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World number one Novak Djokovic said Tuesday he had tested positive for coronavirus, the Serb star becoming the fourth player to contract the virus after taking part in his exhibition tennis tournament in the Balkans
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17.08.2024
Djokovic positive for coronavirus, questions over return of tennis
The Indian and Pakistan flags fly during the daily beating of the retreat ceremony at the Wagah Border
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17.08.2024
India tells Pakistan to cut embassy staff by half, says will do same
Sofia Chouviat, centre, daughter of Cedric Chauviat, said Tuesday that "We don't understand why this chokehold technique still hasn't been banned."
World
17.08.2024
French police under new scrutiny after chokehold death
Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni has been under sanctions by the United States since 2015
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17.08.2024
Burundi picks regime hardliner as prime minister
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A Japanese soldier prepares for the arrival of more UN peacekeepers in Juba in South Sudan in 2016
World 17.08.2024
UN retains $6.5 bln peacekeeping budget
At the opening of a field hospital in Port Elizabeth, the health minister said there were now more than 27,000 beds for COVID-19 patients across the country
World 17.08.2024
S. Africa to start Africa's first coronavirus vaccine pilot
Latin America is now feeling the full force of the pandemic
World 17.08.2024
Saudi curbs hajj as Germany locks down district after abattoir outbreak
"Behind the chokehold, there is a state of mind, an unease," Chouviat's widow, Doria, told a press conference
World 17.08.2024
Family urges Macron to act after Frenchman's arrest death
Burkina Faso's armed forces, pictured during training, have carried out security sweeps in an attempt to stem jihadist violence
World 17.08.2024
Burkina army says it has destroyed two jihadist 'bases'
Members of a family who lost a relative, stand next to a plaque bearing the names of those killed in the August 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Nairobi
World 17.08.2024
Sudan says near settlement with US for 1998 embassy bombings
The report said the US has deployed 375,000 soldiers and 60 percent of its warships in the Indo-Pacific region
World 17.08.2024
China warns risk of naval incident with US on the rise
It will be the first time in Saudi Arabia's modern history that Muslims outside the kingdom have been barred from performing the hajj, a mainstay of its economy and political legitimacy
World 17.08.2024
Saudi Arabia to allow around 1,000 pilgrims in scaled-down hajj
Atambayev, who has claimed ill health, did not attend the sentencing
World 17.08.2024
Kyrgyzstan ex-leader sentenced to 11 years in crime boss case
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