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Some passengers on the Ruby Princess cruise ship were displaying flu-like symptoms when it berthed in Sydney Harbour
World
20.08.2024
Australia police to probe cruise ship virus deaths
Hong Kong pro-democracy activists attend a protest in support of jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang (R on placard) and China's first "cyber-dissident" and founder of human rights website "64 Tianwang", Huang Qi (L on placard)
World
20.08.2024
Chinese human rights lawyer released but unable to see family
Authorities collected at least 150 bodies from streets and homes earlier this week, but did not confirm how many of the dead were victims of the outbreak
World
20.08.2024
Ecuador VP apologizes after virus corpses left on streets
Li Wenzu shaved her head in 2018 in protest at the jailing of her husband Wang Quanzhang during the 709 crackdown
World
20.08.2024
China rights lawyer released after five years in jail
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Roman Catholic priest Pepe Quitorio delivers blessing from a motorised tricycle in Borongan in the central Philippines
World 20.08.2024
Drive-by blessings in virus-hit Philippines
Red-light districts from Bangkok to Pattaya have gone quiet with night clubs and massage parlours closed and tourists blocked from entering the country
World 20.08.2024
Scared but desperate, Thai sex workers forced to the street
People 'suddenly' find themselves poor
World 20.08.2024
Coronavirus pandemic 'amplifying' poverty in UK
The coronavirus has dampened but by no means ended hostilities in the multiple conflicts roiling the Middle East
World 20.08.2024
What impact is COVID-19 having on Middle East conflicts?
A woman carries a disabled man wearing a protective face mask in the Sabra refugee camp in Lebanon where vulnerable Syrian and Palestinian refugees are bracing for the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
Palestinian, Syrian refugees in Lebanon camps brace for virus
Authorities say at least five armed clashes have occurred in the Madera community so far this year
World 20.08.2024
At least 19 killed in Mexico gang clash
Queen Elizabeth normally only addresses the nation in a speech broadcast on Christmas Day
World 20.08.2024
Queen Elizabeth II to praise virus response in rare address
Although Turkey is not on lockdown, many public spaces are empty
World 20.08.2024
Turkey tightens controls in public places over virus threat
The assailant went on the attack in several stores in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isere
World 20.08.2024
France launches terror probe after two killed in stabbing spree
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