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Police in Beirut were kept busy chasing down people ignoring the new restrictions
World
20.08.2024
Lebanon calls in army to enforce coronavirus lockdown
Schools, houses and a police station were targetted during the unrest
World
20.08.2024
Buildings torched in Guinea ahead of referendum
The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) announced a night-time curfew starting Sunday in areas under its control to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus
World
20.08.2024
Libya UN-recognised government imposes night-time curfew over virus
Panic buying has emptied the shelves in some stores
World
20.08.2024
Britain tells shoppers to stop panic-buying
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Maxime Mbanda played his part for his country at the World Cup in Japan
Kenya sports more 20.08.2024
Mbanda jumps from the back row to the coronavirus front line
French gendarmes have already started using drones to patrol open spaces such as beaches
World 20.08.2024
France to use helcopters, drones to enforce virus restrictions
Most of the deaths in Italy are still in the north, whose world-class health care system is under tremendous strain
World 20.08.2024
Italy's daily virus deaths climb to nearly 800
Bondi Beach was closed after sunbathers flouted a ban on non-essential outdoor gatherings of more than 500 people
World 20.08.2024
Australian beaches locked down as virus cases pass 1,000
Aerial view of the empty 9 de Julio avenue in Buenos Aires, on March 20, 2020
World 20.08.2024
Crisis-hit Argentines fear for the future over virus
Italy's mortality rate among those infected with the virus is a relatively high 8.6 percent
World 20.08.2024
Why Italy? The factors behind a coronavirus disaster
A barber wearing a facemask cuts a customer's hair at an open-air stall in Islamabad
World 20.08.2024
Pakistan halts international passenger flights for two weeks
Large numbers of Iraqi Shiites defy curfews imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus to commemorate a revered imam
World 20.08.2024
Iraq Shiites defy curfews to commemorate revered imam
Kenny Rogers, pictured with Lionel Richie, came to prominence through his collaboration with Dolly Parton
World 20.08.2024
Country music legend Kenny Rogers dies at 81
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