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The world's first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel is open for business -- and the Vietnamese owners insist they have the Midas touch despite the cramping of global travel during the coronavirus pandemic
World
17.08.2024
Gilty pleasure: Vietnam opens world's 'first' gold-plated hotel
A plane carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana, from Rwanda's Hutu majority, was shot down in Kigali on April 6, 1994
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17.08.2024
French court rejects fresh probe of plane downing that sparked Rwanda genocide
Confrontations from Himalayan valleys to tropical islands are seen as part of President Xi Jinping's nationalist drive to return a once-weak China to its rightful place of dominance in the world
World
17.08.2024
China takes on more conflicts around the world
Philippe has served as prime minister for three years
World
17.08.2024
French government resigns as Macron vows 'new course'
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The landslide killed over 160 jade miners in northern Myanmar, many of them migrant workers seeking their fortune in treacherous open-cast mines near the China border
World 17.08.2024
More bodies found at Myanmar jade mine disaster
Turkey opened the trial in abstentia of 20 Saudis' including two aides to Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in late 2018
World 17.08.2024
Turkey trial of Saudi suspects in Khashoggi murder begins in absentia
Ubisoft pledged to take 'appropriate action' after investigations into the allegations are completed
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CEO promises to eliminate 'toxic behaviours' at Ubisoft
Senegalese fishermen rescue a sea turtle from their nets and return it to the sea
World 17.08.2024
Sea turtles find protection from Senegal fishermen
Britain's Prince Andrew quit his royal duties after he defended his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
World 17.08.2024
Prince Andrew 'bewildered' after Maxwell arrest
Taipei expelled two mainland Chinese journalists after a talk show on their channel pushed for Beijing 'unifying' with self-ruled Taiwan
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Taiwan expels two Chinese journalists over political shows
Narendra Modi's trip to Ladakh comes after a deadly clash with Chinese soldiers that saw 20 Indian troops killed last month
World 17.08.2024
India's Modi makes surprise China border visit after clash
Former neighbourhood police inspector Georgy Zarya amarched to the Moscow police headquarters in May holding a sign urging the city's police chief to resign
World 17.08.2024
Crusading ex-cop's arrest sparks police pushback in Russia
A coronavirus tester takes a swab sample at a drive-through testing station in Melbourne
World 17.08.2024
Australia warns conspiracy theories thwarting COVID containment efforts
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