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Because of its extensive air links and busy port, Hong Kong is a popular transit point for ships to change crews
World
17.08.2024
Hong Kong tightens quarantine rules for sea and flight crews
Boris Johnson, seen in his mayor of London days on a visit to Jakarta, says the coronavirus is a 'wake-up call' to the risks of being overweight and junk food advert bans and more biking can help tackle the issue
World
17.08.2024
UK to unveil obesity plan after PM's near-death experience
The pandemic's spread is still accelerating
World
17.08.2024
N. Korea reports first suspected infection as global cases top 16m
Federal police guard a courthouse in downtown Portland, Oregon as protestors rally against police brutality
World
17.08.2024
Protestors clash with Seattle police in latest outcry over US feds
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Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak, seen here in September 2018, is facing four charges of corruption and three of money-laundering in the case
World 17.08.2024
Malaysian ex-PM Najib to learn fate in first 1MDB trial
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency politburo meeting on Saturday to implement a 'maximum emergency system and issue a top-class alert' to contain the virus, official news agency KCNA said
World 17.08.2024
North Korea declares emergency over suspected virus case
To obtain one gramme of pure purple dye, Nouira said he had to shell 100 kilogrammes of murex
World 17.08.2024
Passion for purple revives ancient dye in Tunisia
The Russian consulate in London
World 17.08.2024
'Londongrad': Russia influence under the spotlight in Britain
'Kobane' is written in Arabic script on a wall in Arbil, saluting the Kurdish-majority town in northern Syria that fought back Islamic State group jihadists in 2015
World 17.08.2024
In Iraq's Kurdish capital, all's fair in love and walls
The Vila Formosa cemetery is one of the largest in Sau Paulo and many fresh graves are being dug as the coronavirus continues to wreck havoc in Brazil with the death toll surpassing 80,000 on Monday.
World 17.08.2024
Brazil COVID crisis big, complicated as country itself
Protesters stand amid tear gas near the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon during a rally against police brutality late on July 24, 2020
World 17.08.2024
Portland's troubles reflect a leftist history but also a racist past
The snap move is a blow to Britons seeking some Spanish sun after months of lockdown at home, including Transport Minister Grant Shapps, who is currently on holiday there, according to the Sunday Times
World 17.08.2024
New UK isolation measures ruin minister's Spanish holiday
This RAMMB/NOAA satellite image obtained on June 25, 2020 shows Hurricane Hanna in the Gulf of Mexico
World 17.08.2024
2020's first hurricane, Hanna, roars ashore in virus-hit Texas
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