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A vendor sells cigarettes after the government temporarily lifted the ban on tobacco sales because of coronavirus
World
21.08.2024
Bhutan lifts tobacco ban due to coronavirus
Thousands came out onto Berlin's streets on August 1 to protest against the measures in place to curb the Covid-19 virus from spreading in Germany. Over 20,000 are expected to turn out for a similar event on Saturday
World
21.08.2024
Berlin braces for 'anti-corona' demonstration
Lech Walesa was carried on fellow dockworkers' shoulders after signing a 1980 pact with Poland's Communist leadership
World
21.08.2024
Poles divided 40 years after birth of Solidarity
Stepan Svetlov is the founder of NEXTA, a Telegram channel with 2.1 million subscribers that helps mobilise protesters and shares photo and video content from the demonstrations
World
21.08.2024
Young Belarus blogger with key role in protests
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Student Union of Thailand spokesperson Panusaya 'Rung' Sithijirawattanakul has become one of the faces of a burgeoning pro-democracy movement
World 21.08.2024
'I had to do it': student leader defies Thailand's royal taboo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is Japan's longest-serving leader
World 21.08.2024
Race for new Japan PM starts after shock resignation
In Indian-administered Kashmir, More than 65 percent of the population is Muslim
World 21.08.2024
Modi's 'settler' masterplan for Indian Kashmir
Rome's last adult movie cinema, the Ambasciatori, reopened its doors after Italy began easing its lockdown restrictions
World 21.08.2024
Rome's last 'Cinema Paradiso' of porn
Kastellorizo is the Greek island furthest removed from the European mainland, a rocky, arid outcrop of around nine square kilometres
World 21.08.2024
Kastellorizo, idyllic island at heart of Greece-Turkey row
Chile's Labor Minister says the country has reached record numbers of people out of work
World 21.08.2024
Chile unemployment hits new record of 13%
A farmer in Nangarhar province displays packages of opium
World 21.08.2024
Crushed by virus and war, jobless Afghans turn to opium for cash
Police guard a sports complex that will be used as a coronavirus testing centre from next week under a contentious and unpopular government programme
World 21.08.2024
Hong Kong mass virus test plan hampered by swirling China distrust
Around 300 people were on the streets of Malmo, with violence escalating as the evening wore on
World 21.08.2024
Riot in southern Sweden after anti-Muslim Danish leader banned
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