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The death of George Floyd while in police custody has reminded Switzerland of Nigerian Mike Ben Peter who died in similar circumstances two years ago, with protesters carrying his name at recent BLM marches
World
17.08.2024
Switzerland grapples with its own 'George Floyd' case
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (centre) has said that ruling by decree allowed him to respond quickly and effectively during the virus emergency
World
17.08.2024
Hungary set to end disputed emergency virus powers
US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch (2R, pictured February 2019 shaking hands with President Donald Trump) wrote the majority opinion banning employers from firing LGBT workers on the basis of their sexual orientation
World
17.08.2024
US top court in landmark ruling to protect LGBT workers
Beijing officials said they will give virus tests to stall owners and managers at all of the city's food markets, restaurants and government agency canteens
World
17.08.2024
Beijing reports 27 new virus cases as WHO expresses 'concern'
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The 'Black Lives Matter' banner was displayed at the US embassy in Seoul before being taken down on Monday
World 17.08.2024
US embassy in Seoul removes Black Lives Matter banner
Conspiracy claims and alleged failure to take the virus threat seriously have seen cases incrase in Armenia -- here a bride and a bridegroom did don masks for their wedding at Saghmosavan near the capital
World 17.08.2024
Armenia's virus battle crippled by disinformation
A child in a Yemeni camp in the Khor Maksar district of the city of Aden on May 5, 2020
World 17.08.2024
Saudi-led Yemen coalition pulled from UN blacklist
The US Justice Department will resume in July 2020 federal executions at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana
World 17.08.2024
US to resume federal executions after 17 years
The novel coronavirus, which has killed more than 420,000 people globally during the first wave of the pandemic, adversely effects patients suffering from co-morbidities
World 17.08.2024
Disease puts 1 in 5 globally at severe COVID-19 risk: study
US President Donald Trump says he's slashing troop numbers in Germany, a traditional keystone of the NATO alliance
World 17.08.2024
Trump to halve US troops in key NATO ally Germany
Peru's economy has been badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic
World 17.08.2024
Virus-hit Peru GDP plummets 40%
Two men wear masks as they walk in the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince on March 26, 2020. When the novel coronavirus first appeared in Haiti authorities and humanitarian experts panicked, worried about the country's decrepit health system -- but he...
World 17.08.2024
Haiti says virus infections have peaked
Giant tortoise Diego seen here feeding in the Galapagos National Park on the island of Santa Cruz on February 27, 2019
World 17.08.2024
Giant tortoise Diego, a hero to his species, is home
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