast to Nordic neighbours and most of Europe, Sweden has not imposed extraordinary lockdown orders
World 20.08.2024
Swedish coronavirus model under fire as deaths rise
Singapore has quarantined four large dormitory complexes housing tens of thousands of mostly South Asian workers, where more than 200 coronavirus cases have been detected
World 20.08.2024
Singapore moves migrant workers out of dorms after surge in virus cases
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