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Countries around the world are scrambling to stock up on protective gear like surgical gloves during the coronavirus pandemic
World
17.08.2024
US sanctions world's top surgical glove maker over forced labour
An ambulance crew answers a call from a patient with coronavirus. Hospitals in Port Elizabeth are so swamped that many patients are being treated just by paramedics
World
17.08.2024
S. Africa's exhausted paramedics on the coronavirus front line
France has seen demonstrations in recent weeks against alleged police brutality and racism
World
17.08.2024
Three French police charged over chokehold death
Chen Ming-tong, chairman of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, has warned that China could use the new Hong Kong security law for 'hostage diplomacy'
World
17.08.2024
Taiwan fears China 'hostage diplomacy' through HK security law
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Germany has recorded just over 200,000 confirmed coronavirus cases to date, and 9,078 deaths, according to the Robert Koch Institute for disease control
World 17.08.2024
Germany readies tougher lockdowns to ward off second wave: draft plan
Beijing has slammed the US clampdown on Chinese tech giant Huawei
World 17.08.2024
China says US moves against Huawei are 'dirty play'
Many street children in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are enrolled in informal Islamic schools which force youngsters to beg, say critics
World 17.08.2024
Virus spurs crackdown on controversial Nigeria Koran schools
Australian Sara Connor (2nd L) with officers outside Kerobokan prison in Bali on Thursday
World 17.08.2024
Australian woman freed from jail for Bali police killing
A worker disinfects the pitch at half time during the Rio de Janeiro state championship football final match between Flamengo and Fluminense at Maracana stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 15, 2020
World 17.08.2024
India locks down more than 125 million as virus surges across globe
Kim Yo Jong is the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- and one of his closest advisors
World 17.08.2024
South Korean prosecutors open probe into North's Kim Yo Jong
Terre Haute prison, where the execution of Wesley Ira Purkey is scheduled to take place
World 17.08.2024
US Supreme Court says murderer's execution can go ahead
Map of Azerbaijan and Armenia locating the Armenian province of Tavush where border clashes have occurred
World 17.08.2024
New clashes on Azerbaijan-Armenia border
India's health system is in danger of being overwhelmed by the coronavirus, which the Red Cross said was spreading across south Asia "at an alarming rate"
World 17.08.2024
New lockdowns ordered as India virus cases near one million
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