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It's a dog's life in Cyprus where man's best friend can be taken out for walks each day while the movement of children are more restricted amid the coronavirus pandemic
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20.08.2024
Cyprus COVID-19 outcry as dogs, not children allowed out
Hong Kong was convulsed by protests for seven months in 2019
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20.08.2024
Hong Kong ex-lawmaker convicted for protest assault with loudhailer
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital for tests in what his office said was a "precautionary step"
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20.08.2024
British PM hospitalised with coronavirus but 'still in charge'
The cruise liner Ruby Princess sits in the harbour in Port Kembla, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Sydney after coming in to refuel and restock
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20.08.2024
Virus-stricken cruise ship docks near Sydney
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The Conservative leader announced on March 27 that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and has been self-isolating in his flat above Downing Street ever since
World 20.08.2024
UK PM 'still in charge' while in hospital with coronavirus
Japan could soon find itself under a state of emergency because of the coronavirus
World 20.08.2024
Japan prepares for state of emergency over virus
With Cyclone Harold strengthening, Vanuatu is still recovering from the last time a scale-topping, Category-Five system, Cyclone Pam, hit the impoverished Pacific nation in 2015, pictured
World 20.08.2024
Monster storm strengthens in Pacific, lashing Vanuatu
Colombian border police sprayed disinfectant on Venezuelan migrants returing home to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus
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Venezuelans stream home from Colombia due to virus pandemic
Pro-democracy activist Bo Kyi, seen here in 2007, spent eight years behind bars in Myanmar
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Isolation blues? Myanmar's ex-political prisoners share survival tips
Cardinal George Pell, who once helped elect popes, is the highest-ranking Catholic Church official ever convicted of child sex crimes
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Disgraced Cardinal Pell awaits appeal verdict
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres wants governments to help protect women from abusers during the coronavirus lockdowns around the world
World 20.08.2024
UN chief urges govts to protect women during virus lockdown
Greece's deputy minister of civil protection Nikos Hardalias (pointing) has a reputation for blunt speaking
World 20.08.2024
'Nick Hard' and the soft-spoken professor keeping Greeks virus-safe
Buenos Aires homeless man Richard Marcelo says 'what we are afraid of is hunger, everything else including the coronavirus, no." 
World 20.08.2024
Buenos Aires homeless stuck on the streets during coronavirus lockdown
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