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Police and fire services gave conflicting accounts of what went wrong. The picture shows a memorial service a week after the fire
World
17.08.2024
Cover-up claims as Greece marks two years since fire tragedy
AFP spoke to people in countries around the world who have lost their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic, including Honduran domestic worker Sonia Herrera, based in Madrid
World
17.08.2024
Jobless and desperate: the post-lockdown reality for many
The Emir of Kuwait, who has ruled the oil-rich Gulf state since 2006, had been in hospital since the weekend
World
17.08.2024
Kuwait's emir travels to US for medical treatment
Police drive Nicolas Zepeda (C), suspected in the disappearance of a Japanese student in France in 2016, to the airport to be extradited to France
World
17.08.2024
Extradition of Chilean accused of murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend begins
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Horses have reportedly died after drinking water polluted by oil in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province
World 17.08.2024
Black waters: Oil spills pollute northeast Syria creeks
Dey hides his face as he arrives for a hearing earlier this week
World 17.08.2024
Court verdict due in trial of ex-Nazi camp guard, 93
People receive medical attention in the COVID-19 ward of the Moscoso Puello Hospital in Santo Domingo
World 17.08.2024
Latin America tops four million coronavirus cases
The ship had been allowed to disembark at a Sicilian port on July 7
World 17.08.2024
Italy detains migrant rescue ship over safety concerns
China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft is expected to launch for Mars aboard a Long March 5 rocket
World 17.08.2024
China to launch Mars probe in space race with US
Tensions are rising between the US and China as they battle for global supremacy
World 17.08.2024
Consulate closure latest salvo in US-China tussle
The loan falls under the AfDB's $10 billion coronavirus response budget
World 17.08.2024
African Development Bank approves $288 mn virus loan to S.Africa
Stephan Balliet (C), who is accused of shooting dead two people after attempting to storm a synagogue in Halle an der Saale, eastern Germany, is escorted to a courtroom at the second day of his trial on July 22, 2020 in Magdeburg, eastern Germany
World 17.08.2024
Synagogue attack 'not a mistake', insists neo-Nazi at German trial
Protest: South Africa's restaurant industry says a night-time curfew and a ban on alcohol are destroying business
World 17.08.2024
South African restaurants protest virus lockdown restrictions
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