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Most of Cathay's passenger planes lie unused on Hong Kong airport's tarmac during the pandemic
World
17.08.2024
Cathay Pacific unveils US$5 billion bailout plan
Renewed air strikes on Syria's last major rebel stronghold have sparked a new exodus of fearful civilians onto the Idlib region's roads
World
17.08.2024
First civilian killed in NW Syria raid since March: monitor
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians joined the funeral procession for storied military commander Qasem Soleimani whose assassination in a US drone strike in January prompted retaliatory Iranian strikes on US targets in Iraq
World
17.08.2024
Iran to execute spy who helped US target general: judiciary
Fears are mounting about the safety of self-exiled pro-democracy Thai activist Wanchalearm Satskit, who was allegedly kidnapped in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh
World
17.08.2024
Cambodia to probe Thai democracy activist's alleged disappearance
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New Zealand police usually operate without firearms but trialled armed patrols after a lone gunman murdered 51 Muslim worshippers in Christchurch in March 2019
World 17.08.2024
Eyeing US, New Zealand drops plans for armed police patrols
Cemeteries may provide special sections for non-Catholics, like this graveyard in northern Bruzzano, but it is not required
World 17.08.2024
For Italy's Muslims, lack of burial space deepens grief in pandemic
The crowd size on June 9 was enormous, dubbed "the million march" by Hong Kongers
World 17.08.2024
Hong Kong protests one year on: The medic
Joseph's Hong Kong protest experience has helped inspire him to study law
World 17.08.2024
Hong Kong protests one year on: The student
Italy's far-right leader Matteo Salvini has seen a dip in popularity since coronavirus kicked in but his League party is still attracting 26 percent of Italians
World 17.08.2024
Virus puts brakes on Salvini's far-right message in Italy
Foreign residents are banned from re-entering Japan
World 17.08.2024
Virus travel bans separate families even as lockdowns ease
Israeli, Mongolian and US researchers have mapped the Northern Line of the Great Wall of China, in the Mongolian steppe, for the first time
World 17.08.2024
Part of China's Great Wall not built for war: study
Ryan was a self-declared 'charge boy' in Hong Kong's anti-government rallies -- one of the frontline protesters forming shield walls against riot police
World 17.08.2024
Hong Kong protests one year on: The frontliner
President Bashar al-Assad prepares on 17 July, 2000 to address parliament in Damascus for the first time since taking office
World 17.08.2024
Assad's 20-year rule, from Damascus Spring to pariah
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