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Nearly 60 million residents in Hubei province have been under lockdown since late January
World
20.08.2024
People at centre of China's virus outbreak say time to end lockdown
The agreement signed by US negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad (L) and the Taliban's Mullah Baradar was meant to set the conditions for a complete withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within just 14 months -- and end the longest war in US history
World
20.08.2024
Chaotic week after US-Taliban deal leaves Afghans' fate unclear
Olivia Cotes-James wants us to talk about menstrual health. Properly. No more euphemisms, no more opaque marketing, no more superstitions
World
20.08.2024
Talking about a menstrual revolution: Asia's period problems
Sudanese activist Zeineb says nothing has been done to advance women's rights since the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir
World
20.08.2024
Sudan women decry slow progress on rights since Bashir's fall
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Opinion polls indicate this year's election will be a tight race for New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
World 20.08.2024
Ardern faces election struggle, despite global praise
Architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom made her name showing how the effects of climate change can be mitigated by ensuring the issue is at the heart of city planning
World 20.08.2024
Meet Thailand's secret weapon in climate change battle
Somali soldiers like these on patrol in Mogadishu face Shebab militants estimated to number between 5,000 and 9,000
World 20.08.2024
Somalia: The Pentagon's new 'endless war'?
Tourist favourites such as Milan's Piazza Duomo have already been emptied by the coronavirus outbreak
World 20.08.2024
Italy to quarantine millions around Venice and Milan
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (R), Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef (C) and deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, pictured in late 2016
World 20.08.2024
Saudi Arabia in royal purge over 'coup plot'
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun (C) headed talks with top officials on Saturday ahead of a cabinet meeting
World 20.08.2024
Lebanon says to default on eurobonds as financial crisis intensifies
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, pictured in November 2019, has urged people to take to the streets in his support on March 15
World 20.08.2024
Bolsonaro urges Brazilians to march in his support
Thousands took part in the demonstration, some singing the national anthem and chanting "bread and freedom for the people"
World 20.08.2024
Thousands of Burkina Faso civil servants protest bonus tax
A cameraman speaks with a Cyprus police officer during the protest in the divided capital Nicosia
World 20.08.2024
Cyprus police use tear gas at protest against crossing closure
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