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Merkel (R) got a political boost after her handpicked successor, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (L), become newly-elected leader of her party
World
01.08.2024
Merkel gets boost with ally's party win
A car burns on Paris's famous Champs-Elysees avenue as the French capital is hit by another round of "yellow vest" protests on Saturday
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01.08.2024
Barricades burn as new 'yellow vest' protests hit Paris
The Buzzcocks, with Pete Shelley (R), Steve Diggle (L), and Danny Farrant (rear) performed at "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" in Los Angeles in 2006
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01.08.2024
Tributes for Pete Shelley from UK punk band Buzzcocks
Danish-American actor Viggo Mortensen attends the Marrakesh film festival on December 4, 2018 in Morocco
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01.08.2024
Viggo Mortensen ready to go behind camera
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Gravediggers in Johannesburg, where between 45 and 60 graves are re-opened each week on average to allow for second burials
World 01.08.2024
Grave dilemma: South African cities short of cemetery space
The arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, who faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, has infuriated Beijing
World 01.08.2024
China summons US ambassador over Huawei arrest
A woman walks in front of a maternity hospital in Belgrade. The government wants to boost the country's birth rate of 1.5 children per family, one of the lowest in Europe
World 01.08.2024
Serbia wants baby boom, but couples seem not in the mood
Heather Nauert became the spokeswoman of the State Department with no foreign policy experience
World 01.08.2024
Trump nominates ex-Fox News anchor Nauert as UN envoy
Anti-Brexit demonstrator Steve Bray and his supporters are stepping up their protests ahead of next week's parliament vote on a withdrawal deal
World 01.08.2024
Rain or shine, Mr Stop Brexit delivers his message
Ex-Russian policeman Mikhail Popkov is one of the most prolific serial killers of recent times
World 01.08.2024
Some of the world's worst serial killers
A mural of Hugo Chavez, the patron saint of Venezuela's socialists, who became president in 1999 and died of cancer in 2013 while in office
World 01.08.2024
Low turnout predicted as Venezuelans elect municipal councils
An aerial view from 2017 shows deforestation in the Western Amazon region of Brazil
World 01.08.2024
Brazil's Bolsonaro completes cabinet with rightist environment chief
Migrants gathered in makeshift camps in northern Bosnia are ill-equipped to survive the coming winter, the IFRC warned
World 01.08.2024
Some migrants trapped in Bosnia may not survive winter: Red Cross
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