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Arriving for the formal NATO talks on Wednesday, Boris Johnson denied he was trying to avoid being seen with Donald Trump
World
19.08.2024
UK PM denies dodging Trump in pre-election NATO trip
Iran has acknowledged making widespread arrests during last month's protests, in which many petrol stations and bank branches were torched, but it has given no overall figure
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19.08.2024
Iran's Rouhani says innocent protesters should be freed
Tetsu Nakamura (L) won what is widely regarded as the Asian equivalent of the Nobel prize for his aid work
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19.08.2024
Nakamura: Japan doctor who devoted his life to Afghanistan
2018's top disasters showed that even the world's most advanced and resilient economies can find themselves at the mercy of weather amped up by climate change
World
19.08.2024
In nations rich and poor, climate-related disasters on the uptick
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The attack comes as humanitarian groups remain on high alert just days after an American aid worker for the UN was killed in a bombing in Kabul
World 19.08.2024
Japanese doctor, five Afghans killed in Afghanistan attack
Britain's Princess Anne talks to Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other NATO leaders at Buckingham Palace
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NATO leaders caught on camera mocking Trump
President Hassan Rouhani has long demanded the lifting of US sanctions in exchange for Iran's return to talks on its nuclear programme under the auspices of the six powers with which it struck a landmark 2015 deal
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Iran says still ready for talks if US lifts sanctions
The Yemeni conflict has triggered what the United Nations describes as the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with millions displaced and in need of aid
World 19.08.2024
UN launches $29 bn emergency funding appeal
United Airlines, whose fleet mainly consists of Boeing planes (similar to the 737 MAX planes pictured), placed an order for 50 Airbus A321XLR aircraft
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United Airlines orders 50 Airbus aircraft to replace Boeing 757s
The Nintendo Switch is a hugely popular console around the world, helped by family-friendly games
World 19.08.2024
Tencent, Nintendo to launch Switch console in China
Mt Paektu has great symbolic significance in the North as both the spiritual birthplace of the Korean nation and, according to Pyongyang's orthodoxy, the birthplace of Kim's father Kim Jong Il
World 19.08.2024
North Korea's Kim in new horse ride through winter snows
Where a child is born: Esther Gwena, 69, who acts as a midwife but has no training, lays down sheets in her rundown apartment -- a makeshift maternity unit
World 19.08.2024
Babies born on floor as Zimbabwe's health system totters
Crowds gather outside Ahmad Isah's radio studio every morning to get a chance to air their grievances
World 19.08.2024
Radio show helps ordinary Nigerians take on officials
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