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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (L) said the minister's presence had become a distraction. He had also been accused of blaming top health official Ashley Bloomfield (R)
World
17.08.2024
Unpopular New Zealand health minister quits after COVID lapse
The Rolling Stones have joined some 1,500 performers including Ed Sheeran, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton to urge the British government to save the country's live music industry from collapsing because of the coronavirus
World
17.08.2024
Sheeran, Stones back urgent call to aid UK live music
The fires are expected to be at their worst in August, like last year, when this photo of a burnt area was taken in Altamira, Para state, Brazil, in the Amazon basin
World
17.08.2024
Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires
A US Customs and Border Protection officer at the Port of New York/Newark inspects a shipment of hair pieces and accessories from China suspected to have been made with forced or prison labor
World
17.08.2024
US seizes Chinese products made from human hair in forced labor crackdown
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A medical worker rests in front of a fan in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas
World 17.08.2024
LA indoor restaurants close as pandemic looms over Independence Day
A statue of Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson is being removed in Richmond, Virginia
World 17.08.2024
Richmond removing Confederate statues, Mississippi retires state flag
Ricardo Martinelli was cleared of spying on political foes in 2019 but the former Panama president faces new corruption charges
World 17.08.2024
Panama ex-president Martinelli facing corruption charges
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies will now debate the controversial anti-disinformation bill that was approved by the Senate
World 17.08.2024
Brazil's Senate approves controversial bill against disinformation
Remdesivir is an experimental medication produced by the US laboratory Gilead Sciences
World 17.08.2024
US buys up COVID drug, as some countries say well-stocked
Egypt has re-opened its most iconic tourist site, the pyramids of Giza, in a bid to restart the vital sector despite the coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
WHO says Mideast at 'critical threshold' in virus numbers
Amsterdam's famous red light district on Wednesday after it reopened its doors
World 17.08.2024
Green light for Amsterdam's red light district after virus shutdown
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defnds the administration's stance on Russia at a news conference
World 17.08.2024
Pompeo insists US firm on Russia but leaves open door to Putin
Uruguay's Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, who announced his resignation on Wednesday, is pictured (R) in a 2019 meeting with then presidential candidate Luis Lacalle Pou
World 17.08.2024
Uruguay's foreign minister resigns
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