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Neighbours applaud doctors and nurses who are battling the virus in Havana on March 30, 2020. Cuba is having trouble securing the medical supplies it needs to fight the pandemic
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17.08.2024
Cuba hits out at 'cruel' US sanctions during virus pandemic
The 220 year-old Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception church in Milot, pictured in 2002, lost its dome in the fire
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17.08.2024
Fire guts UNESCO-listed church in Haiti
British Prime minister Boris Johnson speaks for the first time after leaving hospital
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17.08.2024
UK prepares to extend virus lockdown, says peak has not passed
South African police clashed with Cape Town township residents protesting over access to food aid during a coronavirus lockdown
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17.08.2024
Hungry S.Africans clash with police over food aid in Cape Town
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Coronavirus crisis: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government is claiming emergency powers
World 17.08.2024
Ethiopia declares state of emergency to fight coronavirus
A court in Myanmar has suddenly dropped cases against two of the largest groups of arrested Rohingya, totalling 128 people
World 17.08.2024
Scores of detained Rohingya freed in Myanmar as virus fears mount
At a temple north of Bangkok worshippers poured water down a bamboo tube to a waiting monk, to maintain social distancing
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Poles apart: Thais find novel way to mark virus hit Songkran
The pandemic has triggered a rush for herbal formulas, lemons and ginger in the belief that they can protect against the virus
World 17.08.2024
Plant 'remedy' for virus to be tested, says Madagascar leader
With just 1C of warming since pre-industrial times, Earth is already undergoing devastating heatwaves, drought, wild fires and storm surges made worse by rising seas
World 17.08.2024
Paris climate goals failure 'could cost world $600 tn'
Cancer patient Mohammed Shan-e-Alam said: 'Now I can't go home and I can't go to the hospital.'
World 17.08.2024
Pandemic spells death sentence for India's non-virus patients
Annual GDP in 2019-2021 in a selection of developing countries forecast to experience siginficant slumps in growth this year
World 17.08.2024
G20 agrees to temporary debt standstill for poorest countries
Most of China's new coronavirus infections have been found in recently returned citizens
World 17.08.2024
China offers reward for catching Russia border crossers over virus fears
The incident comes as Pakistan and India accuse each other of violating ceasefire terms at the Line of Control
World 17.08.2024
Pakistan shoots down Indian drone as Kashmir tensions rise
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