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Kashmiri students wait for their turn to use the internet, with only around a dozen kiosks for the region's seven million inhabitants
World
19.08.2024
Back to pre-internet stone age in offline Indian Kashmir
There have been widespread protests across India against the new citizenship law
World
19.08.2024
India bids to bust citizenship law 'myths' with cartoon Muslims
US soldiers in Nerkh district of Wardak province.This year has been the deadliest for US forces in Afghanistan since 2015
World
19.08.2024
Taliban claim attack that killed US soldier in Afghanistan
A six-year-old reportedly opened a card from a Tesco's supermarket to find a message inside, claiming to be from inmates in China
World
19.08.2024
Qingpu Prison: the 'cultural exchange' centre in forced labour scandal
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Hundreds of people have been taken to hospital after drinking the coconut wine
World 19.08.2024
Eight die in Philippines after drinking coconut wine
The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan began a brutal, decade-long guerilla war that killed up to two million Afghans
World 19.08.2024
40 years on, veterans still grapple with Soviet-Afghan war
Ecuador authorities had activated emergency protocols when a transport barge sank in a port on San Cristobal Island, spilling 600 gallons of diesel fuel into the water
World 19.08.2024
Ecuador says Galapagos fuel spill 'under control'
Young elephants are "broken" to interact with tens of millions of tourists who visit Thailand every year, many eager to capture social media-worthy encounters of the kingdom's national animal playing sports, dancing and even painting
World 19.08.2024
Elephants in Thailand 'broken' for lucrative animal tourism
Honduras is plagued by drug trafficking, gangs, poverty and corruption and suffers from one of the highest homicide rates in the world outside areas of armed conflict
World 19.08.2024
Eighteen prisoners dead in new Honduras jail clash
Mexico City's eco-friendly skating rink at the central Zocalo square, on December 17, 2019
World 19.08.2024
Falls and fun at eco-friendly 'ice' rink in Mexico
Wine expert Carlos Abarzua examines a glass of white wine at the Familia Geisse vineyard in Pinto Bandeira in southern Brazil, a region gaining a reputation for high-quality sparkling wine
World 19.08.2024
Brazil's sparkling wine producers carve a growing niche
The city of Libreville is pictured in January 2017
World 19.08.2024
Pirates kill one, kidnap four in attacks off Gabon capital
Tens of thousands of Syrians have fled towards the Turkish border following heightened regime and Russian bombardment of the Maaret al-Numan region since December 16; pictured is Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
World 19.08.2024
Turkey cannot handle new Syria refugee flow alone: Erdogan
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