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A medical worker prepares to take swab samples from a journalist to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing
World
17.08.2024
US virus toll crosses 100,000 as pandemic rages in Latin America
Years of drought in eastern Australia have forced many farmers to reduce their flocks
World
17.08.2024
Drought drives Australia's sheep flock to record low
The city's judicial system is struggling under the strain as Hong Kong lurches through a political crisis that shows no sign of ending
World
17.08.2024
Hong Kong courts groan under weight of protest trials
Bill Gates's vaccine programmes on the continent have long provided ample fodder for speculation
World
17.08.2024
Bill Gates conspiracy theories echo through Africa
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Turkey is proclaiming that the pandemic has been contained, trumpeting a mortality rate of just 2.8 percent
World 17.08.2024
Turkey claims healthcare 'transformation' helped vanquish virus
Mobile problems: Ethiopia's phone system is struggling to cope with demand
World 17.08.2024
Ethiopia unlocks one of the world's last closed telecoms markets
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, walks down her driveway to her car as she departs her home for court on May 27, 2020 in Vancouver, Canada
World 17.08.2024
Canadian court rules against Huawei exec fighting extradition
Madame Caramel's Hoxton Dungeon Suite near London's trendy Shoreditch neighbourhood has stood silent for weeks
World 17.08.2024
Sex workers' hands tied under virus lockdowns
Iraqis walk through a fresh produce market in the southern Iraqi city of Basra as some lockdown restrictions imposed during the novel coronavirus pandemic have been eased
World 17.08.2024
As Iraq lockdown chokes off imports, local businesses thrive
Tunisian feminist Bochra Belhaj Hmida has stepped away from politics but remains engaged on questions of gender roles in Tunisian society
World 17.08.2024
A World Redrawn: Re-think gender roles, says Tunisian feminist Bochra Belhaj Hmida
The decision by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is expected to cost hundreds of jobs
World 17.08.2024
News Corp to stop printing more than 100 Australian papers
A child is seen in Karachi, Pakistan -- the majority of children at risk of poverty live in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, but the coronavirus pandemic will see a surge in Europe and Central Asia, a study shows
World 17.08.2024
Pandemic puts up to 86mn children at risk of poverty: study
A Minneapolis police officer holds his knee to the neck of George Floyd, who died in police custody.
World 17.08.2024
Angry US protests for second night over police killing of black man
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