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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called a rare congress of the ruling Workers' Party for January to address policy "shortcomings" and lay out a new five-year plan for the nation's moribund economy
World
21.08.2024
Kim calls rare congress for North Korea's ruling party
Germán Efromovich (pictured February 2020) and his brother Jose are suspected of paying 28 million reals (about $15 million at the time) in bribes from 2009 to 2013 to Transpetro's former chief executive in exchange for lucrative contracts
World
21.08.2024
Avianca airline magnates held in Brazil graft probe
A protester has milk splashed in his eyes after being hit by tear gas during a Black Lives Matter protest in New York on May 29
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21.08.2024
Why do 'non-lethal' weapons maim and kill protesters?
Scientists have successfully transplanted insulin-producing cells derived from stem cells into diabetic mice
World
21.08.2024
Stem cell treatment offers new hope for diabetics
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Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (C) met in mid-July with Libyan tribal leaders in the capital Cairo
World 21.08.2024
Egypt woos Libya tribes amid threat of intervention
A Lebanese protester carries a wounded demonstrators to safety at the headquarters of the Lebanese association of banks in downtown Beirut on August 8, 2020, following a demonstration against a political leadership they blame for a monster explosion th...
World 21.08.2024
'Murder attempt': Lebanon protest wounds add to blast woes
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi will meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday for the first time
World 21.08.2024
Iraq PM to meet Trump with US troops on the agenda
In Latin America, the quinceanera party is a hugely popular custom where some families spend a lot of time, effort and money on putting on a big celebration for their daughters' 15th birthday
World 21.08.2024
Pandemic scuppers Latin America coming-of-age quinceaneras
Pablo Beltran, commander of Colombia's ELN rebels, gestures during an interview with AFP in Havana
World 21.08.2024
ELN accuses supporters of Colombian ex-president of massacres
Canadian foreign affairs minister Francois-Philippe Champagne (pictured March 2020) urged the Mali coup leaders to respect the country's "constitutional order" and the "human rights of all Malians"
World 21.08.2024
Canada 'strongly' condemns Mali coup: minister
Hurricane Genevieve moves towards the tip of Baja California on August 19, 2020
World 21.08.2024
Hurricane Genevieve loses strength off Mexico
A Donald Trump supporter holding a QAnon flag visits Mount Rushmore National Monument in South Dakota in July 2020
World 21.08.2024
Facebook boots QAnon groups for ties to violence
The Security Council (meeting room pictured in a United Nations handout photo released July 2020) enters uncharted territory, as the "snapback" mechanism has never been used before
World 21.08.2024
What is 'snapback'? US' Iran sanctions move explained
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