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NASA has renamed its Washington headquarters for trailblazing black mathematician and engineer Mary Jackson (first row, far right) -- seen here in an undated photo from the US space agency
World
17.08.2024
NASA renames Washington HQ for 'Hidden Figures' trailblazer
A woman rides her bike in front of El Morro Fort as a vast cloud of Sahara dust blankets the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 22, 2020
World
17.08.2024
Sahara dust cloud looms over Cuba, Caribbean and Florida
The request for Italian state support on such a large loan has proved controversial, particularly as the Fiat Chrysler's corporate headquarters are in Amsterdam
World
17.08.2024
Italy to guarantee 6.3-bn-euro loan for Fiat Chrysler
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (pictured February 2020) called the cross-border humanitarian delivery program into Syria "a lifeline for millions of civilians whom the United Nations cannot reach by other means"
World
17.08.2024
Guterres supports UN cross-border aid in Syria
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Novak Djokovic has apologised after organising a widely criticised tournament then testing positive for coronavirus
World 17.08.2024
Economic carnage forecast as virus cases surge in Americas
Employees of German airline Lufthansa hit the streets to encourage shareholders to back a bailout plan
World 17.08.2024
Relief for Lufthansa after top shareholder backs rescue deal
The so-called "Maya Train" is a pet project of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopex Obrador -- he is seen here in early June 2020 at a ceremony marking the laying of the first stone
World 17.08.2024
Court halts Mexico's 'Maya Train' over indigenous health rights
A crew member of French NGO SOS Mediterranee rescue boat Ocean Viking paints parts of the boat moored in the port of Marseille, on the eve of a scheduled departure for a migrants search and rescue mission off the coast of Libya
World 17.08.2024
Virus heats up migrant rescues in Mediterranean
Washington and Brussels have been squabbling for years over government subsidies to Airbus, and in 2019 the World Trade Organization authorized the US to impose up to 100 percent in taxes on $7.5 billion in European goods
World 17.08.2024
US says considering new taxes on $3.1 bn in European products
Electoral staff collect the vote of an elderly Mongolian at his home because the man cannot visit a polling station
World 17.08.2024
Mongolia's ruling party wins parliamentary election in landslide
French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said it was "essential" for the European Union to openly discuss its future relationship with Turkey
World 17.08.2024
France wants discussion 'without taboos' on EU-Turkey ties
The US guided-missile destroyer Nitze -- seen here off Egypt last year -- entered waters that Venezuela considered its own
World 17.08.2024
Venezuela calls US warship presence 'a provocation'
Scientists focused on collembolan Cryptopygus antarcticus -- small organisms commonly known as springtails
World 17.08.2024
Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain
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