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Iranian Parliament speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf (C) chairing a parliament session in the capital Tehran
World
17.08.2024
Iran says US talks 'futile', denounces black American's death
A passenger walks along an airbridge at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan
World
17.08.2024
German engineer on China charter flight tests positive for coronavirus
For Zimbabwean farmers like Benard Chinyemba (L), 60, a qualified mechanical engineer who was offered a farm during Zimbabwe's land reform, the programme is a success
World
17.08.2024
Two decades on, Zimbabwe takes stock of Mugabe land reform legacy
Protests have broken out in multiple US cities over racial inequality and police brutality, which Chinese state media have compared with the unrest in Hong Kong
World
17.08.2024
Chinese media use race clashes to criticise US over Hong Kong
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Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf pictured after being elected as Iran's parliament speaker on May 28
World 17.08.2024
Iran's new parliament speaker says talks with US 'futile'
Boris Kupriyanov co-founded Falanster, one of Russia's most famous independent bookshops
World 17.08.2024
Russian small businesses reopen to uncertain future
The economic devastation unleashed by the coronavirus has put intense pressure on Thailand's poor, like motorcycle rickshaw driver Thanapat Noidee (R)
World 17.08.2024
Walls close in on Thailand's poorest as virus shrivels economy
South Africa had already slipped into recession in the final quarter of 2019 before the virus arrived
World 17.08.2024
South Africa leader faces thorny test over virus lockdown
The pope led a rosary prayer in the Vatican Gardens
World 17.08.2024
Pope calls for end to 'pandemic of poverty' after virus
Journalists at Russia's top liberal business daily Vedomosti say they were barred from covering negative opinion polls of President Vladimir Putin
World 17.08.2024
Spectre of oil giant Rosneft looms over Russian independent media
US President Donald Trump, pictured May 30, has said he would like to invite Russia, South Korea, Australia and India to join an expanded summit in the fall
World 17.08.2024
Trump says he will delay G7 summit and invite other countries
The flag of the UN outside the New York headquarters of the world body, seen in a photo taken on September 23, 2019
World 17.08.2024
Growing US-China rivalry seen fueling UN paralysis amid virus crisis
The mosque compound, located in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, closed its doors in March
World 17.08.2024
Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem reopens after two months
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